02/26/2014
https://congress.gov...
"We end up carrying the burden, and especially in a situation such as the one we faced in Montana..."
"So, oil, gas, coal, solar, wind, livestock, logging, and outdoor recreation all pay to use the public lands, but mining does not."
"And do you think that if we don't have a dedicated hardrock abandoned mine land fund, we could ever come close to cleaning up the scale of contamination?"
"In your testimony, you identified the lack of royalties as one of the biggest problems with the Mining Law of 1872."