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Kerry Shapiro wrote an article for the Natural Resources and Mining Law Blog discussing the impact of the California Supreme Court’s ruling on prevailing wage case Mendoza v. Fonseca McElroy Grinding Co., Inc. JMBM client California Construction and Industrial Materials Association (CalCIMA) filed an Amicus Brief in support of Fonseca. The full text of the article […]
Kerry Shapiro’s article, “The California Endangered Species Act 101” was published by the California Construction and Industrial Materials Association’s Spring 2021 issue of The Conveyor.
Kerry Shapiro’s article “Important News for Mining Companies With Existing or Future Projects in the California Desert” was published by Mondaq.
BLM releases maps showing 1.3 million acres of proposed mining withdrawal On January 13, 2017, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) released maps showing the areas that BLM, on December 28, 2016, proposed to withdraw from mining. The withdrawal is designed to “protect nationally significant landscapes with outstanding cultural, biological, and scientific values” and […]
California SMARA Update: AB 1142 and SB 209 – What operators need to know about SMARA modernization On April 18, 2016, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law two bills – AB 1142 (Gray) and SB 209 (Pavley) – that together provide the most significant update to the California Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMARA) in […]
PowerPoint Presentation regarding AB 1142 and SB 209 On April 18, 2016, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law two bills – AB 1142 (Gray) and SB 209 (Pavley) – that together provide the most significant update to the California Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMARA) in 25 years. Operators and lead agencies must be aware […]
California Mining Update: AB 1142 and SB 209 – What lead agencies need to know about SMARA modernization On April 18, 2016, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law two bills – AB 1142 (Gray) and SB 209 (Pavley) – that together provide the most significant update to the California Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMARA) […]
On April 18, 2016, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law two bills – AB 1142 (Gray) and SB 209 (Pavley) – that together provide the most significant update to the California Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMARA) in 25 years. Operators and lead agencies must be aware of these new changes and start planning for […]
Kerry Shapiro article, “New Law Allows Mining Operators to Remedy Compliance Issues and Retain AB 3098 List Status,” was published in the Spring/Summer issue of The Conveyor.
As reported earlier this week in the California Land Use Blog, the recent Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Center for Biological Diversity v. Salazar allowed a uranium mine on federal lands in Arizona to re-open after being idled for seventeen years absent any new federal approval or supplemental environmental review. This decision is […]
