On November 24, 2020, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a Record of Decision on the Pebble project. Subsequently, the agency retired the website associated with the permitting process for the Pebble project. PebbleWatch had linked extensively to this site as a primary source for documentation on the project and permitting process. On this page, we provide access to relevant documents that were housed at the Corps’ previous site.

Record of Decision - November 2020

Complete ROD.

Attachment A DA Application11/25/20
Attachment B1 USACE Analyses11/25/20
Attachment B10 Supporting Doc 1 FEIS Table 5-2 Numbered11/25/20
Attachment B10 Supporting Doc 10 USGS 2020 mineral commodity summaries11/25/20
Attachment B10 Supporting Doc 11 ICSG 2019 Copper Factbook11/25/20
Attachment B10 Supporting Doc 2 EPA Recommended Additional Minimization Measures11/25/20
Attachment B10 Supporting Doc 3 EPA BB Sockeye Salmon Portfolio V211/25/20
Attachment B10 Supporting Doc 4 ADFG letter to EPA re portfolio11/25/20
Attachment B10 Supporting Doc 5 AMNWR Biosecurity Plan v.1.111/25/20
Attachment B10 Supporting Doc 6 Butterman and Amey III 2005 Mineral Commodity Profiles Gold11/25/20
Attachment B10 Supporting Doc 7 Doebrich 2009 Copper for the Ages11/25/20
Attachment B10 Supporting Doc 8 Kropschot 2010 Molybdenum A key component11/25/20
Attachment B10 Supporting Doc 9 USGS 2017 Rhenium Critical Mineral Resources of US11/25/20
Attachment B5 Applicant’s CMP11/25/20
Attachment B6 USACE Memo on CMP11/25/20
Attachment B7 Factual Determinations11/25/20
Attachment B8 Public Interest Review11/25/20
Attachment B9 Memo Determining EIS11/25/20
Denial Letter & Appeal Form11/25/20
Record of Decision11/25/20

FINAL EIS Documents

The Environmental Impact Statement is a document

List of documents review for and/or cited in the EIS.

