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Mining Rules: State Gets Tougher While Feds Back Down
Mining Rules: State Gets Tougher While Feds Back Down

May 1, 2002

Environment Watch, Paul Shigley, 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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In Brief
In Brief

May 1, 2002

In Brief, other, Vol. 17 No. 05 May 2002

Don't miss this month's installment of In Brief, CP&DR's monthly digest of land use news stories in the making or follow ups to stories that we have run in the past.
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19th Century Technology Brings 21st Century Prosperity
19th Century Technology Brings 21st Century Prosperity

May 1, 2002

Economic Development, Vol. 17 No. 05 May 2002, William Fulton

In mid-April, The first freight train emerged from an underground trench a few miles south of downtown Los Angeles and headed along a separate right-of-way toward the enormous rail yards east of downtown Los Angeles.
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