Legislative and Regulatory Update

January 2018 by Scott Harn

• EPA declines to impose additional regulations and financial requirements on hardrock miners
• “Baffling” ruling in suction gold dredging court case

Legislative and Regulatory Update

February 2013
• "Not a pollutant"
• Thank you Senator Sessions
• California suction dredging
• EPA uses secret email accounts

Legislative and Regulatory Update

May 2019

• Bernhardt confirmed
• State of Montana to appeal Rock Creek decision

MMAC & PLP Update

April 2016
The legislators soon came to the realization that Mining Districts and our proposed bill can solve many of the problems they currently face in their home states.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

May 2011
• Some good news for a change
• New 49ers win Karuk appeal
• Another Oregon bill of concern

Feinstein Pushes for Million-Acre Land Grab

November 2015
Met by jeers and cheers from more than 1,000 people, US Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) made another pitch to create three new national monuments in the deserts of southern California recently.

Legislative and Regulatory Update

September 2019

• ESA changes for the better

Legislative and Regulatory Update

April 2019

• Bishop and Curtis seek to rein in Antiquities Act abuses
• Lands bill signed by President Trump

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