001 Pebble Project Final EIS Cover7/24/20
002 Section 508 Disclaimer7/24/20
003 Dear Reader Letter7/24/20
004 Executive Summary7/24/20
005 Table of Contents, Front Matter, and Index7/24/20
006 Chapter 1 – Purpose and Need7/24/20
007 Chapter 2 – Alternatives7/24/20
008 Section 3.1 – Introduction to Affected Environment7/24/20
009 Section 3.2 – Lands7/24/20
010 Section 3.3 – Needs and Welfare–Socioeconomics7/24/20
011 Section 3.4 – Environmental Justice7/24/20
012 Section 3.5 – Recreation7/24/20
013 Section 3.6 – Commercial and Recreational Fisheries7/24/20
014 Section 3.7 – Cultural Resources7/24/20
015 Section 3.8 – Historic Properties7/24/20
016 Section 3.9 – Subsistence7/24/20
017 Section 3.10 – Health and Safety7/24/20
018 Section 3.11 – Aesthetics7/24/20
019 Section 3.12 – Transportation and Navigation7/24/20
020 Section 3.13 – Geology7/24/20
021 Section 3.14 – Soils7/24/20
022 Section 3.15 – Geohazards and Seismic Conditions7/24/20
023 Section 3.16 – Surface Water Hydrology7/24/20
024 Section 3.17 – Groundwater Hydrology7/24/20
025 Section 3.18 – Water and Sediment Quality7/24/20
026 Section 3.19 – Noise7/24/20
027 Section 3.20 – Air Quality7/24/20
028 Section 3.21 – Food and Fiber Production7/24/20
029 Section 3.22 – Wetlands and Other Waters/Special Aquatic Sites7/24/20
030 Section 3.23 – Wildlife Values7/24/20
031 Section 3.24 – Fish Values7/24/20
032 Section 3.25 – Threatened and Endangered Species7/24/20
033 Section 3.26 – Vegetation7/24/20
034 Section 4.1 – Introduction to Environmental Consequences7/24/20
035 Section 4.2 – Lands7/24/20
036 Section 4.3 – Needs and Welfare–Socioeconomics7/24/20
037 Section 4.4 – Environmental Justice7/24/20
038 Section 4.5 – Recreation7/24/20
039 Section 4.6 – Commercial and Recreational Fisheries7/24/20
040 Section 4.7 – Cultural Resources7/24/20
041 Section 4.8 – Historic Properties7/24/20
042 Section 4.9 – Subsistence7/24/20
043 Section 4.10 – Health and Safety7/24/20
044 Section 4.11 – Aesthetics7/24/20
045 Section 4.12 – Transportation and Navigation7/24/20
046 Section 4.13 – Geology7/24/20
047 Section 4.14 – Soils7/24/20
048 Section 4.15 – Geohazards and Seismic Conditions7/24/20
049 Section 4.16 – Surface Water Hydrology7/24/20
050 Section 4.17 – Groundwater Hydrology7/24/20
051 Section 4.18 – Water and Sediment Quality7/24/20
052 Section 4.19 – Noise7/24/20
053 Section 4.20 – Air Quality7/24/20
054 Section 4.21 – Food and Fiber Production7/24/20
055 Section 4.22 – Wetlands and Other Waters/Special Aquatic Sites7/24/20
056 Section 4.23 – Wildlife Values7/24/20
057 Section 4.24 – Fish Values7/24/20
058 Section 4.25 – Threatened and Endangered Species7/24/20
059 Section 4.26 – Vegetation7/24/20
060 Section 4.27 – Spill Risk7/24/20
061 Chapter 5 – Mitigation7/24/20
062 Chapter 6 – Consultation and Coordination7/24/20
063 Chapter 7 – List of Preparers7/24/20
064 Chapter 8 – List of Agencies, Organizations, and Persons to Whom Copies of the Statement Have Been Sent7/24/20
065 Chapter 9 – References7/24/20
066 Appendix A – Scoping Report7/24/20
067 Appendix B – Alternatives7/24/20
068 Appendix C – Mailing List7/24/20
069 Appendix D – Comment Analysis Report7/24/20
070 Appendix E – Laws, Permits, Approvals, and Consultations Required7/24/20
071 Appendix F – Not Used7/24/20
072 Appendix G – USFWS Biological Assessment7/24/20
073 Appendix H – NMFS Biological Assessment7/24/20
074 Appendix I – EFH Assessment7/24/20
075 Appendix J – Preliminary Jurisdictional Determination7/24/20
076 Appendix K – Technical Appendices (Front Matter)7/24/20
077 Appendix K2 – Alternatives7/24/20
078 Appendix K3.1 – Introduction to Affected Environment7/24/20
079 Appendix K3.6 – Commercial and Recreational Fisheries7/24/20
080 Appendix K3.7 – Cultural Resources7/24/20
081 Appendix K3.9 – Subsistence7/24/20
082 Appendix K3.10 – Health and Safety7/24/20
083 Appendix K3.12 – Transportation and Navigation7/24/20
084 Appendix K3.13 – Geology7/24/20
085 Appendix K3.14 – Soils7/24/20
086 Appendix K3.15 – Geohazards and Seismic Conditions7/24/20
087 Appendix K3.16 – Surface Water Hydrology7/24/20
088 Appendix K3.17 – Groundwater Hydrology7/24/20
089 Appendix K3.18 – Water and Sediment Quality7/24/20
090 Appendix K3.26 – Vegetation7/24/20
091 Appendix K4.10 – Health and Safety7/24/20
092 Appendix K4.11 – Aesthetics7/24/20
093 Appendix K4.13 – Geology7/24/20
094 Appendix K4.14 – Soils7/24/20
095 Appendix K4.15 – Geohazards7/24/20
096 Appendix K4.16 – Surface Water Hydrology8/10/20
097 Appendix K4.17 – Groundwater Hydrology7/24/20
098 Appendix K4.18 – Water and Sediment Quality7/24/20
099 Appendix K4.20 – Air Quality7/24/20
100 Appendix K4.22 – Wetlands and Other Waters/Special Aquatic Sites7/24/20
101 Appendix K4.24 – Fish Values7/24/20
102 Appendix K4.25 – Threatened and Endangered Species7/24/20
103 Appendix K4.27 – Spill Risk7/24/20
104 Appendix L – Programmatic Agreement7/24/20
105 Appendix M – Mitigation7/24/20
106 Appendix N – Project Description7/24/20

Requests for Information (RFIs)

Throughout the permitting process, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requested additional information from the Pebble Limited Partnership. These were communicated officially through an RFI (Request for Information). The Corps made 168 RFIs available on its website. Some contain multiple parts. We have provided them here in zipped folders. In some case, larger PDFs were split up to facilitate upload to this site.

In addition to the zipped files, you may wish to consult this spreadsheet listing all the RFIs by title and by RFI number.

