On April 13, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a request for comments to aid EPA’s ongoing “Evaluation of Existing Regulations,” which seeks to identify regulations that
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In a Historic Decision to Ban All Metals Mining, El Salvador Appears to Have Closed the Door on OceanaGold
By Jillian Kirn on
Posted in Mining
On March 29, 2017, legislators in El Salvador passed a much-anticipated bill prohibiting all mining for gold and other metals. The results of the vote were unanimous and cross-party: 69…
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EPA Seeks to Impose Financial Responsibility Requirements on Hardrock Mine Operators
By Sonali Dohale on
On Dec. 1, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator signed a proposed rule, “Financial Responsibility Requirements under CERCLA § 108(b) for Classes of Facilities in the Hardrock Mining Industry…
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