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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
March 28, 2000 - Introduced by Representative Black. Referred to Committee on
Environment.
AB936,1,2
1An Act to create 293.67 of the statutes;
relating to: prohibiting the use in
2metallic mining of certain processes that use cyanide ore-processing reagents.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits mining for metallic minerals and processing metallic ore
using cyanide ore-processing reagents. A reagent is a substance that is used because
it takes part in chemical reactions or biological processes.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB936, s. 1
3Section
1. 293.67 of the statutes is created to read:
AB936,1,6
4293.67 Use of cyanide ore-processing reagents. (1) Definition. In this
5section, "cyanide ore-processing reagent" means cyanide or a cyanide compound
6used as a reagent in ore leaching operations.
AB936,1,8
7(2) Prohibition. No person may conduct mining or metallic ore processing
8using cyanide ore-processing reagents.
