Overview on basic mining law and FLPMA
Contributors: United States. Bureau of Land Management
Publisher: [U.S Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management]
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Reno, Nev.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 22
Subjects: Mining law; History; Mineral industries; Cases; Public lands; Government policy; Environmental aspects; United States; Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (United States)
Description: Packet of readings from a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) training, led by Roger A. Haskins. The objective of the course is to give attendees a detailed overview of the history and evolution of the1872 Mining Law and the  Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) as it pertains to the BLM Surface Management Program.
Notes: Also available online via Internet Archive.
Table of contents: title: Objectives; title: Social and legal evolution of the 1872 Mining Law; title: Framework of the 1872 Mining Law; title: Administration of the 1872 Mining Law; title: The role of the mining claimant under the 1872 Mining Law; title: History of FLPMA and the Surface Management Program; title: Roles of the parties under Section 302(b) of FLPMA; title: Index : digest of surface management decisions by subject; title: Annotated case law of the Surface Management Program; title: Annotated case law of the Surface Management Program under 43 CFR 3802 and 3809 : judicial decisions.