Nugget Shooter Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 This is the California thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Slim Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 California Governor Democrat Jerry Brown Jr.California Senators Democrat Barbara Boxer Democrat Dianne FeinsteinCalifornia Representatives Democrat Joe Baca Democrat Karen Bass Democrat Xavier Becerra Democrat Howard Berman Republican Brian Bilbray Republican Mary Bono Mack Republican Ken Calvert Republican John Campbell III Democrat Lois Capps Democrat Dennis Cardoza Democrat Judy Chu Democrat Jim Costa Democrat Susan Davis Republican Jeff Denham Republican David Dreier Democrat Anna Eshoo Democrat Sam Farr Democrat Bob Filner Republican Elton Gallegly Democrat John Garamendi Republican Wally Herger Jr. Democrat Mike Honda Republican Duncan Hunter Jr. Republican Darrell Issa Democrat Barbara Lee Republican Jerry Lewis Democrat Zoe Lofgren Republican Dan Lungren Democrat Doris Matsui Republican Kevin McCarthy Republican Tom McClintock Republican Buck McKeon Democrat Jerry McNerney Republican Gary Miller Democrat George Miller Democrat Grace Napolitano Republican Devin Nunes Democrat Nancy Pelosi Democrat Laura Richardson Republican Dana Rohrabacher Democrat Lucille Roybal-Allard Republican Ed Royce Democrat Loretta Sanchez Democrat Adam Schiff Democrat Brad Sherman Democrat Jackie Speier Democrat Pete Stark Democrat Linda Sanchez Democrat Mike Thompson Democrat Maxine Waters Democrat Henry Waxman Democrat Lynn Woolsey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoser John Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Suction dredging rules spur suit; group tries to halt implementation of new regulationsBy Damon Arthur Tuesday, April 3, 2012 A coalition of commercial fishing groups, environmentalists and the Karuk Indian tribe are suing the state in an effort to prevent it from enacting new regulations on using suction dredging to mine for gold.Filed Monday in Alameda County Superior Court, the suit asks the court to issue an injunction preventing the state Department of Fish and Game from implementing the regulations, which were adopted in March.Jonathan Evans, one of the lawyers who filed the suit, said suction dredging harms the environment, especially fish in the streams where it occurs."Suction dredge mining is a net loser for the state of California," said Evans, an attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity, one of the 10 plaintiffs.The most recent set of regulations were the outcome of a lawsuit filed by the Karuk tribe and others back in 2004, asking a court to force the DFG to conduct an environmental review of suction dredging.The regulations would limit the DFG to issuing 1,500 suction dredging permits statewide each year. Previously, the state could issue up to 4,000 permits a year. No suction dredging permits are being issued anyway because state law bans suction dredging until 2016.Under the regulations a dredge also would need to be decontaminated after it was removed from a stream and before it is returned to the water.Dredges would have to be more than 500 feet apart on a stream and could operate only from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Numerous north state streams also were closed to suction dredging under the new regulations.Evans said the new regulations did not go far enough to protect wildlife from mercury that suction dredging kicks up from the bottom of streams. Mercury was deposited in many streams statewide during the 1850s gold rush when it was used during the mining process.The regulations also didn't do enough to protect cultural resources and reduce the effects of noise from the dredges, Evans said."Until the moratorium was passed, gold miners were still allowed to destroy our rivers, our fisheries and our culture," said Leaf Hillman, natural resources director for the Karuk Tribe.Jordan Traverso, a DFG spokeswoman, said her office hadn't yet officially received a copy of the lawsuit, so she could not comment on it.Diana Clayton, president of the Shasta Miners and Prospectors, said the environmental effects of suction dredging are being overstated."I think they give a very poor picture of what suction dredging is. You really have to understand that there's a minimal impact" from mining, said Clayton, whose organization has about 200 members.She said that with only 1,500 permits issued annually, suction dredge mining can't have that large an environmental impact.Many families rely on gold mining to make a living, and the lawsuit and regulations make it more difficult for them."It's a family thing. It's healthy and it's environmentally sound," she saidCAN YA FEEL THE LOVE NOW--couldn't even wait for the 5 year ban to end-F'M' all-John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Dorado Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Guess the New 49'r really pizzed of the Karuks......Ya Think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 These groups are relentless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wminerick Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 We knew they were going to sue because they felt the rules weren't tough enough. That can be expected. So if we didn't file a lawsuit challenging the EIR, our goose would have been cooked. PLP is working on the lawsuit and will file in a couple of days.The irony? They filed suit to block the regulations and the SEIR and we are filing suit to block the regulations and the SEIR. Interesting, the enviros and the miners both say the SEIR and the regulations suck, so the odds are good they will both be thrown out.So what does this mean? I'm not a lawyer, but here's my take - if the SEIR is set aside or anulled then CDFG has not complied with the court order and we "should" revert back to the 1994 regulations.At the same time PLP is filing suit to challenge the State's right to prohibit mining at all. So, if the CBD wins we win, if we win we win. Interesting isn't it. The variables are going to be where this case is heard and whether they'll combine the two cases into one. Now that would be something, us and CBD on the same side but with different objectives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Dorado Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 http://www.redding.com/news/2012/apr/08/john-f-swaim-whats-real-motive-for-fighting/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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