Legislation & Regulation
Legislative and Regulatory Update
February 2017 by Scott Harn
• Obama’s parting shots• California suction dredging
• Oregon follows California’s lead
• Lawsuit coming; bill introduced to stop mining in Washington State
• President Trump halts new federal regulations
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act
• CA suction dredging update
• Appropriations Bill addresses problems at EPA
• Bad science, worse policy
Addressing EPA Overreach: What Dredgers Need to Know
Legislative and Regulatory Update
- PLF sues over critical habitat
- Attorney General ends EPA slush fund
Reminder: Annual Claim Filings Due
Please note that new mining claims filed on or after September 1, 2019, will be subject to the new fee schedule.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
Oregon Senate passes Senate Bill 3
Ask The Experts: Should I take my claim access problems to the Desert Advisory Council?
Q: The nearest access to the claim is a half mile walk, which is tough for a lode claim.
PLP Update: Back to The 'Swamp' on Behalf of Small Miners
We spent the morning in a meeting with one of the higher-ups at the US Forest Service. I presented him with 412 complaints received from our readers, along with a summary of the complaints to make his job easier.
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• Ask The Experts: Looking for help on unproven claim
• Calcite and Limestone
• Detecting Basics: Lose the Bad Habits Not the Gold
• Feather River Gold
• Detecting Alluvial Bench Deposits
• Underground Mining: Getting the Ore Out
• From Vietnam to Wedding Bands
• Trade-Ins, Swaps and Like-Kind Exchanges
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
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