Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources
Mining Committee - Newsletter Archive
In this issue:
Message from the Chair of the Mining Committee
Jonathan Kahn…1
Message from the Chair of the Public Land and Resources Committee
Denise Dragoo…1
Congress Takes Aim at the 1872 Mining Law
Jim Butler…2
The Future of Mining on Public Lands: A Critical Look at Pending Reform
Legislation
J.P. Tangen…5
Ten Questions Regarding the Co-Tenancy of the Mineral Estate
G. Brian Wells, Esq. and Helena E. Racin, Esq.…9
Message from the Chair
Jonathan Kahn…1
Message from the Editor
Joseph M. Dawley…1
Survey of OSM’s Use of Ten Day Notice Letters
Allyn G. Turner and Andrew A. McCallister…2
Alternative Means of Enforcing the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
John Austin…6
The Atomic Bomb of Enforcement: Bond Forfeiture under SMCRA and State Counterparts
Helena E. Racin, Esq.…13
Message from the Chair
Jonathan Kahn…1
Message from the Editor
Joseph M. Dawley, Esq.…1
Exiting the Coal Mining Business: Is It True That Death Is the Only Way Out?
Joseph J. Zaluski and Lesly A.R. Davis…2
Energy Policy Act, Section 436: Waiver of Bond for Federal Coal Lease Bonus Payments
Denise A. Dragoo, Esq.…8
Reclamation after Mining Company Failure
James L. Pray, Esq.…10
Reclamation Bonds from the Surety Perspective
William T. Gorton III, Esq.…13
Message from the Chair
Katie Sweeney
Newsflash from the Vice-Chair: Federal Court Rejects EPA Reporting Requirement for Metal Mining Waste Rock
Kirsten L. Nathanson
The Safe Explosives Act: Homeland Security Comes to the Mining Industry
Edward M. Green
Timothy M. Biddle
An Overview of the Bureau of Land Management’s Rulemaking Efforts for the 43 CFR 3809 Surface Management Regulations for Hardrock Mining
Debra W. Struhsacker
Mining and Takings Law – Two Articles on Unsuitability and Nuisances:
Machipongo Land & Coal Co. and R.T.G., Inc.: When is an Area Unsuitable for Mining a Regulatory Taking and When is it Not?
Joel R. Burcat
Julia M. Glencer
Is Mining a Nuisance after Lucas?
Lawrence V. Albert
Clean Water Act Update: § 404 Developments
Michael C. Ford
Lucas J. Narducci
Legislation to Protect Sacred Native American Federal Lands Would Jepordize Mining and Other Land-Development Activities
R. Timothy McCrum
Includes Interview with John Leshy; National Academy of Sciences Issues Report Card on Hardrock Mining; OSM Publishes Final Regulations on "Valid Existing Rights" and Section 522(e) Prohibitions; The Millsite Controversy – Chapter 2; Forest Service’s Proposed Management Act Planning Regulation, Marking a Major Policy Shift, Draws Widespread Comments, Concerns; and The D.C. Circuit’s Molycorp Decision
Mining Navigation
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