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Sierra Club Mining Law Reform
Summary
Technical report (May 1979). Covers Colorado, Alaska, West. Topics: hard rock mining, mineral exploration, mineral extraction, public lands management. Agencies: Sierra Club, The Wilderness Society, Bureau of Land Management. Cites 27 external works.
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Stakeholders (39)
Agencies, organizations, and groups mentioned as actors in this document.
United States Forest ServiceUnited States Bureau of Land ManagementUnited States Department of AgricultureUnited States Bureau of ReclamationUnited States Department of the InteriorUnited States Fish and Wildlife ServiceCongressNational Park Service
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Department of InteriorThe Sierra ClubCouncil on Environmental QualityFederal GovernmentBureau of MinesThe Wilderness SocietyAMAX Inc.U.S. GovernmentDepartment of DefenseHouse Committee on Interior and Insular AffairsThe Colorado Mining AssociationSenate Energy and Natural Resources CommitteeHouse Interior CommitteeAmerican Mining CongressBoard of DirectorsNRDCCarter AdministrationHouse Public Lands CommitteeRocky Mountain Oil and Gas AssociationNew Mexico Department of Game and FishSubcommittee on Mines and MiningPublic Lands SubcommitteeLeague of Women Voters Education FundNatural Resources Council of AmericaUtah Press AssociationPublic Land Users CoalitionWomen in MiningNevada Land Users CouncilWestern Mining CouncilProspectors, Miners and Public Land Users of ElyBeaver County Land Users Assn
Places (62)
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Concepts & Topics (33)
soil erosionacid mine drainagemesic resourcesmesic resourcesmesic resourcesecological consequencesmultiple-use managementsustainable grazing
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ecological consequencesecological consequencesland use planninglivestock grazingPriority Habitat Management AreasPriority Habitat Management Areasre-inundationminingfence collisionprepatent periodrent premiumrent premiumantelope passesFederal Registerroyaltiesopen pit miningcoal leasingclaim stakingOrganic Actoil and gas developmentMining Law of 1872tailing reclamationlocation-patent systemrecreational activitiesredevelopment
External References Cited (27)
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legislation (21)
- HR 5831 (1977)
- HR 5806 (1977)
- Mining Law of 1977 (1977)
- HR 9292 (1977)
- 1976 Organic Act (1976)
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- Stock Raising Homestead Act (1916)
- 1872 Mining Law (1872)
- Mining Act of 1872 (1872)
- General Mining Law of 1872 (1872)
- Flood Insurance legislation
- H.R. 5831 — Congressman Philip Ruppe
- H.R. 9292 — Congressman Philip Burton
- Public Grazing Lands Improvement Act — Teno Roncalio
- Wilderness Act
- National Environmental Protection Act
- Organic Act
- Wilderness and Roadless Areas bills
- Butler Bill
- Ruppe Bill
- Environmental Protection Act
- Endangered Species Act
report (5)
- AMAX Inc. survey of 41 large mining companies (1976)
- Land Use Letter No. 4, Mining on Federal Lands (1975) — League of Women Voters Education Fund
- Hardrock Mining: Cases and Recommendations — Ted Hudson
- Hard Rock Mining on the Public Lands Under a Century-Old Law
- Hard rock Mining on the Public Land — David Sheridan
study (1)
- 1977 study conducted by the Bureau of Mines (1977)
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