WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Mining Association (NMA) today issued the following statement from Rich Nolan, NMA president and CEO, concerning the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) new Conservation and Landscape Health rule.
Nolan said, “This rule flies in the face of the government’s legal obligation to manage public lands for multiple uses – both protecting the environment and managing federal lands in ways that recognize the need for domestic sources of minerals. By putting its thumb on the scales to strongly favor conservation over other uses, this rule will obstruct responsible domestic mining projects and compound permitting challenges, further deepening our already grave foreign mineral import reliance.”
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