Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Silica Sand Rulemaking MIA -- Why we can NOT afford to be complacent at this time.

The work of an Advisory Committee is to review and comment on the draft, which moves through various iterations before going to the agency board & Commissioner for release as a draft rule for comment.  

Can't do the work if the draft isn't there.  It's that simple...

Carol A. Overland - Legalectric 


Last year's legislation has proven to be lots of wishful thinking and little enforceable regulation of silica sand mining.  The state did not enact a moratorium, there's no Generic Environmental Impact Statement, nor a requirement for an Environmental Impact Statement for individual sand mine permit applications, and we're waiting for the nominal narrow rules and the optional model Standards and Criteria.  Now another legislative session is upon us, legislators are touring their districts and preparing for elections, so now's the time to let the legislators know that last year's placating "compromise" doesn't cut it, that it's compromised the public interest, and we deserve and expect better. 

The people expect reasonable regulation of silica sand mining.

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