Legislation & Regulation
Utah Approves funds to Fight Feds
April 2015 by Associated Press
Republican legislators say the funding is necessary to protect state interests...Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Critical minerals obtain national security status
• Idaho to take over EPA permitting
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Increase in claim fees
• Impact of recent elections
• Current suction gold dredging status in California
• Parks in Southern California
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Big win by a California suction gold dredger
• Administration locks up another popular gold mining area
• BLM creates de facto wilderness without Congressional approval
Legislative and Regulatory Update
- EPA declines to impose additional regulations and financial requirements on hardrock miners
- “Baffling” ruling in suction gold dredging court case
MMAC Update
We spent our evening at some informal get-togethers at two private residences in the DC area, which provided the opportunity to talk with staff members from Congress, other agencies, and a few consultants working on public land issues. We found common ground with many of them, and found a strong ally in a former Congressman turned consultant who agreed that Mining Districts provide the smartest legal route...
Legislative and Regulatory Update
- Welcome changes in Washington, DC
- Giving power back to the people
Legislative and Regulatory Update
• Backdoor Wild Lands order
• PLP reports on latest dredge lawsuit
• Massive lands bill avoided
• No cap and trade for now
• RS-2477 rights affirmed
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