South Milwaukee Rep. Mark Honadel is helping lead the charge to get new mining legislation passed through the Assembly by the end of the year.
The bill would help speed development of an iron mine near Ashland.
Check out the story in the Ashland Current. From it:
Republicans in the State Assembly say they’ll push ahead with a rewrite of Wisconsin’s mining laws and could have something passed by the end of this year.
Ever since the State Senate set up a special committee to study and rewrite Wisconsin’s mining laws, many assumed that any mining bill would have to start there first. But South Milwaukee Republican Representative Mark Honadel says the Assembly won’t wait.
“I think the iron mine train starts today,” Honadel says.
The iron mine in question is being proposed for a stretch along Iron and Ashland Counties. It would be the largest in the state. The company proposing it thinks Wisconsin’s current mining laws are onerous. Honadel says they will be changed.
“Part of our agenda is to make the bill a little more friendly to anybody that wants to come here and mine but yet keep our air and water permits intact to protect our beautiful Wisconsin Northwoods,” Honadel says.
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