PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THE MINE PERMITTING PROCESS

Few situations are more difficult for the mineral aggregates producer than public hearings. By nature most mineral producers are men of action, and debating and politics are not normally their greatest strengths. Yet supplying mineral aggregates for construction, so critical to the welfare and economy of the people of the United States, must be carried out by mineral producers in an environment that is intensely political and often highly emotional. This environment tends to evolve toward a polarized atmosphere in which decisions in the true public interest may be virtually impossible. The cost to the United States of not managing or mismanaging mineral resources is enormous, and can be measured in billions of dollars per year.

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• Authors:
  • Dunn, James R
  • Hart, Michael J
• Conference:
  • Symposium on Reducing Constraints on Mineral Aggregate Development, 1984, Washington, Dc, USA
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 7-9
• Monograph Title: Mineral aggregates
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 989
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic impacts; Mining; Permits; Politics; Public hearings
• Subject Areas: Construction; Economics; Geotechnology; Highways; I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00450244
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309037735
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-038 693
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Feb 28 1986 12:00AM