Legislation & Regulation
Legislative and Regulatory Update
November 2016 by Scott Harn
• Oregon proposed withdrawal• Vote
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Partial win for miners
• California suction dredging
• Feds continue to push for more public lands
• Idaho suction dredging
MMAC Update
In May 2017, the district participated in a meeting with representatives from several state and federal agencies where they educated agency officials about the authority of Mining Districts, Mining Law and miner’s rights.
Oregon Miners Take DEQ to Court, Again
Since 2005, a group representing a handful of Oregon and Washington mining organizations, centered around the Eastern Oregon Mining Association (EOMA) and the Waldo Mining District (WMD), have been actively fighting the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) over their then new “700PM Suction Dredge Mining Permit.”
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• The good, the bad, and the ugly
• California and Oregon dredge permits
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• California suction dredgers had better prepare for battle
Captain Obvious Strikes Again
The paper’s crack reporters filed requests under the Freedom of Information Act, demanding public release of “secret” emails explaining why the Interior Department recommended, and President Trump approved, shrinking Bears’ Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monuments.
MMAC Update
We will be bringing the first of several bills that were requested by Congress during a previous MMAC trip and presenting maps depicting all the MMAC-assisted Mining Districts.
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The Bawl Mill
• Our Readers Say
• Detecting: Small Creek Yields Good Gold
• Ask The Experts: Is this BLM demand legitimate?
• The Challenge of Winter Dredging
• What Have You Got to Lose?
• MMAC Update
• How to Upgrade Your Pocket Plunger
• Glaciers and Placer Gold Deposits
• What's In A Name?
• Oregon Miners Still Fighting
• Greenhorn Finds Gold in Colorado
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Melman on Gold & Silver
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