Legislation & Regulation
The Perfect Response
January 2017 by Scott Harn
In May, 2016, the Andersons received a letter from Steve Niemela at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife requesting access to their property to conduct surveys for “foothill yellow-legged frogs and other amphibians.”Feds Challenge North Idaho Mining Claims
Fishing, camping and the protection of American Indian artifacts along a 30-mile section of the North Fork of the Clearwater River outweigh the desire of placer miners to search for gold, an attorney representing the US Forest Service said.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Oregon's attack on suction gold dredging
• New DOI Director nominated
• More Forest Service restrictions in the works
• California suction gold dredging
Legislative and Regulatory Update
- Oregon miners petition US Supreme Court in Bohmker v. Oregon
- Wheeler receives hearing as EPA administrator
MMAC & PLP Update
We definitely got their undivided attention with our presentations. As a direct result of our presentations, the Desert Advisory Council recommended a Memorandum of Understanding be put together between the council and the Rand Mining District. This MOU was recently completed.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
- EPA declines to impose additional regulations and financial requirements on hardrock miners
- “Baffling” ruling in suction gold dredging court case
Addressing EPA Overreach: What Dredgers Need to Know
Judge Denies Request To Delay Michigan Mine
Manderfield’s ruling opens the way for Kennecott Eagle to begin blasting. The company has declined to say when it will start. A spokeswoman said drilling would begin “in the coming weeks".
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• Ask The Experts: Could you expand on your previous blasting article?
• Ask The Experts: Equipment to break up heavy clay
• Ask The Experts: “Energy” coming from black sand?
• Ask The Experts: Assay problem or recovery problem?
• Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Detecting Strategies for Heavily Forested Areas—Part II
• The Winning Hand
• Early Winter Detecting in the Sierras
• Gangue Minerals - What Do They Tell Us?
• Mining Districts in Montana Get Organized
• Feds Deny Lease Renewals for Minnesota Mine
• Obama Administration Moves to Block Mining Near Yellowstone
• MMAC Update
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Melman on Gold & Silver
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