Category: General Post
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EPA plans to issue a revised 404(c) Proposed Determination
On January 27, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its intent to issue a revised version of a Clean Water Act 404(c) Proposed Determination regarding the Pebble deposit. EPA … Continued
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EPA extends decision-making deadline for Bristol Bay protections
More than ten years ago, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began the process of assessing the Bristol Bay Watershed to determine whether it should implement protections for the region … Continued
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Appeal of permit denial submitted by Pebble Partnership and the State of Alaska
The Pacific Ocean Division (POD) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has received requests for appeal from the Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP) and the State of Alaska, according to … Continued
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Corps retires its Pebble permitting website
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has retired its public-facing website that provided access to documents and public comments related to Pebble Limited Partnership’s (PLP) 404 permit application. That permit … Continued
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Pebble project – what happens next?
If there’s one thing that’s certain about the Pebble project, it’s that nothing is certain. The project has engendered high interest, both for and against, for years. And its extreme … Continued
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Corps denies Pebble a Clean Water Act permit
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today issued a Record of Decision on the Pebble Limited Partnership’s (PLP) application to build a mine at the Pebble deposit in Bristol Bay. … Continued
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ESA process must conclude before Record of Decision on Pebble
Since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) published the Final EIS for the Pebble project in July, it has been working on all the items it needs to complete … Continued
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Whales in the Inlet
One Endangered Species in Profile—The Cook Inlet beluga whale Nine species of marine mammals, currently listed under the Endangered Species Act and under the jurisdiction of NOAA Fisheries, occur seasonally … Continued
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New Pebble tapes highlight plan for State subsidy
Investigators posing as potential Pebble investigators embarrassed Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM) in September by revealing candid conversations with NDM’s President and CEO Ron Thiessen and Pebble Limited Partnership’s (PLP) CEO … Continued
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What else the “Pebble Tapes” reveal
A series of secret recordings of Pebble executives were released September 21, 2020 by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), a non-profit organization based in Washington D.C. They reveal the unfiltered … Continued