Brubaker v. BD. OF CTY. COM'RS, EL PASO CTY.

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• county’s denial of special use permit to conduct test drilling conflicted with use of federal lands authorized by federal legislation and was preempted
• “[s]tate and local laws that merely impose reasonable conditions upon the use of federal lands may be enforceable, particularly where they are directed to environmental protection concerns”
• “This is not denial of a permit because of failure to comply with reasonable regulations supplementing the federal mining laws, but reflects simply a policy judgment as to the appropriate use of the land.”

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