SD26 - Subaqueous Minerals and Materials Study Commission
Executive Summary: The Subaqueous Minerals and Materials Study Commission was established pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution No. 104 by the 1985 Session of the General Assembly. The Commission was originally charged with making determinations as to whether subaqueous minerals and materials of the Commonwealth exist in commercial quantities and whether the removal, extraction, use, disposition, or sale of these minerals and materials can be adequately managed to ensure the public interest. Senate Joint Resolution No. 85 continued the work of the Commission with emphasis on further study of the royalty scheme for the removal of materials from state bottomlands and recognition of the need for Virginia to participate in a federal or multi-state task force on heavy minerals activities in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The 1986 General Assembly passed two bills which were recommended by the Commission. Senate Bill 315 (removing the federal exemption to dredge sand and gravel) and Senate Bill 316 (clarifying the State Minerals Management Plan) were both signed into law by the Governor. A third measure, Senate Bill 317, was carried over to the 1987 General Assembly in the House Chesapeake and Its Tributaries Committee. A subcommittee of the Commission has proposed a redraft of SB 317 as a compromise solution and a recommendation to this effect appears in Part III of this report. This document is submitted as the Commission's report on its 1986 activities. |
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