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Energy & Mineral Law Foundation 29th Mineral Law Conference Corps of Engineers Permitting Issues ( February 2005 )
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' entire regulatory program, including permitting, as it relates to the mineral industry, has undergone some significant changes during the past several years. Most significantly, the very future of the nationwide permit as part of the Corps permitting process for coal mining (and very possibly many other industries) has been brought into serious question as a result of a federal court decision on July 8, 2004 in West Virginia. Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, et al. v. Bulen will be discussed in this outline. -
Mining and the Vanishing Surety Bond Market ( October 2003 )
Over the past several years, operators in the mining and oil and gas industries have found it increasingly difficult to fulfill financial guarantee obligations required by government regulators with the typical mechanism of choice, (i.e., surety bonds), because of surety companies' large-scale withdrawal from the natural resources markets. The associated financial credit crunch has prompted mining companies to seek and post alternative forms of collateral. -
No Civil Penalty Without Assessment Conference ( January 2001 )
The Environmental Hearing Board ("EHB") has eliminated a civil penalty assessed by the Pennsylvania Department of .
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