Idaho lawmaker are meeting on friday morning

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there will be a full house meeting on friday the 28th.about the dredging bill in idaho. will post the time and what room as soon as i get more info. NWP is sending about 150 members down here as well. lets see if we can get as many to be there as well. This is regarding the EPA Nullification Bill.

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So they are going to vote on the EPA permitting, regulation and such. Sure hope they vote in Idaho's favor. IF they do, lets hope they open up the Boise River...100's of ounces are calling your name!
 

Hello the Idaho meeting has been postponed due to the wording was not the way they wanted it to be presented. so when there is more info. i will keep it posted for time,place and date.

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All 3 bills seem promising. Including the 3rd. Could someone from Idaho fill us in on the bonding issue? Does anyone know what size dredge currently requires the bond? Seriously 750$ per acre for reclamation. This seems like a worthless hoop to jump through.
 

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Does anyone have any information on the rescheduling of the hearing? Just don't want the interest to fade away!!
 

mxer47, I believe that applies to State Land, not USFS or BLM.
 

have not forgot. just waiting on them to bring the bill HO-473 back to the floor. they will only give us a short window to let us know when its coming up. should be up here really quick though.
As soon as i get the time and place ( what room). i will post it

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Underburden, thanks. once again it seems different to what I am use to. In NV. All dredging permits are regulated and issued by the dept. of wildlife regardless of if it is forestry or BLM. Now that is what I can understand from all the convolution involved. NV is close to 85% federally owned which is both a shame and a blessing as NV. Is massive and desolate so the officials are few and far between. I'm glad to see the powers that be in Idaho are still of, by, and for the people.
 

Okay here we go! They scheduled the hearing and floor vote for Thursday at 1:00 at the Capital building. Please get the word out. will have Alan Trees speaking for us as well so lets get there and support our rights. :thumbsup:
 

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PLEASE ALL OF YOU SHARE THIS..KEEP IN MIND WE ALL ARE IN THE SAME BOAT..

I JUST RECEIVED A CALL FROM DON SMITH. HE HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY TO GET THIS THING PUT TOGETHER. IT IS ON THE AGENDA TO BE HEARD THIS WEEK. THE LAST EPA HEARING WAS... CANCELLED, BUT OUR VERY FIRST ONE HAD A STRONG SUPPORT AND BASE TO WORK OFF OF. THANKS TO ALL WHO CAN ATTEND. IF YOU CAN'T ATTEND, THE LEGISLATORS ARE ASKING FOR A WRITTEN TESTIMONY FROM AS MANY AS POSSIBLE. SO IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT BECAUSE IT IS SHORT NOTICE, PLEASE EMAIL ME. THANKS!

THIS COMING THURSDAY 3/13 @1:00PM AT THE IDAHO CAPITOL. THEY SAY THEY WON'T PUT AN ENDING TIME BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HEAR ALL FROM BOTH PARTIES WHO WANT TO SPEAK.

AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. WE NEED IT.

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House panel passes bill that Idaho attorney general says is unconstitutional
Posted by Betsy in Eye On Boise
March 13, 2014 4:29 p.m. • 0 comments
Here’s a link to my full story at spokesman.com on an Idaho House committee’s vote today to approve legislation attempting to nullify the EPA, though a state Attorney General’s opinion says the measure’s unconstitutional. Rep. Paul Shepherd, R-Riggins, said, “I don’t happen to agree.”

Shepherd noted that it’s late in the legislative session – lawmakers are hoping to finish their session next week. “We’re lucky to even have this hearing,” he said. “I can’t tell you what’s going to happen now.” No one testified against the bill, HB 473; seventy-six people signed in at the committee hearing in support. After dozens testified, including lots of suction dredge mining enthusiasts who don’t like a new EPA permit requirement that went into effect last April, the committee approved the measure on a voice vote with no discussion.

In the attorney general’s opinion, Deputy Attorney General Brian Kane wrote that the bill “would, with almost certainty, be found unconstitutional.” In a six-page analysis, Kane wrote that many mistakenly believe the EPA was “created by executive order” rather than by Congress. Actually, he wrote, it was created by President Richard Nixon in 1970 under a specific clause in federal law, and then, as required, ratified by both houses of Congress - twice. Congress then delegated regulatory authority to the EPA through “numerous federal laws,” he wrote, and those laws have been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. Shepherd said, “I think that the Supreme Court needs to go by their oath of office. The Supreme Court’s changing the Constitution.”

