Comment & Support Letters

This page connects you with information about legislation and other issues important to the mining industry.
WMC Member Op-ed: Emily Arthun

AMERICA’S ENERGY FUTURE DEPENDS ON COAL AND THIS MOMENT PROVES WHY

We’re excited to share a new op-ed from WMC Board Member Emily Arthun, CEO of the American Coal Council. Her piece is a great reminder of the role coal continues to play in powering a reliable and secure energy future.

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AMERICA CANNOT CLAIM MINERAL DOMINANCE WHILE NEGLECTING MINERAL EXPLORATION

WMC member Cherie Leeden shares her perspective on the need for stronger government support for mineral exploration and discovery.

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We urge the Natural Resources Committee to advance this bill as quickly as possible so the full
House can take the crucial step to reduce the NEPA delays and litigation that currently make
securing federal permits for new mines, renewable and conventional energy projects, transmission
lines, pipelines, roads, and other essential infrastructure difficult and risky.

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WMC wishes to convey our concerns regarding the potential conflicts between solar energy and mineral resources that this DPEIS raises, in particular as related to many different current exploration and mining projects as well as many future projects across the 11-state area covered by the DPEIS.

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This letter presents WMC’s concerns that the draft metrics are inadequate because they will fail to collect the sufficiently detailed information required to conduct a fact-based and thorough evaluation of BLM’s permitting process so that BLM can identify and implement changes to improve the permitting process.

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Advanced Manufacturing Production Tax Credit. The tax refers to direct and indirect material material costs related to the domestic extraction of raw maerials that are value added activities.
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Support for Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2024 (S.2781).
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Proposed Rule Change to amend the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual to adopt listing standards for natural asset companies. WMC states the rule must be revised to clearly state that a NAC cannot involve public lands.

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WMC Comments on Proposed Rulemaking to Revise NEPA regulations. The Women’s Mining Coalition (WMC) submitted comments on the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ’s) proposed rulemaking to revise its regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)1, Docket Number CEQ-2023-0003 as published on July 31, 2023, in the Federal Register, Vol. 88 No. 1452 (Proposed Rule).

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WMC Thanks Sen. Joe Manchin for supporting a request to add copper to the critical minerals list.
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Comments on the Payette and Boise National Forests’ Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Stibnite Gold Project

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Scoping Comments for BLM’s Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed development of the Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project, Esmeralda County, NV Federal Register Vol. 87, No. 243

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(NAGPRA: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act)
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The Women’s Mining Coalition (WMC) has numerous serious concerns about the Department of the Interior’s/Bureau of Land Management’s (DOI’s/BLM’s) Conservation and Landscape Health Proposed Rule (“Proposed Rule”) that was published on April 3, 2023, in the Federal Register, Vol. 88, No. 63.
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Grand Canyon Protective Act 2022. Presented to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Legislative Hearing: Reforming the Mining Law of 1872 Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, Committee on Natural Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, May 12, 2022. Testimony of Debra W. Struhsacker
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The Women’s Mining Coalition (WMC) submits comments in response to the Secretary of the Interior’s request for information on the types of conservation efforts that should be included in the American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas that the Secretary is developing along with the other federal agencies that are participating in an Interagency Working Group.
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WMC comments in response to BLM’s Notice of Intent to amend land use plans for greater sage grouse conservation.
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Jim Cress and Debbie Struhsacker provided additional information that answered questions that were brought up during the hearing. The answers are more thorough than could be conveyed during the short time allowed in the hearing.
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RE: Notice of Request for Comments on Executive Order ‘‘America’s Supply Chains’’ U.S. Department of Defense Docket ID: DoD–2021–OS–0022 Federal Register Vo. 86, No. 69, April 13, 2021, pp 19230-19231 The Women’s Mining Coalition (WMC) supports the Biden Administration’s efforts to promote resilient, diverse, and secure supply chains as directed in the February 24, 2021 Executive Order (E.O.) 14017, “America’s Supply Chains.” We appreciate this opportunity to submit these comments in response to the Department of Defense’s (DOD’s) Request for Comments on E.O. 14017.
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The Women’s Mining Coalition has been meeting virtually with Nevada legislators to discuss our concerns about the three resolutions to change the mining taxation provision in Nevada’s Constitution (AJR 1, SJR 2, and AJR 2) that passed during the August 2020 special legislative session.
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