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July 2017

In accordance with an agreement the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made with the Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP) in May 2017 to resolve litigation, the agency is proposing to withdraw a January 2014 “Proposed Determination” under the Clean Water Act’s 404(c) provision that laid out restrictions for large-scale mining at … Continued

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June 2017

Does new AES partnership give PLP the funding it needs?

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Pebble Limited Partnership recently announced that it had contracted with AES Regulatory and Technical Services to “lead a collaborative business development planning initiative to include Alaska Native village corporations with land holdings near the Pebble Project site, and who have had contract relationships with PLP in the past.” Last week a Pebble Watch reader asked … Continued

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May 2017

Can Pebble begin permitting in 2017?

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Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM), which owns 100% of the Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP), has signaled investors that it is serious about moving forward with beginning the process of permitting the Pebble mine this year. Its goals for 2017 include the “Three Rs”: resolve litigation with EPA, re-partner, and re-position itself in the public debate by … Continued

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May 2017

EPA and PLP reach settlement terms

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it had reached settlement terms with the Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP) over litigation PLP had brought against the agency in 2014. That litigation focused on the EPA’s decision to apply the sparingly-used 404(c) process to limit development at the Pebble deposit site in Bristol Bay in order … Continued

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May 2017

Exploratory permitting case still in deliberation

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Alaska Superior Court Judge Eric Aarseth is currently deliberating the case of Nunamta Aulukestai versus the State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources and the Pebble Limited Partnership, which pertains to exploration permits granted to developers for study of the proposed Pebble mine area. The suit was brought against the State in July 2009 by … Continued

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May 2017

BBNC requests state back out of “Save Our Salmon” proceedings

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Bristol Bay Native Corporation has written a letter to State of Alaska Governor Sean Parnell and Attorney General John Burns asking them to support residents of Bristol Bay’s Lake and Peninsula Borough in their right to vote on the “Save our Salmon” initiative currently on the October 4 ballot. The Pebble Limited Partnership asked the … Continued

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May 2017

Cooperative Extension introduces new permitting web site

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The Cooperative Extension Service based out of the University of Fairbanks has launched a new educational web site that could be helpful for Pebble Watch readers. The site offers “tools to help rural Alaskans understand how to participate effectively in the NEPA process.” www.projectpermits.com

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May 2017

Followup to congressional hearing: questions about EPA’s watershed assessment

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In a recent post, we summarized the congressional hearing on the EPA Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment. As a follow-up, we thought readers might be interested in some of the questions legislators asked the panelists. We have paraphrased some of them here: Is it possible to have a scientifically sound watershed assessment using a hypothetical mining … Continued

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May 2017

Pebble Watch and opinion pieces

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Opinion pieces have been frequent too: Former Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski wrote a piece critical of the EPA’s Watershed Assessment. Representatives from five Alaskan tribes responded, describing the work they’ve done to research the potential impacts of the project.

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April 2017

Local efforts document important resources near Sixmile Lake

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The Nondalton Tribal Council has teamed with the University of Washington and the National Park Service to help fund a Integrated Resource Management Plan (IRMP) which will document the important resources in the Sixmile Lake and Chulitna watersheds. Funding has Karen Evanoff, cultural anthropologist at the Lake Clark National Preserve, spoke about these efforts during … Continued