Legislation & Regulation
Legislative and Regulatory Update
August 2011 by Scott Harn
• California suction dredging• House shows support for public land use
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Idaho challenges EPA regulations
• California suction gold dredging
Legislative and Regulatory Update
- DOI to address threatened species
- 141 Confirmations still pending
- California withdrawals canceled
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Partial win for miners
• California suction dredging
• Feds continue to push for more public lands
• Idaho suction dredging
SB 838 and the Salem Witch Hunt
In every sense, this was a witch hunt with a preconceived agenda to heavily restrict or outright prohibit most small-scale mining in Oregon.
PLP Update
We are in the planning stages for our next trip to DC. Clark and I are looking at returning after the mid-term elections, probably around the end of November or early December, to continue discussions with members of Congress…
Annual Claim Filings Due
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Idaho continues toward elimination of EPA suction dredging regulations
• EPA makes preemptive strike against Alaska mine
• Proposed Mines Act permit fees
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