<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><a href="http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_23675801/court-rejects-restraining-order-dredging-ban">http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_23675801/court-rejects-restraining-order-dredging-ban</a> </div><div><table class="regionParent" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" border="0" style="width: 1000px; border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><table class="regionParent" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width: 1000px; border-collapse: separate; 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padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="articleBox" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; width: 650px; "><h1 id="articleTitle" class="articleTitle" style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(4, 58, 94); font-weight: bold; font: normal normal bold 22px/normal Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; ">Court rejects restraining order on dredging ban</h1><div id="articleByline" class="articleByline" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-weight: bold; ">The Times-Standard</div><div id="articleDate" class="articleDate" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(132, 128, 128); ">Posted: 07/17/2013 01:59:05 AM PDT</div><div id="articleDate" class="articleSecondaryDate" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(0, 0, 136); ">Updated: 07/17/2013 01:59:06 AM PDT</div><br><span fd-type="start" fd-id="default" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "></span><div class="articlePositionHeader" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "></div><span fd-type="end" fd-id="default" style="padding-top: 0px; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(205, 206, 210); position: relative; float: left; right: 4px; top: 4px; "></span><span fd-type="start" fd-id="default" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "></span><span fd-type="end" fd-id="default" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "></span></div><span fd-type="start" fd-id="default" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "></span><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">A restraining order on a statewide suction dredge mining ban on rivers was rejected this week in court, according to a Center for Biological Diversity press release.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">In June, state officials closed a loophole by redefining the dredge mining equipment in an emergency regulation. Following a hearing, a temporary restraining order issued by a Siskiyou County Superior Court on July 3 prohibited wardens from enforcing the new definition in Siskiyou County.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">On Monday, a San Bernardino County Superior Court suspended the order, effectively banning suction dredge mining statewide.</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br></div></div></body></html>