FEDERAL ISSUES
AMA'S FEDERAL ADVOCACY EFFORTS
The AMA Federal Oversight Committee meets Tuesdays at 10:00 am via Zoom, at the call of the Chair. Committee membership is open to active AMA members. Email deantha@alaskaminers.org if you would like to get involved!
2014 AMA Comments on Central Yukon RMP Scoping
2014 AMA Comments on Request for Central Yukon RMP ACEC nominations
2017 AMA Comments on Central Yukon RMP Preliminary Alternatives Concept
2021 AMA Comments on Draft Central Yukon RMP and EIS
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AMA Comments on permit application for exploration at Aqqaluk pit
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AMA comments on Ambler Access Project Area of Potential Effects
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AMA Comments on EIS for ANCSA 17(d)(1) Withdrawal Revocations
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AMA Comments on Ambler Road Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS)
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Action Alert: Ambler Access Project Draft SEIS Comment Deadline 12/22/23
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AMA Comments on EPA Proposed Rulemaking on 404 assumption process
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Map of federal actions against Alaska from Senator Dan Sullivan
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AMA Joins Broad Business Coalition in Roadless Rule Complaint
ROADLESS RULE COMPLAINT
Pacific Legal Foundation complaint
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Alaska Business Coalition reacts to DOI cancellation of ANWR leases
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AMA Comments on BLM’s Proposed Rule on Conservation Landscape
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MEDIA RELEASE: Alaska Trade Groups: Sackett v. EPA Ruling is a Win for Alaska
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AMA Comments in support of 2023 exploration project at Herbert Gold Project
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Alaska Business Groups dismayed at Final Determination for preemptive veto of Pebble Project
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AMA Comments on Stibnite Gold Project Supplemental Draft EIS
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Alaska Miners Association: EPA puts politics above science, process
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AMA Comments on EIS for ANCSA 17(d)(1) Withdrawal Revocations
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Letter from Alaska Organizations and Businesses on Tongass Mineral Studies
Attachment: May 2022 letter from Alaska DNR requesting mineral studies
Attachment: August 2022 letter from Senator Murkowski -
2022 Comments: AMA Comments on 2022 EPA Proposed Determination
Attachment: AMA comments on 2012 EPA Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment
Attachment: AMA comments on 2013 EPA Revised Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment
Attachment: AMA comments on 2017 EPA Withdrawal of Proposed Determination -
AMA Comments on DOI Interagency Workgroup on Hardrock Mining Regulations
Attachment: ANCSA Native Claims Issue for DOI IWG reference
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AMA letter thanking Alaska Governor Dunleavy for pushback on EPA Proposed Determination at Pebble
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AMA Comments on 30x30 American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas
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Joint trade organization letter on 30x30 American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas
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Action Alert for Peak Gold’s (Manh Choh) Application for 404 Wetlands Permit
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Action Alert to Oppose Repeal of Tongass Roadless Rule Exemption
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AMA Comments on Pre-proposal to Reconsider Definition of WOTUS
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AMA Comments on EPA’s Maui Decision Groundwater Guidance Memo
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AMA Applauds Total Tongass Forest Exemption from Roadless Rule
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AMA Comments on NPS Regulation Change to implement Sturgeon v. Frost
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AMA Comments USFS NEPA Compliance: 36 CFR Part 220: 84 Fed. Reg.114 27544 et. seq. RIN 0596-AD31
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AMA Press Release Welcomes Withdrawal of EPA’s Veto for Pebble
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AMA Supports EPA and Corps revised definition of “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS)