Legislation and Regulation

January 2024 by Jordan Harger

MMAC & PLP Update

July 2016
…what I’d like to focus on in this update is the assistance they provided to a suction gold dredger in Idaho being harassed by an environmental group.

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

Legislative and Regulatory Update

February 2020

• Comments needed regarding proposed NEPA improvements
• Efforts underway to fix the ESA

Legislative and Regulatory Update

July 2011
• Battle continues in the "Golden State"
• California Water Board needs your comments

MMAC & PLP Update

October 2016
There are some miners who are under the impression that an organized Mining District will immediately get the regulatory agencies off their backs so they can start digging or dredging again.

Court Says Emergency Rule in California Unjustified

August 2013
Superior Court Judge Karen L. Dixon granted the temporary restraining order on July 3, 2013.

SB 838 and the Salem Witch Hunt

December 2015
In every sense, this was a witch hunt with a preconceived agenda to heavily restrict or outright prohibit most small-scale mining in Oregon.

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