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Valley County to comment on Forest Service mining-rule changes; schedules work session on road-closure SOP and approves road department Facebook plan
Summary
Commissioners agreed to prepare county comments on proposed Forest Service changes to locatable-minerals regulations, scheduled an April 13 work session to finalize an emergency road-closure SOP that could apply to mining access, and gave preliminary approval for a dedicated road-updates Facebook page.
The Valley County Board of Commissioners on March 30 agreed to draft a comment to the U.S. Forest Service on proposed revisions to rules governing locatable-mineral activities, and to schedule a work session on a county emergency road-closure standard operating procedure (SOP) tied to mining access and spring breakup concerns.
A commissioner said the proposed Forest Service revisions provide an opportunity to require applicants to address off-site…
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