阿肯色州石油和天然气委员会批准监管加密货币矿山的规则制定程序

阿肯色州石油和天然气委员会投票批准了开始监管加密货币矿山的官方规则制定程序的请求

The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission voted Thursday to begin the official rulemaking process for regulating cryptocurrency mines, with the draft rules now headed for public comment.

阿肯色州石油和天然气委员会周四投票决定开始监管加密货币矿山的官方规则制定程序，规则草案现已接受公众评论。

The proposed rules are a result of legislation during the 2024 legislative fiscal session. After public backlash to a law passed in 2023 that stripped away local authority to regulate noise generated by cryptocurrency mines, the legislature passed new laws this year changing the 2023 law and mandating the AOGC create a regulatory program for the operations of cryptocurrency mines.

拟议规则是 2024 年立法财政会议期间立法的结果。 2023 年通过的一项法律剥夺了监管加密货币矿场产生噪音的地方权力，遭到公众强烈反对后，立法机构今年通过了新法律，修改了 2023 年法律，并要求 AOGC 为加密货币矿场的运营制定一项监管计划。

The rules, which will be known as General Rule K if finalized, "provides the regulatory structure for ensuring that digital asset mining businesses are managed in a manner that best protects the public interest," the executive summary of the proposed rules read.

拟议规则的执行摘要中写道，如果最终确定，这些规则将被称为一般规则 K，“提供了监管结构，以确保以最好的方式保护公共利益的方式管理数字资产挖矿业务”。

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette previously reported on a draft version of the rules, which it obtained via an Arkansas Freedom of Information Act request, prior to their approval by the governor's office in October. According to documentation included with the proposed rules, several changes were made to the cryptocurrency mining rules after the Democrat-Gazette published the initial draft, which was sent to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' office at the end of September.

阿肯色州民主党公报此前报道了该规则的草案版本，该草案是通过《阿肯色州信息自由法》请求获得的，随后于 10 月份获得州长办公室的批准。根据拟议规则中包含的文件，在《民主党公报》发布初稿后，加密货币挖矿规则发生了一些变化，该初稿已于 9 月底发送给州长 Sarah Huckabee Sanders 的办公室。

The changes were made at the beginning of November. They included tweaks to language about foreign-owned or operated cryptocurrency mines, which were prohibited from operating in the state as part of the 2024 changes to the Arkansas Data Centers Act. Lines in the September draft prohibiting "foreign-owned" mines were changed to "foreign-party-controlled."

这些变化是在 11 月初进行的。其中包括对有关外资拥有或经营的加密货币矿场的用语进行了调整，作为 2024 年阿肯色州数据中心法案变更的一部分，这些矿场被禁止在该州运营。 9月草案中禁止“外资”矿山的条款改为“外资控股”。

Additionally, the proposed rule includes a five-year permit limit, which would require cryptocurrency mine operators to renew their permits. Language stipulating how long a permit was effective was missing in the original draft.

此外，拟议的规则还包括五年的许可证期限，这将要求加密货币矿场运营商更新许可证。最初的草案中缺少规定许可证有效期的语言。

Lastly, language in proposed Rule K-2 now says that an applicant for a permit must provide a copy of an agreement either with a public water utility or a private well owner that certifies that the mine's water use wouldn't negatively impact the local water supply or water rates. Private well owners were not included in that provision in the original version of the draft.

最后，拟议规则 K-2 中的措辞现在规定，许可证申请人必须提供与公共供水公司或私人水井所有者签订的协议副本，证明矿井的用水不会对当地水产生负面影响供应或水费。原始草案中的该条款并未包含私人油井所有者。

The changes to the proposed rules were sent to the governor's office on Nov. 4, according to documents on the AOGC's website, and were approved by the office on Nov. 12.

根据 AOGC 网站上的文件，对拟议规则的修改已于 11 月 4 日发送至州长办公室，并于 11 月 12 日获得该办公室的批准。

For the most part, the proposed rules mirror the legislation passed earlier this year. The legislation created a regulatory framework to be administered by the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission, and also required crypto mines to obtain permits.

在很大程度上，拟议的规则反映了今年早些时候通过的立法。该立法创建了一个由阿肯色州石油和天然气委员会管理的监管框架，并要求加密矿场获得许可证。

The proposal outlines the specific process for obtaining a permit. Enforcement mechanisms in the proposed rules state that mines in violation of their permit could be subject to $2,500 per day per violation for administrative violations, or $5,000 per day per violation for operating violations.

该提案概述了获得许可证的具体流程。拟议规则中的执行机制规定，违反许可证的矿山可能会因行政违规而被处以每天 2,500 美元的罚款，或因经营违规而被处以每天 5,000 美元的罚款。

In addition to approving the start of the rulemaking process for cryptocurrency mine regulation, the AOGC voted in favor of multiple requests to extend the temporary abandonment of certain natural gas wells, as well as a request from commission staff to declare wells that had been out of production for years abandoned so that they could be properly plugged.

除了批准启动加密货币矿山监管规则制定流程外，AOGC 还投票赞成延长某些天然气井临时废弃期限的多项请求，以及委员会工作人员要求宣布已退出的井的请求。多年来的生产被废弃，以便能够正确堵塞。