Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands

by National Research Council, Environment and Resources Commission on Geosciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies

This book, the result of a congressionally mandated study, examines the adequacy of the regulatory framework for mining of hardrock minerals?such as gold, silver, copper, and uranium?on over 350 million acres of federal lands in the western United States. These lands are managed by two agencies?the Bureau of Land Management in the Department of the Interior, and the Forest Service in the Department of Agriculture.

The committee concludes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309065968
• ISBN13: 9780309065962
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"