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99 CIS H 65131
TITLE: Oversight
Hearing on Mining, the American Economy and National Security: The Role of
Public Lands in Maintaining a National Asset
CIS-NO: 99-H651-31
SOURCE: Committee on Resources. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: Feb. 23, 1999
LENGTH:
iii+149 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-1
ITEM-NO: 1023-A; 1023-B
SUDOC: Y4.R31/3:106-10
MC-ENTRY-NO: 99-16578
CIS
DOCUMENT ON DEMAND: 1-800-227-2477 (Full Text Reproductions)
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 106-10. Hearing
before the Subcom on Energy and Mineral Resources to examine anticipated effects
of Administration proposals to restrict mining on public lands, including feared
negative impact on the economy.
Supplementary material (p.
32-149) includes witnesses' written statements, submitted statements, and
correspondence.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Mining on public
lands, restriction
DESCRIPTORS:
SUBCOM ON ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES. HOUSE;
MINES AND MINING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; PUBLIC LANDS
99-H651-31 TESTIMONY NO: 1
Feb. 23, 1999 p. 7-20, 46-70
WITNESSES (and
witness notations):
LAWSON, RICHARD L. (President,
National Mining Association)
MCKINLEY, MICHAEL J. (Chief,
Metals Section, Minerals Information Team, Geological Survey)
D'ESPOSITO, STEPHEN (President, Mineral Policy Center)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Role of mining
in economic growth (related tables, p. 55-57); differing views on proposals to
restrict mining on public lands; anticipated benefits of restricted mining to
the environment and economy; perspectives on use of public lands for mining
purposes.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Mining on
public lands, restriction
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION
99-H651-31 TESTIMONY NO: 2 Feb. 23, 1999 p. 21-31, 71-94,
112-137
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
SILVER, DOUGLAS B. (President, Balfour Holdings)
MENZIE, W. DAVID (Chief, International Minerals Section,
Minerals Information Team, Geological Survey)
BROBST,
DONALD A. (representing Society of Economic Geologists)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Anticipated negative
effects of restricted public lands mining, focusing on potential economic
losses; criticism of Administration proposals to restrict mineral exploration on
public lands; analysis of import and export reliance levels for various minerals
and metals from 1975-98 (related tables, p. 91-94); issues related to domestic
mining industry.
INSERTIONS:
a. Geological
Survey, "Mineral Industry Surveys: Recycling-Metals" industry recycling rates
for selected metals, Nov. 1998, with table (p. 113-124).
b. Silver, D. B., "Potential Impacts of New Royalties on
Metal Mining" prepared for Minerals Exploration Coalition, July 1997, with
tables (p. 125-137).
CONTENT NOTATION:
Mining on public lands, restriction
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
MINERALS EXPLORATION COALITION;
METALS AND METAL INDUSTRIES; RECYCLING OF WASTE MATERIALS
