Rules relate to in-stream mining for precious metals

Salem -- The Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL) will hold a formal hearing to seek public comments on proposed new rules that would revise the general authorization for placer mining within essential indigenous salmon habitat (ESH):

March 21, 2018
Department of State Lands -- Land Board Room
775 Summer ST NE
Salem
4:00 -- 6:00 p.m.

The proposed rules were developed with input from an advisory committee composed of a diverse group of stakeholders, including miners, small businesses, environmental organizations, a tribe and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

The rules pertain to a general authorization under the state's removal-fill laws authorizing in-stream placer mining within ESH. The draft rules would modify existing rules by excluding motorized activities from the authorized activities, adding new conditions and making other changes.

Members of the public who are unable to attend the hearing may send comments via mail or email during the public comment period which ends Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.

Email: rules@dsl.state.or.us; U.S. mail: Anne Friend, Rules Coordinator, Department of State Lands, 775 Summer Street NE, Suite 100, Salem, Oregon 97301-1279.

Additional information is on the DSL website: http://www.oregon.gov/dsl/Laws/Pages/Rulemaking.aspx

The Department of State Lands protects Oregon's wetlands and waterways for their ecological functions and for the benefits they provide to the state's economy and the well-being of Oregonians. The agency does this through administering the Removal-Fill Law, passed by the Oregon Legislature in 1967. The Department also protects public ownership rights of Oregon's navigable and tidally influenced waterways by managing the use of state-owned land under rivers, lakes and the territorial sea.
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