Mr. Stephen T. Lilburn, President of Lilburn Corporation, has professional experience in mine permitting dating to the late 1970’s when he prepared an EIR for the Asarco Silver Mine, an open pit barite and silver mine in Calico. During the same period, he also prepared a Reclamation Plan for a gold mine in San Bernardino County. His area of expertise focuses on mine reclamation and mine permitting. He has provided expert witness testimony for the following legal cases:

• John & Martha Marana vs. C.L. Pharris Sand and Gravel Inc.
• Rancho Mission Viejo, LLC. vs. Mission Viejo Materials Inc.
• Holt vs. Sully Miller Contracting et al.
• People of the State of California, State of California, California Department of Fish and Game vs. Warner W. Hodgdon, Rancho San Andreas Company
• California BioMass, Inc. vs. City of San Bernardino
• Calvert, et. al. vs. County of Yuba, et. al. (SSC No. 00CS01434)

Permitting any new and expanded project has become an increasingly complex aspect of development. Lilburn Corporation specializes in permitting the most difficult and controversial projects with remarkable results. A strategic approach to identifying permitting requirements and providing the necessary design and planning documents for compliance is applied from application preparation through approval. From State and Federal land use entitlements to NEPA, CEQA, ESA, SMARA, 404, 1603, and air and water quality issues, Lilburn Corporation provides the professional services for permitting mining operations in tough regulatory environments.