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June 2014 by Chris Ralph

Legislative and Regulatory Update

September 2015

• EPA gets caught

• Suction dredging update

Legislative and Regulatory Update

February 2012
• Our Federal Landlord
• One down, two to go
• Challenging timing windows in Washington State
• More roadblocks to mining

Legislative and Regulatory Update

December 2014
• Court says ESA does not apply in some cases
• Comments needed for proposed critical habitat in several Western states
• EPA still trying to rewrite the Clean Water Act
• Enough already!
• Now is the time to act

Retired Geologist Warned Public of Pending EPA Disaster

September 2015
Retired geologist Dave Taylor of Farmington, New Mexico, predicted the disaster in a letter published by the Silverton Standard a week before it occurred.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

October 2017

• Budd-Falen in line to become next director at BLM
• Ten national monuments slated for changes or reductions
• California adds another fee

Legislative and Regulatory Update

December 2015
• EPA rule blocked

MMAC & PLP Update -- 2015 Minerals and Mining Regulatory Reform Act

September 2015
Is there any hope for a solution? Yes, there is, and we’ve been working with Public Lands for the People, the Minerals and Mining Advisory Council, attorney James Buchal and others on that solution.

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