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Comment Letters Regarding SB County Mining Ordinance
Letter to Board of Supervisors Hearing Oct 20, 2026
Letter to San Bernardino County LUS from Protect Music Valley – 10-12-26
MBCA Opposes Mining Code Revision
Conservation Groups Comment Letter to SBCo Board of Supervisors Aug 6 2026
San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors Hearing Aug 18, 2026:
Board Actions, Aug 18
Video of full hearing
Video of public comment section only
San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors Hearing Oct 20, 2026:
Agenda documents including public comments
Writings Received for the October 20, 2026 Board Meeting
Transcript of Supervisors hearing, Oct 20, 2026
San Bernardino County Mining Ordinance:
AGENDA PREVIEW: The Mining Ordinance Returns to the Board of Supervisors on October 20 (Part 1)
Final Draft SMARA Redline Ordinance 9-29-26
Final Mining Ordinance FAQ 9-29-26
San Bernardino County Development Code 88.03
Planning Commission Staff Report, July 9, 2026
Don’t Let San Bernardino County Permit Mines Without Public Input
Lead Agency Mining Ordinances – Mining Ordinance Update Project
Surface Mining and Reclamation Memorandum of Understanding (1992)
Outreach materials:
Printable flyer, Oct 6 Community Meeting
Printable flyer 2. Oct 6 Community Meeting
Dateline Resources:
Dateline Resources website
Dateline Resources clocks 7.1 per cent rare earths in California
Dateline Resources Market Announcement Sept 28 2026
Dateline Resources Market Announcement July 31 2026
Maps:
Music Valley Claims Map (source: National Parks Conservation Association)
Music Valley Claim Map July 2026 (source: Dateline Resources website)
Local Groundwater Basins (source: Twentynine Palms Groundwater Management Plan)
Desert Tortoise Critical Habitat
Pinto Mountains ACEC
Dateline Resources Rock Chip Sampling July 2026 (source: Dateline Resources website)
MBCA Music-Valley Claim Map View Shed
MBCA Music Valley Claim Sensitive Receptors
Mining Regulation:
The California Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 (SMARA)
1872 Mining Law
1872 Mining Law – Reform Requirements
How 150-Year-Old Mining Laws Must Change to Keep Us Safe
Special Treatment Given for Mining? That’s Got to Stop
Understanding Mining and the Mining Economy:
The New Land Rush: Mining Claims Encroaching on National Parks
Rare earths mining takes a heavy toll. Is it worth moving mountains for a domestic supply?
Mining For Beginners – How Does a Metals and Mineral Mine Work?
Mining
Rare Earth Elements List
Rare Earths 101
Energy Department Launches $100 Million Initiative to Build America’s Critical Minerals Workforce, Strengthen Domestic Supply Chains
Heavy Rare Earth Elements: Rising Supply Chain Risks and Emerging Policy Responses
Information from Earthworks:
Mining 101
Making Clean Energy Clean, Just and Equitable
Toxics Release Inventory – What is it? – A tool for citizens to help protect themselves
Acid Mine Drainage
Revising Hardrock Mining Regulations
Safety First: a Guide for Responsible Mine Tailings Management
Polluting the Future
Tailings
The Future of Mine Waste: From the Myth of Zero Tailings to Real Solutions
Submitting comments? Addresses for County officials:
| Dawn Rowe Supervisor – 3rd District 385 N. Arrowhead Ave., Fifth Floor San Bernardino, CA 92415-0110 Supervisor.Rowe@bos.sbcounty.gov |
| Other County Supervisors: Jesse Armendarez, Second District – Supervisor.Armendarez@bos.sbcounty.gov Joe Baca, Jr., Fifth District – Supervisor.Baca@bos.sbcounty.gov Col. Paul Cook (ret.), First District – Supervisor.Cook@bos.sbcounty.gov Curt Hagman, Fourth District – Supervisor.Hagman@bos.sbcounty.gov all at: 385 N. Arrowhead Ave., Fifth Floor San Bernardino, CA 92415 Iris Gutierrez Field Representative – 3rd District Iris.Gutierrez@bos.sbcounty.gov Miguel Figueroa Director, Land Use Services Miguel.Figueroa@lus.sbcounty.gov Dan Walsh Chief Engineering Geologist Dan.Walsh@lus.sbcounty.gov |