List of RFIs.

RFI 1-9.zip
RFI 10-14b Geotech 2010.zip
RFI 14b Geotech 2011.pdf
RFI 14b.zip
RFI 11-19.zip
RFI 20-29.zip
RFI 30-39.zip
RFI 40-49.zip
RFI 50-59.zip
RFI 60-69.zip
RFI 70-79.zip
RFI 80-81.zip
RFI 82.zip
RFI 82abc.zip
RFI 83-89.zip
RFI 90-99.zip
RFI 100-109c.zip
RFI 109 kmnopq.zip
RFI 109d pp 1-150.pdf
RFI 109d pp 151-297.pdf
RFI 109e-109j.zip
RFI-109l.pdf
RFI 110-115.zip
RFI 116 Alternatives Mapping Appendices B-J.zip
RFI 116 Pages from Alternatives_Mapping_App_A_Figures pp 1-34.pdf
RFI 116 Pages from Alternatives_Mapping_App_A_Figures pp 35-67.pdf
RFI 116.zip
RFI 116a – Appendix B-J and N.zip
RFI 116a – Appendix L 2019_Update_Rev_3_App_L_Data_Forms_and_Photos_at_2013_and_2017-2019_WD_Sites_Part 1.pdf
RFI 116a – Appendix L 2019_Update_Rev_3_App_L_Data_Forms_and_Photos_at_2013_and_2017-2019_WD_Sites_Part 2.pdf
RFI 116a Part 1.zip
RFI 116a Part 2.zip
RFI 116b-119a.zip
RFI 120-129.zip
RFI 130-139.zip
RFI 140-149.zip
RFI 150-159.zip
RFI 160-168.zip
RFI BSEE.zip

 

Documents related to Cooperating Agencies

The Corps worked with several cooperating agencies during the review of the Pebble project application. Here are some of the documents related to interagency meetings. They are listed here by date and available in one zipped file.

Cooperating Agency Documents 2018-2020

Cooperating Agency Technical Meeting Notes January 7, 20201/22/20
Cooperating Agency Technical Meeting Notes January 21, 20201/22/20
Cooperating Agency Technical Meetings, Day 61/22/20
Cooperating Agency Technical Meeting on Water Quality, Treatment, and Flow1/22/20
Cooperating Agency Technical Meeting Notes, Day 5: Draft12/11/19
Cooperating Agency Technical Meeting Notes, Day 4: Draft12/11/19
Cooperating Agency Technical Meeting Notes, Day 3: Draft12/11/19
Cooperating Agency Technical Meeting Notes, Day 2: Draft12/11/19
Cooperating Agency Technical Meeting Notes, Day 1: Draft12/11/19
Agency Comments on the Preliminary Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Section 3.6 and 4.612/11/19
Agency Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement11/11/19
Cooperating Agency Review ADFG Comments3/28/19
PDEIS Agency Comments2/25/19
Memorandum of Agreement between The Department of the Army AND the Environmental Protection Agency Concerning Mitigation Sequence for Wetlands in Alaska Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act12/12/18

 

Note: This is not a comprehensive collection of all cooperating agency documents. Additional resources have been compiled on the Land Department page at Bristol Bay Native Corporation’s website: Expert Agency Review of Final EIS and 404 Permit Application and Cooperating Agencies Concerns with EIS.

Scoping Documents

Scoping Meeting Transcripts

Anchorage Reporter #1 Meeting Transcript change 24/29/18
Anchorage Reporter #2 Meeting Transcript4/29/18
Dillingham Reporter #1 Meeting Transcript4/29/18
Dillingham Reporter #2 Meeting Transcript4/29/18
Homer Reporter #1 Meeting Transcript4/29/18
Homer Reporter #2 Meeting Transcript4/29/18
Igiugig Meeting Transcript4/29/18
Kokhanok Meeting Transcript4/29/18
Naknek Meeting Transcript4/29/18
Newhalen Meeting Transcript4/29/18
Newstuyahok Meeting Transcript4/29/18
Nondalton Meeting Transcript4/29/18

 

Documents

Scoping Package3/19/18
Scoping Report8/31/18

 

Cooperating Agency Scoping Documents

ACHP Scoping Comments8/9/18
Curyung Tribe Bristol Bay Subsistence Cycle8/9/18
LPB Scoping Comments8/9/18
Nondalton Tribal Council8/9/18
State of Alaska8/9/18
USEPA Scoping Comments8/9/18
USFWS Scoping Comments8/9/18