Sentence examples for permits for mining from inspiring English sources

Besides the Department of Transportation, among the agencies that had a say were the city's Department of Environmental Protection, because a branch of a water tunnel runs beneath part of the seminary, and the state's Department of Environmental Conservation, because its Division of Mineral Resources issues permits for mining operations.

A recent study by Greenomics, a Jakarta-based policy institute that researches forest management, determined that unauthorized permits for mining and palm oil plantations — meaning they were issued by local officials without approval at the national level — have affected more than 520,000 hectares, or 1.3 million acres, of protected forest in Aceh.

As local districts assumed more power in the early 2000s, the number of nationwide permits for mining activities soared — from 650 in 1999 to more than 8,000 in 2010, according to a report by the Indonesia-based Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).

The Clinton administration had given the Interior secretary the ability to veto permits for mines on federal lands if the mine could cause "substantial and irreparable harm" to the community.

Honduras is one of the world's most dangerous countries to defend land and the environment, with at least 130 people killed since the 2009 coup ushered in a pro-business repressive government who unleashed a tsunami of permits for mines, dams, model cities and African palm plantations on mainly rural and indigenous communities.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers by law issues dredging and filling permits for mines, and generally is inclined to approve them.

Code section 4656 (West 1984), requiring a permit for mining in State forests.

But others, such as permitting for mining, are beyond its jurisdiction.

But David M. Khani, director of research at FBR Capital Markets, expressed doubts that Arcelor would be up to the task of mining in Central Appalachia, where getting permits for mountaintop mining has become increasingly difficult.

"Fortescue began seeking regulatory approval for sustaining production at Solomon several years ago as a procedural measure to achieve the necessary permits for ongoing mining operations," an FMG spokesman said.

Currently CoAL obtained all the necessary permits for the mining, but cannot proceed until a series of legal appeals made by activists are heard.