Mining and The Role of IMCC
Did you know?
- Minerals mined in the United States are essential to life in modern society.
- These minerals are also essential to vibrant state and national economies.
- State and national policies seek to strike a balance between protection of the environment, on one hand, and production and recovery of the nation's mineral wealth, on the other.
- For decades, the states have been the front-line, primary regulators of the environmental effects of mining.
- Many states also perform important roles in assuring the safety and health of the nation's miners.
- The states continue to seek more effective and efficient means of carrying out their regulatory functions.
- The states also protect the public by operating robust programs to reclaim and remediate the impacts from historic mining that occurred before modern regulatory programs were put in place.
- The Interstate Mining Compact Commission seeks to help enhance and improve the states' efforts.
What We Do
The Commission offers a strong, united voice for its member states with Congress, federal agencies, and others.
The Commission can make a difference in each state's efforts to implement effective regulatory programs that conserve natural resources and secure a vibrant state and national mineral economy.
The Commission is consultative in nature, and provides a forum for interstate action and communication on issues of concern to the member states.
The Commission is dedicated to environmental protection and mine safety and health concerns naturally associated with mineral development.
The Commission seeks to assist in each state's efforts to stimulate the development and production of its minerals in ways that are consistent with protection of the environment and employee safety and health.
The Commission can make a difference in each state's efforts to implement effective regulatory programs that conserve natural resources and secure a vibrant state and national mineral economy.
The Commission is consultative in nature, and provides a forum for interstate action and communication on issues of concern to the member states.
The Commission is dedicated to environmental protection and mine safety and health concerns naturally associated with mineral development.
The Commission seeks to assist in each state's efforts to stimulate the development and production of its minerals in ways that are consistent with protection of the environment and employee safety and health.
Adding Value to State Efforts
- Liaison with Federal government and Congress
- Monitoring regulatory and legislative developments
- Development and communication of State positions and recommendations on federal legislation, rulemaking and policy development
- Information gathering and dissemination
- Benchmarking gatherings to stimulate improvement and efficiency in state regulatory efforts
- Coalition building with related State organizations
- Interaction with environmental and industry groups
- Public outreach on mining and minerals education
