Maine mining bills public hearings 3/20/17 Some recordings

[Ron Huber]

Maine mining bills brought forth members of the Maine public and of two other nations The five speakers  at this link  are only a fraction of the many who testified. More will be uploaded.

Here are the bills 

LD 160, HP0118An Act To Prohibit the Mining of Massive Sulfide Ore Deposits under the Maine Metallic Mineral Mining Act - Rep. Robert Duchesne of HudsonSubjects: LAND USE, PERMITS, SULFIDE DEPOSITS MINING

LD 253, HP0186An Act To Repeal the Maine Metallic Mineral Mining Act - Rep. RalphChapman of BrooksvilleSubjects: GROUND WATER, CONTAMINATION, METALLIC MINERAL MINING

LD 254, HP0187An Act To Implement a Moratorium on Metallic Mineral Mining - Rep. RalphChapman of BrooksvilleSubjects: LAND USE, PERMITS, METALLIC MINERAL MINING MORATORIUM -Emergency

LD 395, HP0286Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 200: Metallic Mineral Exploration, Advanced Exploration and Mining, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Environmental ProtectionSubjects: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPT, RULES, METALLIC MINERAL EXPLORATION AND MI - Emergency

LD 580, SP0195An Act To Modify the Mining Laws - Sen. Thomas Saviello of FranklinSubjects: LAND USE, PERMITS, MINING PROVISIONS REVISED

LD 685, HP0476An Act To Establish the Mining Advisory Panel - Rep. Ralph Chapman of BrooksvilleSubjects: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPT, PERMITTING, MINING ADVISORY PANEL

LD 820, SP0265An Act To Protect Maine's Clean Water and Taxpayers from Mining Pollution - Sen. Brownie Carson of CumberlandSubjects: GROUND WATER, CONTAMINATION, MINE SITE POLLUTION PROTECTIONS