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Sen. Bird, chairman of a commission subcommittee that has been studying the matter for two years, said his bill is the best approach for dealing with all aspects of the controversial issue.
In its 1982 session, the assembly approved legislation regulating uranium exploration in the state but enacted a one-year moratorium on uranium mining. That ban, however, would expire July 1 if the legislature does not extend it. Local legislators , in^. terviewed Friday said th£y were not familiar with all /the details of the bill, but tnat they agreed with the one-yaar
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