Sentence examples for mining regulations from inspiring English sources

In 2006, Congress conducted the biggest overhaul in federal mining regulations in three decades.

Officials of the Bureau of Land Management said they were removing unduly burdensome provisions of the mining regulations.

The proposal he co-sponsors aims at repeat offenders of mining regulations, like Massey Energy, that game the penalty system with extended legal appeals.

Re "More Environmental Rollbacks" (editorial, Oct. 29): The recently revised hard-rock mining regulations bring us closer to achieving consistency with recommendations by the National Academy of Sciences.

Minas Gerais' governor, Fernando Pimentel, acknowledged state mining regulations are not enough and his aides said they may need to rethink their efforts to fast-track licensing.

Asked whether she still had confidence in Brazilian mining regulations, Ramos said she believed safety measures needed to be revised in the wake of this disaster.

Joan M. Mulhern, a lawyer at Earthjustice, an environmental group, denounced the mining regulation.

The government's chief of mining regulation, Jacinto Rocha, said the companies had nothing to worry about.

Here's a nightmare scenario without the Corrupt Practices Act: a nonresident corporation that wants to eviscerate mining regulation picks and installs politicians who will do that.

Consequently, the US congress began hearings on surface coal mining regulation in 1968.

Damage to ecosystems and threats to human health and the lack of effective mitigation require new approaches to mining regulation.