Jim Werntz, Idaho director for the EPA, said the agency chose to try to regulate suction dredge mining in Idaho, rather than just shut it down, as happened in California and Oregon. More than 80 of the new permits have been issued; they’re good for five years. But, he said, “Where there were species issues or protected waters or wild and scenic waters, those waters were protected and closed.” That included popular areas along the main and lower Salmon River near Riggins, where critical habitat for salmon and steelhead prompted closures to dredging.

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Tags2014 Idaho Legislature
House panel passes bill that Idaho attorney general says is unconstitutional
Posted by Betsy in Eye On Boise
March 13, 2014 4:29 p.m. • 0 comments
Here’s a link to my full story at spokesman.com on an Idaho House committee’s vote today to approve legislation attempting to nullify the EPA, though a state Attorney General’s opinion says the measure’s unconstitutional. Rep. Paul Shepherd, R-Riggins, said, “I don’t happen to agree.”

Shepherd noted that it’s late in the legislative session – lawmakers are hoping to finish their session next week. “We’re lucky to even have this hearing,” he said. “I can’t tell you what’s going to happen now.” No one testified against the bill, HB 473; seventy-six people signed in at the committee hearing in support. After dozens testified, including lots of suction dredge mining enthusiasts who don’t like a new EPA permit requirement that went into effect last April, the committee approved the measure on a voice vote with no discussion.

In the attorney general’s opinion, Deputy Attorney General Brian Kane wrote that the bill “would, with almost certainty, be found unconstitutional.” In a six-page analysis, Kane wrote that many mistakenly believe the EPA was “created by executive order” rather than by Congress. Actually, he wrote, it was created by President Richard Nixon in 1970 under a specific clause in federal law, and then, as required, ratified by both houses of Congress - twice. Congress then delegated regulatory authority to the EPA through “numerous federal laws,” he wrote, and those laws have been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. Shepherd said, “I think that the Supreme Court needs to go by their oath of office. The Supreme Court’s changing the Constitution.”

Jim Werntz, Idaho director for the EPA, said the agency chose to try to regulate suction dredge mining in Idaho, rather than just shut it down, as happened in California and Oregon. More than 80 of the new permits have been issued; they’re good for five years. But, he said, “Where there were species issues or protected waters or wild and scenic waters, those waters were protected and closed.” That included popular areas along the main and lower Salmon River near Riggins, where critical habitat for salmon and steelhead prompted closures to dredging.


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House panel backs EPA nullification bill
Posted by Betsy in Eye On Boise
March 13, 2014 2:20 p.m. • 0 comments
In this afternoon’s House Resources Committee meeting, all the testimony was in favor of HB 473, Rep. Paul Shepherd’s bill to nullify the EPA because of concerns from suction dredge miner about regulations. “EPA just wants control, they want power,” Sen. Sheryl Nuxoll, R-Cottonwood, told the committee. She said veterans are “precious to us,” and many veterans find it “soothing” to do recreational suction dredge mining. “They’re trying to control us, and they’re trying to control our vets also,” she said.

Others who spoke railed against “environmental fruitcakes,” “tyrannical bullshit,” “people from back east” and “these big environmental groups.” Shepherd told the committee, “All over the United States, people are concerned with EPA overreach. … The purpose of this legislation is to protect citizens of Idaho from EPA regulations that are not authorized by the Constitution of the United States and that violate the Constitution’s true meaning of intent.”

On a motion from Rep. Terry Gestrin, R-Donnelly, the committee agreed on a divided voice vote to forward HB 473 to the full House with a recommendation that it “do pass.
 

THIS IS A MUST DO TODAY THING


ACTION NEED
TODAY
We need to contact Mr. Brent Hill, Senate Pro Tempore, in response to H473 that passed in the House Resource Committee yesterday.


?? QUESTION ??
When will H473 be presented to the Senate Resource and Environmental Committee?


CONTACT INFO
Brent Hill 208-332-1300 [email protected]


THANK YOU
To ALL that testified yesterday before the House committee, and to ALL of you that showed up to support H473. Numbers do help, let’s do it again, contact Mr. Hill - - TODAY Call or Email
Gary Scott
208-921-9506
 

To the mining community and our supporters, here in idaho



Here's Brent Hill's email and office number:

[email protected]

208-356-7495



We need to get 300-400 people to reach out to Sen. Hill via phone and email to make sure the hearing is in the Senate Resources and Environment Committee whose Chairman is Monty Pearce.



We need to ask Brent Hill when H473 will get a hearing in the Senate.



Please get this out to everyone you know and we need to act fast!

Don
 

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Well the assembly is done . This session is over. They've gone home. They need all time they can get to work on re-election campaigns . Useless d%*#s. Does any one know if Gov. Otter has executive powers to just proclaim laws like the POTUS ?
 

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