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Indicator
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Linked to Issue:
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percentage of federal
lands that, for purposes of mineral exploration and
development, are considered:
- available
- slightly to moderately
restricted
- unavailable or
severely restricted
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2. accessibility to
mineral and energy resources
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The availability
categories are the same ones used by the U.S. Bureau of
Mines in their studies of federal lands. The categories
could be modified or the indicator could, for example,
be expanded beyond just federal lands.
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acres of land at
abandoned mine sites that
- related to CERCLA
- related to the Clean
Water Act
- not causing water
quality problems
- related to CERCLA
- related to the Clean
Water Act
- not causing water
quality problems
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6. air and water quality
or
7. healthy landscapes
or
17. environmental impacts
associated with minerals and energy
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for abandoned mines:
- miles of stream not
reclaimed
- miles of stream
reclaimed
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6. air and water quality
or
7. healthy landscapes
or
17. environmental impacts
associated with minerals and energy
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for active mineral/energy
operations:
- acres disturbed and
not reclaimed
- acres reclaimed
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6. air and water quality
or
7. healthy landscapes
or
17. environmental impacts
associated with minerals and energy
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per capita income
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4. standard of living
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exploration expenditures:
- total
- cost per unit addition
to reserves
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10. exploration, R&D
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direct and total
employment and income in mining and mineral processing
sectors; sector employment and income as a percentage of
U.S. totals
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3. community
dependence/resilience
and
Social, Economic,
Cultural domain
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similar to forest
sector-related indicator in A Report to Facilitate
Discussion of Indicators of Sustainable Forest
Management
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average wages in mining
and mineral processing sectors and as compared to U.S.
average for all sectors
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3. community
dependence/resilience
4. standard of living
(working conditions)
and
Social, Economic,
Cultural domain
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similar to forest
sector-related indicator in A Report to Facilitate
Discussion of Indicators of Sustainable Forest
Management
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fatal occupational
injuries; nonfatal occupational injury and illness
incidence rates for mining and mineral processing
sectors and as compared to figures for all sectors
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4. standard of living
(working conditions)
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consumption of mineral
and energy resources
- total
- intensity of use
(consumption per $ GDP)
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1. consumption
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production of mineral and
energy resources
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Social, Economic,
Cultural domain
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net imports as a
percentage of consumption
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12. import dependency
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production from recycled
materials:
- total
- as a percentage of
total commodity supply
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15.
recycling/reuse/manufacturing
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reserves of mineral and
energy commodities
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Capacity domain
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energy consumption per
unit of output for the mining and mineral processing
sectors
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Efficiency issues domain
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for areas with
significant levels of mining activity:
- low-income households
as a percentage of all households
- minority population as
a percentage of total population
as compared with
percentages for entire U.S.
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5. environmental justice
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could consider, for
example, counties meeting the Economic Research
Service’s definition of mining-dependent
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value of mineral and
energy resource inputs to output of industries relying
upon human capital (e.g., NAICS Sector 54: Professional,
Scientific, and Technical Services)
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Changes to endowments
domain
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could use input-output
modeling (e.g., IMPLAN) to estimate
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