Legislation & Regulation

• WOTUS definition is changing again
• BLM HQ on the move again

• Big banks penalized for rigging gold price
• Mining royalties excluded from reconciliation bill

• Senators object to “Build Back Better” royalty provision
• Biden reverses Utah monument reductions
• Eco-terrorist confirmed

• BLM is moving back to DC?
• Gray wolf re-listed?
• EPA to redefine WOTUS again

Hennis claims that months later and without his permission, the EPA built a $2.3 million water treatment facility on the property and the agency continues treating water and storing waste there.

• New, damning revelations about Biden nominee to head BLM

Mining claimants who wish to retain their mining claims on Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service lands through the 2022 assessment year must pay a maintenance fee or file a maintenance fee waiver certificate on or before September 1, 2021, to prevent forfeiture.

• Actions speak louder than words
• Biden nominee for BLM director has ties to eco-terrorist groups

• Biden administration considers ban on new mining
• 30 x 30 Termination Act

• Governors push back on Biden’s public lands acquisition plan

• Haaland confirmed as head of Department of Interior
• Proposed bills aim to lock up millions of acres of public lands
• Recall election could have implications for dredgers in California

To reach this goal, our federal government would need to designate another 45.7 million acres as protected lands every year.

• Additional access restrictions proposed in Arizona
• Oregon senators introduce bill to place state rivers and streams off-limits

• Resolution Copper project moves closer to fruition in Arizona

Companion bills set to be proposed by state lawmakers and US Rep. Betty McCollum seek to block copper mining on federal lands…

• Biden’s incoming administration has green agenda
• Habitat definition finalized

• Nevada miners get reprieve
• Georgia Senate race may set the stage for mining regulations
• New Executive Order on critical minerals
• Interior Department makes adjustments to LWCF

I found I could not go prospecting in areas where I did not have a mining claim and the Forest Service thought my mere presence was a danger to the forest.

• Pendley nomination withdrawn but will remain BLM director for now
• Comments needed for Midas Gold project in Idaho