Legislation & Regulation
Legislative and Regulatory Update
October 2015 by Scott Harn
• Anti-dredging bill SB 637 passesLegislative and Regulatory Update
- Administration issues proposals to fix mining access and permitting
- Online “webinar” and request for comments for proposed Forest Service NEPA revisions
Wake Up Voters! Oregon SB 838 Study Group Update
They want to close our roads on public land (built by taxpayer funds) to keep us and our disabled veterans out. And it won’t stop with just mining.
It's Time to Get the Heck Out of China
We are at a crossroads; either we establish the mining, production and refining of rare earth elements here in the US or we remain subjected to the whims of the Chinese government.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Environmental groups push for more ESA listings
• Proposed grant program to recruit mining engineering students
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Comment deadlines approaching for frog listings and habitat
• EPA seeks more control
• Comments due in Washington
• California dredging moratorium
• PLF sues to delist polar bear
CA Supreme Court Rules Against Rinehart - But There Is A Solution
Even if the California Supreme Court had ruled in favor of Rinehart, suction dredge miners would be facing the wrath of the State Water Resources Control Board...
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Governors push back on Biden’s public lands acquisition plan
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