Environmental Compliance in the Mine Permitting Process: Case Studies from Alaska, Colorado, Montana and Nevada

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• Personal Author:
  Martin WE ; McDonald LA
• Description:
  Case studies from Alaska, Colorado, Montana and Nevada are used to illustrate the impact of the environmental compliance process on the mining industry. Each case study was chosen because some aspect of their environmental compliance process helped to illustrate an interesting point in the regulatory process. The criteria used to select the case studies were: mines located in different jurisdictional areas; mines located in varying geological areas; mines located in areas having different historical relationships with mining; and operations that are in production as well as those seeking an operating permit. Focus is on the regulatory compliance structure in obtaining the necessary operating and discharge permits and not in complying with the requirements of these permits once operation begins. Each of the ten case studies addresses the impacts of the environmental compliance or permitting process in two areas: design modifications and timeline impacts. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Alaska Colorado Ecosystems Environment-management Habitats Mining-industry Mining-laws Montana Natural-resources-management Nevada Permits

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Open File Report
• Publisher:
  U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Case Studies
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska ; Colorado ; Montana ; Nevada ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 8 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  AFOC - Alaska Field Operations Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-74
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039519
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB95-263281
• Citation:
  Juneau, AK: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, OFR 51-95, 1994 Jul; :1-74
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Performing Organization:
  Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Juneau, AK: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, OFR 51-95
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:21d8f68584459c3741a2400021c06adf84e1872c57626609047e80f52374b68383e8ae08255172ed8a10135f2f78d20b9fb6844feb536b74e311e208649c5d0c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207076/cdc_207076_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.38 MB ]