SIERRA FUND CELEBRATES THE END

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Hoser John Fri May-25-12 12:59 PM
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#15559, "Sierra Fund Celebrates"


Breaking News from The Sierra Fund

May 24, 2012







SACRAMENTO – Two legislative budget subcommittees acted yesterday to ensure that suction dredge gold mining in California's rivers will not be allowed to resume until rules are in place that protect the waterways from environmental degradation.



The Assembly and Senate Budget Subcommittees that oversee the budget of the CA Department of Fish and Game both acted on Wednesday May 23 to clarify the status of suction dredge mining regulation in the state.



Both committees agreed on the need to clarify language from the Resources Omnibus Trailer Bill passed in 2011. That bill included a directive to place a moratorium on suction dredge mining until the Department had created and adopted regulations that did not permit suction dredge mining that had significant environmental impacts – but this language included an arbitrary “sunset clause” that would allow suction dredge mining to resume in 2016 whether or not these conditions were met.



Yesterday, the Assembly Budget Subcommittee #3 on Resources & Transportation adopted specific language that struck the “sunset clause” timeline provision. It also directed the following activity:

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