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MSHA’s Silica Rule Enforcement on Pause After Court Blocks Effective Date: A Compliance Gameplan for Mine Operators

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A federal appeals court just gave mine operators a reprieve from its strict new silica rule after temporarily blocking it from going into effect. The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) had announced on April 9 that...more

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BLM Raises Fees for Unpatented Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Sites Impacting Payments Due September

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On July 1, 2024, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued a final rule to adjust location and maintenance fees for federal unpatented mining claims, mill sites, and tunnel sites. The Mining Law of 1872, 30 U.S.C. § 28j(c)...more

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MSHA Announces Stakeholder Meetings Regarding New Silica Rule

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MSHA announced it will hold a series of stakeholder meetings across the country to share information about the final silica rule issued on April 18, 2024. The first two meetings are scheduled for Arlington, VA on July 10,...more

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MSHA Releases Final Rule on Respirable Crystalline Silica

On April 18, 2024, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) published the long-anticipated final rule on respirable crystalline silica for coal mines and metal and nonmetal mines. As expected, this final rule is a...more

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MSHA’s Final Rule for Respirable Crystalline Silica: What is Required and How Long Do Operators Have to Comply?

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On April 16, 2024, the Mine Safety & Health Administration (“MSHA”) released its final rule for Respirable Crystalline Silica (“RCS”) for preliminary viewing, and it was published in the Federal Register on April 18, 2024....more

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MSHA Releases Final Rule: Safety Program for Surface Mobile Equipment

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The Mine Safety & Health Administration (“MSHA”) has finally published its final rule on Safety Programs for Surface Mobile Equipment. This final rule has been a long time coming. ​​​​​​​MSHA originally published a Request...more

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MSHA Issues Final Powered Haulage Rule

On December 20, 2023, and more than two years after announcing a proposed rule, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) issued its much-anticipated final rule regarding safety plans for powered haulage. The rule...more

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MSHA’s New Powered Haulage Standard Rule and Implementation

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Since the mid-1990s, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has talked about surface haulage accidents and how to prevent them. Organizations including the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health...more

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Rising Tides: MSHA Penalties Increase For 2020

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No penalty is a good penalty, but many Department of Labor fines just got worse – including those that can be assessed against mining employers. The agency published a final rule that increases the maximum civil penalties...more

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BLM Raises Fees for Unpatented Mining Claims and More

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Effective July 1, 2019, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued a final rule (the Rule) to adjust location and maintenance fees for federal unpatented mining claims, mill sites, and tunnel sites. The Mining Law of 1872, 30...more

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Federal Court Reworks MSHA Workplace Exam Standard

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On June 11, 2019, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an opinion vacating the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (“MSHA”) 2018 rule (“2018 Amendment”) entitled,...more

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Understanding the SEC’s New Mining Disclosure Rules: Questions and Answers

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On October 31, 2018, the SEC adopted final rules effecting a complete overhaul of the technical disclosure requirements applicable to companies engaged in material mining operations, including royalty companies. Upon...more

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SEC Adopts New Disclosure Requirements for Mining Companies

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The Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted amendments to modernize the rules relating to property disclosure requirements for mining registrants, and Industry Guide 7 (Guide 7), under the Securities Act of 1933,...more

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The SEC Adopts New Rules Regarding Mining Disclosure

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On October 31, 2018, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced that it adopted rules to modernize mining property disclosure in order to harmonize SEC disclosure requirements with...more

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SEC Issues Final Rule to Modernize Property Disclosures for Mining Registrants

On October 31, 2018, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) issued a final rule (Final Rule) to modernize required property disclosures for mining registrants. ...more

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SEC Overhauls Disclosure Requirements for Mining Companies

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On October 31, 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a final rule (available here) that overhauls its existing disclosure requirements for mining company issuers, including royalty companies. The new...more

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MSHA Updates Guidance on Workplace Examination Standard

On September 28, 2018, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) posted important updates to its enforcement guidance on the new final rule on Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines. The new...more

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MSHA Issues Final Workplace Examination Rule

On April 9, 2018, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) will publish its final rule on “Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines” in the Federal Register. The rule will go into effect on June 2,...more

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A Win For The Mining Industry: EPA Declines To Impose CERCLA 108(b) Financial Responsibility Requirements

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On December 1, 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a pre-publication version of a final rule determining that imposing CERCLA 108(b) financial responsibility requirements on the hardrock mining...more

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MSHA decides that the White House’s Regulatory Freeze Does Not Apply to its New Rule

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MSHA decided to move forward with its controversial Examination of Workplaces in Metal and Nonmetal Mines Rule without regard to a White House Memorandum requesting federal agencies to delay rules for sixty days. (see our...more

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MSHA Moves Forward with May 23 Implementation of Workplace Examination Final Rule

On January 23, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) issued its Final Rule for Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines. In light of the White House’s regulatory freeze on new rules, questions...more

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Environmental Notes - July 2016

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CONGRESS FINDS THE FORMULA TO REFORM CHEMICAL REGULATION - The Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) is the primary federal law by which the manufacture, import and use of chemical substances are regulated in the United...more

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