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Determining Significance in NEPA Compliance (July 1, 2008)

Endangered Species Act Differs From Other Environmental Laws (May 24, 2008)

Public's Lack of Science Knowledge Affects Mining (April 22, 2008)

Mine Life Values of Sustainability Measures (March 28, 2008)

Resources, Financial Markets in Turmoil: Don't Stampede, Lead (March 18, 2008)

Sustainable Development Metrics (March 5, 2008)

The Department of the Interior is proposing to formalize NEPA guidelines as regulations. An easy-to-read, typeset version of the Federal Register notice can be downloaded here, and our comments on these proposed Bureau regulations from this link (February 17, 2008).

NEPA Alternatives Analysis: From Cost to Benefit (February 4, 2008)

Community Opposition: The Need To Listen (January 18, 2008)

Environmental Permitting Cost Calculator

The time spent permitting and building a mine is all expense; there is no revenue generated by that project until it is producing product. The longer the time to start that revenue stream, the greater the cost to the operator. By comparing the Present Values (PV) of the anticipated monthly mine revenue at different times in the future, the value to the company of accelerating the permitting process can be seen.

Our permitting cost calculator allows you to enter the monthly mine revenue, an interest rate you would pay to have that revenue at a future date, and two dates in the future. The results are the PVs for those dates, and the difference between them is the additional revenue realized by the company by bringing that revenue stream on line sooner.