The Environmental Committee provides the MMA membership:
- Permitting guidance
- A process to identify and remove permitting redundancies
- Regulatory compliance assistance
- Recommended standards and guidelines
Specifically, the Committee:
- Communicates changes to the permitting and regulatory processes;
- Develops guidance documents for commonly encountered permitting issues;
- Collects and posts permitting and compliance questions and answers;
- Provides feedback to the MMA Legislative Committee;
- Identifies and communicates redundancies and obstacles within the permitting process;
- Ensures proper implementation of legislative reforms;
- Provides a forum for communicating and sharing of permitting and compliance issues;
Develops standards, guidelines and best practices for its membership that will assist in sustainable mineral resource development.