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2007 Montana Legislature
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| Bill Number | Bill Title | Sponsor | Bill Summary | STATUS | How your Leg. Voted |
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| HB 309 |
B2 Biodiesel Fuel Standard | Rep. Bob Bergren | Requires that all diesel fuel sold in Montana contain no less than 2% biodiesel | Tabled in committee |
N/A |
| SB 241 |
Oil and Gas Reclamation Act | Sen. Christine Kaufmann | Raises standards for oil and gas reclamation | Indefinitely Postponed. |
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| HB 509 |
Coal Reclamation Reform | Rep. Ron Erickson | Restores Montana's strip and underground mining reclamation laws | Tabled in committee |
N/A |
| HB 282 |
Carbon sequestration to slow global warming |
Rep. Ron Erickson |
Requires Board of Environmental Review to establish requirements for capture, transportation, or offsetting of CO2. |
Tabled in committee |
N/A |
| SB 432 |
B2 Biodiesel Fuel Standard |
Sen. John Brueggeman |
Sets a renewable fuel standard for all diesel fuel sold in Montana |
Hearing, 3/26/07 |
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Bills Northern Plains opposes
| Bill Number | Bill Title | Sponsor | Bill Summary | STATUS | |
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| SB 407 | Allows for "emergency" discharge of coal bed methane wastewater. | Sen. Keith Bales | Creates loophole for CBM companies to discharge water. | Transmitted to House |
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| HB 383 | Seeks to overturn non-degradations standards of Tongue River related to coal bed methane dischage. | Rep. Krayton Kerns | Similar to 407, creating more loopholes for CBM industry to do business irresponsibly. | Tabled in committee |
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| SB 223 |
Exempt coal bed methane companies from beneficial use permit |
Sen. Jim Peterson |
Rolls back 150 years of water rights law by exempting cbm companies from rules applying to Montana's farm and ranch families. |
Indef. postponed |
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| HB 196 |
An Act creating a coal development impact account |
Rep. Michael Lange |
Takes taxpayer dollars out of coal fund to pay for adverse impacts of coal development. Takes onus off of industry. |
Hearing, 4/2/07 in Senate Natural Resources and Energy |
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| HB 24 |
Revising laws related to carbon for energy production |
Rep. Harry Klock |
Allows eminent domain for carbon seuqestration |
Transmitted to Senate |
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| HB 114 |
Establish Montana electric transmission and pipeline authority |
Rep. Alan Olson |
Spend taxpayer revenue to push development of transmission and pipe lines to send power out of of Montana |
Referred to Senate Finance and Claims |
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| HB 405 |
Creates the Montana Clean Energy and Economic Security Act |
Rep. Michael Lange |
Exempts coal companies from Montana's bedrock environmental protection laws | Tabled in committee |
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