Meeting Summary
1) Permitting process improvements / Streamlining options – Generally a topic for the Permit Issues Forum (PIF). Have monthly meetings with other dischargers.
a) WQCD participated in a LEAN event. General permit focus. Individual permits take all permitting options into account.
b) Any sort of meeting or informal comment period prior to public notice is a non-starter. WQCD upper management...
The Colorado Mining Association Education Foundation (CMAEF) annual All About Mining course took place in June, providing 16 teachers with eight spectacular days of information-packed classes and tours to various Colorado sites.
This annual program, which was originally launched back in 1968, begins with a refresher of lectures on the Colorado School of Mines campus, with a few local tours...
Colorado’s coal industry continues to be an important contributor to the state’s economy, especially in the rural areas where the mines are located. Colorado receives half of the federal coal royalties paid by coal producers along with property and sales taxes paid to local governments. The mines also provide high paying jobs to hard working miners who work and...
CMA’s Coal, Hardrock and Uranium Committees meet monthly in a combined committee meeting. During those meetings we receive updates from the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety covering both the coal and hardrock mining programs. At the July meeting, the Division updated members about recent revisions being considered to Reclamation Cost Estimates and electronic permitting.
Steven Lange of Knight Piesold...
Hold onto your hats (and wallets)—campaigns are underway!
If you have been watching your mailbox and observing the young people standing around grocery stores holding clipboards, you have probably figured out that we are entering an election cycle. The 2018 General Election will be held November 6 to elect a new Governor, State Treasurer, Secretary of State, Attorney General, members...