Annual Meeting Preliminary Program - Full Brochure (PDF) - SME

MINING REGULATION UPDATE:
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE DOWNRIGHT UGLY
1 P.M. TO 5 P.M.
Room 605/607
Chairman: John Watson
Partner, Berenbaum, Weinshienk, Denver, Colorado
The mining industry faces some of the most serious regulatory, legal and political
challenges in its history. State water quality initiatives will raise costs of compliance
to staggering levels. The sage grouse initiative threatens coal mining and
other development throughout Colorado. SEC Guide 7 will also impact mining
companies worldwide.
mining industry throughout Colorado and the United States, with emphasis on
what CMA is doing to defend the industry’s interests in these arenas, including the
recent changes to arsenic standards and stormwater permitting requirements. The
session will also review some of CMA’s accomplishments, including the successful
promulgation of the Colorado roadless rule and what that will do keep the mining
industry “in business” throughout the state. The session will also review CMA’s
efforts and those in other states to update aquatic life water quality criteria for
aluminum and iron.
The Sage Grouse, the Colorado Roadless Rule
and How Colorado is Responding
Mike King, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Natural Resources,
Denver, Colorado
Water Quality Rules in Colorado: What the State is Doing
and What the Industry is Doing About It
Eric Fry, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Peabody Energy, Evansville, Indiana
Studies to Support Implementation of Aquatic Life Criteria
for Poorly Soluble Metals
Steve Canton, Bob Gensemer, and Stephanie Baker, GEI Consultants, Inc.,
Denver, Colorado