ELR Citation: ELR 20919
No(s). 84-2146 (9th Cir. Aug 14, 1985)

The court rules that California's mining permit requirement under its Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) program is preempted in national forests by the Mining Law of 1872 and Forest Service regulations. The court first rules that the CZMA does not neutralize the effect of other federal laws on land...