36 CFR 228.1 - Purpose

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  • Clarification for the Appropriate Use of a Criminal or a Civil Citation to Enforce Mineral Regulations
    • United States
    • Federal Register November 06, 2008
    • November 6, 2008
    ...to use and occupy NFS lands for mining purposes, and reasonably incidental uses while minimizing adverse environmental impacts (See 36 CFR 228.1 and Comment: A mining district stated its interest pertains directly to how the amendments would be applied to mining operations and reasonably in......
  • Alliance v. United States Forest Serv., No. CV 05-107-M-DWM
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. United States District Court (Montana)
    • May 4, 2010
    ...and use so as to preserve the national forests “from destruction.” 16 U.S.C. § 551. Plaintiffs count on the regulations set forth at 36 C.F.R. §§ 228.1-228.8, although those regulations do not relate directly to the agency but instead prescribe the obligations and standards to which the min......
  • Karuk Tribe of Cal. v. U.S. Forest Serv., No. 05–16801.
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (9th Circuit)
    • June 1, 2012
    ...regulations to minimize the adverse environmental impacts of mining activities in National Forests. 39 Fed.Reg. 31,317 (Aug. 28, 1974); 36 C.F.R. § 228.1 (2004). The regulations establish three different categories of mining, based on whether the proposed activities “will not cause,” “might......
  • Siskiyou Regional Education Project v. Rose, No. Civ. 98-3069-CO.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. United States District Court (Oregon)
    • December 13, 1999
    ...Plan amended the Siskiyou National Forest LRMP, the Forest Service had regulations in effect governing mining on national forest lands, 36 C.F.R. §§ 228.1-15. Under these regulations, "a person proposing an action which `might cause disturbance of the surface resources' is required to submi......
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36 cases
  • Alliance v. United States Forest Serv., No. CV 05-107-M-DWM
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. United States District Court (Montana)
    • May 4, 2010
    ...and use so as to preserve the national forests “from destruction.” 16 U.S.C. § 551. Plaintiffs count on the regulations set forth at 36 C.F.R. §§ 228.1-228.8, although those regulations do not relate directly to the agency but instead prescribe the obligations and standards to which the min......
  • Granite Rock Co. v. California Coastal Com'n, No. C-83-5137-WWS.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. Northern District of California
    • May 21, 1984
    ...("CZMA") and the Mining Act of 1872, 30 U.S.C. §§ 21 et seq. ("Mining Act"), federal regulations issued by the National Forest Service, 36 C.F.R. §§ 228.1 et seq. (1983), and a state statute, the California Coastal Act, Cal.Pub.Res.Code §§ 30000 et seq. ("CCA"). At issue is whether plaintif......
  • Uecker v. U.S. Forest Serv., Civil Action No. 17-cv-02879-RM-KLM
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 10th Circuit. United States District Court of Colorado
    • February 28, 2019
    ...required by the Forest Service to submit and have an approved mining plan of operations to validly work a mining claim on NFS land. See 36 C.F.R. § 228.1 (stating that mining operations "shall be conducted so as to minimize adverse environmental impacts on [NFS] surface resources"); 36 C.F.......
  • Copar Pumice Co., Inc. v. Tidwell, No. 07-2211.
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (10th Circuit)
    • April 19, 2010
    ...mining operations "shall be conducted so as to minimize adverse environmental impacts on National Forest System surface resources." 36 C.F.R. § 228.1. Mining operators must submit a plan of operations for approval, which must include a description of mining operations, "the period during wh......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Planning and Law: Shaping the Legal Environment of Land Development and Preservation
    • United States
    • Land use planning and the environment: a casebook
    • January 23, 2010
    ...to regulate these activities to different agencies. The stated purpose of part 228, subpart A of the Forest Service regulations, 36 CFR § 228.1 (1986), is to “set forth rules and procedures” through which mining on unpatented claims in national forests “shall be conducted so as to minimize ......
  • Planning and Law: Shaping the Legal Environment of Land Development and Preservation
    • United States
    • Environmental Law Reporter Nbr. 40-4, April 2010
    • April 1, 2010
    ...authority to regulate these activities to diferent agencies. he stated purpose of part 228, subpart A of the Forest Service regulations, 36 C.F.R. §228.1 (1986), is to “set forth rules and procedures” through which mining on unpatented claims in national forests “shall be conducted so as to......

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