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Mining Rules: State Gets Tougher While Feds Back Down

1 May 2002 - 12:00am | Author: Paul Shigley

Environment Watch | Vol. 17 No. 05 May 2002

These are both the best of times and worst of times for California’s mining industry. The Interior Department has lifted some Clinton-era restrictions for hardrock mining on federal land. However, the State Mining & Geology Board is considering new regulations for implementing the Surfacing Mining and Reclamation Act (SMARA) that miners say will be burdensome.

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