Mining lawyer: California’s SB 108 enacts new legislation pertaining to “idle” mines and addresses some of the problems existing in SMARA’s idle mine provisions, including interim management plans Kerry Shapiro’s paper on California SB 108, which changes provisions in the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 (SMARA) pertaining to “idle” mines, was first presented […]
Kerry Shapiro’s article, “Court Decision to Create Confrontation Between Local Lead Agencies and Federal Land Managers” was published by The Conveyor. It discusses a recent decision that addresses the management of federal lands and resources within California counties.
Kerry Shapiro’s article, “New Opportunities to Protect and Develop Your Mineral Resources: Designation and SB375“, was featured in The Conveyor, a publication of the California Construction and Industrial Materials Association (CalCIMA) in its July 2009 issue.
On November 14, 2008, federal court Judge A. Howard Matz of the United States District Court, Central District of California, awarded JMBM’s client, CEMEX, the full amount of attorneys’ fees requested for its defense of a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) lawsuit. The attorneys’ fees were incurred in the last round of litigation involving actions […]