79R20151 MMS-F

By:  Chisum                                                       H.R. No. 2240



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The high price of electricity is negatively 
impacting manufacturers, farmers, small businesses, local 
governments, and retailers, and thousands of jobs are threatened 
because of these high costs; and
	WHEREAS, A greater supply of energy from a variety of sources 
would help stabilize the price of electricity, and the State of 
Texas supports a sound, rational domestic energy policy; and
	WHEREAS, The tight market conditions for uranium have 
increased the price of uranium, and the current high price of 
uranium increases by approximately 10 percent of the cost of 
electricity used in the State of Texas; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature hereby urge the Texas Commission on Environmental 
Quality to adopt rules providing a balanced approach to the 
permitting of in-situ uranium mining, offering interested persons 
an opportunity to participate in a contested case hearing regarding 
the base permit for a mining operation, but not providing for any 
additional contested case hearings on mining activities that are 
conducted within a permitted mining area unless the permit holder 
seeks to amend its permit to require a less environmentally 
protective standard; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That the chief clerk of the Texas House of 
Representatives forward an official copy of this resolution to the 
chair of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as an 
expression of the intent of the Texas House of Representatives.