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Tom Rice: So if there is a mine on private property that is going to produce some toxic material, there is no Federal permitting…

On the recordOctober 20, 2015
So if there is a mine on private property that is going to produce some toxic material, there is no Federal permitting requirement for that?
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Tom Rice
Republican · South Carolina

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Questioning federal oversight on private mining operations.

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