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Show BLM sets meeting Arlen Jensen, BLM Beaver River Resource Area Manager, recently announced a public meeting to discuss new surface management 1 regulations. The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Cedar City BLM District Office, 1579 North Main. During the meeting, BLM representatives will explain and answer questions about the regulations which became effective on Jan. 1. These regulations prescribe situations under which miners must notify the BLM of activity on their claims. They also outline requirements instigated to comply with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. This act requires the Secretary of Interior to take . needed actions to "prevent unnecessary or undue degradation" of public lands claimed under U.S. Mining Laws. Among other things the regulations stipulate that mining claimants complete reasonable reclamation of surface disturbance.' |