Legislative and Regulatory Update

October 2015 by Scott Harn

Legislative and Regulatory Update

November 2010
• PLP continues the fight for miners' rights
• Oregon miners fight back
• Bills address strategic minerals

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.

Forest Service Seeks to Lock Miners Out in South Dakota

January 2016

Legislative and Regulatory Update

November 2017

• EPA ends "sue and settle"
• Sage grouse mineral withdrawal cancelled

Constitutional Sheriffs Standing Up for Our Rights

December 2012
Modoc County, California, is the latest county to use emergency powers to declare a state of emergency in order to take control of roads and trails away from federal agencies.

Government Takes Land for Open Space

March 2014
Rather than using the practice of government seizure of private property to promote economic development, the county is using it to preserve open space.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

October 2018

• Interior Department reigns in “sue and settle”
• Comments needed on Forest Service Part 228 regulations

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