The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and Wedington Mine, LLC (“Wedington”) entered into a December 6th Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations...more
Ms. Maureen Wren, Director of Media Relations of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (“NYS DEC”) noted a needed correction and addition to this post. Ms. Wren stated the post should have indicated...more
On April 1, 2021, as part of an ongoing review and revision process, seven amendments to the Health, Safety and Reclamation Code for Mines in British Columbia came into force. The Code, and its enabling statute, the Mines...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) published a Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) for design professional services involving abandoned mine land reclamation. See DBA RFQ #930-RFQ-1901. The personnel...more
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) and Lloyd and Betty Thurman (“Thurman”) entered into a February 21st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of Arkansas Pollution Control...more
True to his word, Governor Jerry Brown signed two bills, AB 1142 and SB 209, into law on Monday to reform California’s Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMARA). Now, before getting too excited, keep in mind that the new...more
In Friends of the Kings River v. County of Fresno, No. F068818 (Cal. Ct. App. 5th Dist., Dec. 8, 2014), the Fifth Appellate District upheld Fresno County’s (County) approval of the Carmelita Mine and Reclamation Project...more
The D.C. Circuit has decided against ruling on the substance of whether the Abandoned Mine Land reclamation fee and the regulatory methods the Office of Surface Mining uses to collect it on exported coal create an...more