Legislation & Regulation
Today's MSHA
April 2012 by Chris Ralph
We all know that it was never Congress’ intent to regulate gold panners and other individual mine operators through MSHA. In fact, I believe the concept of owner-operated mines with no employees was so strange a concept to the lawmakers that they never even thought there would be a need for such an exemption.Legislative and Regulatory Update
• SB 637
• Public land users cry "fowl"
BLM Raises Location and Claim Fees
The Bureau of Land Management announced an increase in location filing fees and annual maintenance fees for unpatented mining claims, mill sites and tunnel sites.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Hearing date moved up for preliminary injunction for California suction dredging
• Anti-mining bills in Oregon lead to recall effort
Oregon Anti-Dredging Bill
SB 765...would tax suction gold dredgers by charging a $50 annual fee for in-state dredgers and a whopping $2,500 fee for out-of-state dredgers for each county where the miner intends to dredge.
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.
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• New, damning revelations about Biden nominee to head BLM
Contact Information for Oregon Senators
Phone or email these Senators and politely express your thoughts and opinions on the pending legislation. (See Legislative and Regulatory Update for more information on the pending legislation.)
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• Prospecting Homonyms
• Revisiting an Old Mine in Idaho Reaps Rewards
• Following Clues to a Lost Gold Deposit—The Northern Extension of the Cedarberg
• Bering Sea Gold—Part I
• Safety With a Tax Deduction
• Who Says You Have to Own a Claim to Find Gold?
• US Policies Holding Back Arizona
• Judge Gives OK to Nevada Mining Tax Initiative
• Melman on Gold & Silver
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