The Colorado Mining Association Education Foundation is pleased to announce that we have three courses we are offering this summer: the All About Mining 2-Day Workshop in Golden, the All About Mining 2-Day Workshop in Leadville that is a different format than the Golden workshop with emphasis on mining in the Leadville Area and the STEAM (science, technology, engineering,...
April 18, 2023
DRMS Update
John Henderson- Dolores River Bill Mineral Withdrawals
Julie Annear-Caribou Cemetery Restoration
Legislative Update-HB 23-1294 Pollution Protection Measures
Wolverines
Colorado EnviroScreen 2.0
Lawmakers worked furiously over this past weekend to pass as many bills as possible before the clock struck midnight on May 8. Both chambers debated late into the night to clear the final fifty-plus bills from their desks, although some bills did not make it before the deadline, midnight on May 8.
Over six hundred bills were introduced and acted...
April 18, 2023
Federal Issues
State/Legislative Issues
WOTUS Task Force
SB23-274 Water Quality Control Fee-setting by Rule
Follow-up from WQCD engagement
Other Issues
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Nathan Moore and Andrew Sayers-Fay from the CDPHE’s Water Quality Control Division were the featured guests at this month’s meeting. Nathan is the Clean Water Program Manager within the WQCD and Andrew is the Clean Water Program Permits Section Manager.
CMA presented a list of issues to discuss with the Division:
WQCD Engagement – Special Meeting w/ CMA
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Governor Polis has made no secret of his desire to increase housing density in Colorado to limit sprawl, reduce water consumption, and reduce vehicle commutes which add to the ozone problem.
Nonetheless, his solution, SB 213 addressing Land Use, is breath-taking in its scope, dividing municipalities into categories based on population and requiring them to adopt model codes developed by...
Tackling Tough Policy Choices in Colorado – Careful Consideration Versus Unintended Consequences
As we count down the last month or so of the 2023 legislative session, CMA’s lobbyist Dianna Orf told me a legislative staffer remarked to her that despite the session being half over, two thirds of the work was still be done. That includes the introduction of many...
The 125th National Western Mining Conference took place at the Colorado Convention Center in conjunction with the 2023 SME Annual Conference & Expo.
A big thank you to all the exhibitors, sponsors and speakers who supported the conference, and all our members who had the chance to stop by to visit. Your support of the conference is vital. We hope...
Stone v High Mountain Mining Company
CMA and Colorado Stone Sand and Gravel Association filed an Amicus Curiae brief in Stone v High Mountain Mining Company which was appealed from to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in February. The brief was prepared by Gabe Racz and Justine Beckstrom from Vranesh and Raisch.
In Stone v. High Mountain Mining, the District...
We are quickly approaching the halfway point in the 120-day legislative session (March 9), with 446 bills introduced and many more anticipated. Several themes are evident regarding the majority caucus’ agenda for the session including Worker Protection, Housing Availability and Affordability, Healthcare, Property Tax, Crime and Criminal Justice, Energy, and Environment. And, with one hundred legislators (32 of whom...