Legislation & Regulation
Colorado Disputes Key Part of EPA Mine Report
December 2015 by Associated Press
King’s letter is a blow to the EPA’s contention that outside technical experts supported its plan to push a drainage pipe through debris covering the entrance to the Gold King Mine…Legislative and Regulatory Update
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BLM Cancels 10-Million-Acre Sage Grouse Mineral Withdrawal
The very way it was done at the time didn’t give one much confidence in the objectivity and honesty of the BLM study.
Suction Dredging Battle Escalates
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