Will pursue federal legislation to create new standards for mining extraction projects before construction is approved.

George Whitesides · California · Democratic

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Rep. Whitesides introduced the Containing Effects of Mining Extraction (CEMEx) Act, which would ... create new federal standards for mining extraction projects, requiring a series of assessments, management, and conservation plans before construction could be approved.

Whitesides is advancing a bill to impose new federal requirements on mining extraction projects.

Rep. Whitesides Introduces Legislation to Protect the Santa Clarita Valley from Mining Impacts | Representative George Whitesides
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Rep. Whitesides said he introduced the Containing Effects of Mining Extraction (CEMEx) Act. The release says the bill would create new federal standards for mining extraction projects and require assessments, management plans, and conservation plans before construction could be approved.

Whitesides took concrete legislative action by introducing a mining-standards bill within the lookback window, which is strong evidence of pursuit but not enactment.

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Rep. Whitesides Introduces Legislation to Protect the Santa Clarita Valley from Mining Impacts | Representative George Whitesides
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The promise was to pursue federal legislation creating new pre-construction standards for mining extraction projects, not necessarily to secure enactment. In the same federal term, Rep. George Whitesides introduced the CEMEx Act, which the cited release says would establish federal standards and require assessments, management plans, and conservation plans before construction approval. Introducing the bill is a concrete legislative pursuit matching the promised action, so the promise is delivered even though enactment is not shown.

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