Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill Tuesday to extend a moratorium on suction dredge mining for gold, cheering environmental opponents of the practice.
"It's a significant victory for water quality and California taxpayers," said Jonathan Evans, of the Center for Biological Diversity in San Francisco.
The bill, AB 120, includes a five-year extension of an existing moratorium against the practice of suctioning river-bottom gravels in search of gold and other minerals.
That would stop dredging at least until June 30, 2016.
Read more: http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/07/26/2478357/brown-extends-moratorium-on-suction.html#ixzz1TRFbOJdK
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