(b) Beginning on July 1, 2025, and continuing through June 30, 2030, the division shall not accept any applications for new permits, nor shall the division accept any requests to modify any existing permits for any surface mining operations on Trail Ridge that seek to expand the area of affected land.

(b) Beginning on July 1, 2025, and continuing through June 30, 2030, the division shall not accept any applications for new permits, nor shall the division accept any requests to modify any existing permits for any surface mining operations on Trail Ridge that seek to expand the area of affected land.

HB 562: Five-year moratorium

Two Georgia House bills introduced to protect the Okefenokee Swamp

20 February 2025

(b) Beginning on July 1, 2025, and continuing through June 30, 2030, the division shall not accept any applications for new permits, nor shall the division accept any requests to modify any existing permits for any surface mining operations on Trail Ridge that seek to expand the area of affected land.

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