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EPA to require mines to offer cleanup assurances
Associated Press ^ | Dec 2, 2016 8:01 PM EST | Matthew Brown

Posted on 12/02/2016 5:40:18 PM PST by Olog-hai

The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday said it plans to require mining companies to show they have the financial wherewithal to clean up their pollution so taxpayers aren’t stuck footing the bill.

The proposal follows a 2016 agreement reached under court order for the government to enforce a long-ignored provision in the 1980 federal Superfund law.

The requirement would apply to hardrock mining, which includes mines for precious metals, copper, iron, lead and other ores. It would cover mines and processing facilities in 38 states, requiring their owners to set aside sufficient money to pay for future clean ups.

The EPA is considering similar requirements for chemical manufacturers, power generation companies and the petroleum refining and coal manufacturing industries. …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government
KEYWORDS: cleanup; coloradodyke; epa; epahypocrisy; ginamccarthy; goldkingmine; mining; necessarilyskyrocket; obamalegacy; superfund
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To: TheTimeOfMan

No cuts. Elimination of the department.


21 posted on 12/02/2016 9:22:31 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: arl295

“in order to get or renew a permit, a bond has to be floated for the clean up”

Yes. On the local level it’s done all the time real estate developers. In order for the county to permit a subdivision the developer is required to acquire a bond sufficient to complete roads, sewers and other infrastructure in case the project goes belly up before completion.


22 posted on 12/02/2016 9:40:52 PM PST by Rebelbase (Gatlinburg wildfire: over 1000 homes and business damaged or destroyed.)
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To: G Larry
Dust masks will be required to walk in the remnants of the EPA come February.

It is a hard argument that EPA has shown a path to a more prosperous nation. So many stupid on-going new regulations, folks can't plan.

23 posted on 12/03/2016 6:11:01 AM PST by Dustoff45 (A change is a comin')
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To: Dustoff45

The intent of the EPA was to deindustrialize the U.S.

It is the whole Population Control, anti-Capitalist, agenda.

We can both feed the world and teach the world to feed itself, but these elites are RACISTS, who don’t want the third world competing for their own resources.

Their wealth, comfort, and control is tied to their ability to ensure against a third world population, growing and threatening that control.


24 posted on 12/03/2016 6:37:37 AM PST by G Larry (America has the opportunity to return to God.)
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