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February 2012

Pebble Limited Partnership Agency Meetings, Thursday, February 2

The Pebble Limited Partnership is holding Agency Meetings this week to preview reports in its Environmental Baseline Document. The public is invited to attend by webinar. Schedule for Thursday, February 2 (Sessions may run faster than what is listed, so viewers should check in early if there is a particular topic of interest.) 8:45 am … Continued

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February 2012

Pebble Limited Partnership Agency Meetings, Friday, February 3

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The Pebble Limited Partnership is holding Agency Meetings this week to preview reports in its Environmental Baseline Document. The public is invited to attend by webinar. Schedule for Friday, February 3 (Sessions may run faster than what is listed, so viewers should check in early if there is a particular topic of interest.) 8:45 am … Continued

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January 2012

Environmental Baseline Studies meetings being web-cast: Jan 31-Feb 3

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The Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP) has scheduled four days of “Agency Meetings” to provide an overview of its Pebble Project Environmental Baseline Studies. Meetings start Tuesday, January 31 and will go through Friday, February 3. The long-awaited Environmental Baseline Document is described by PLP as the “cornerstone” of the permitting process for the Pebble Mine … Continued

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January 2012

EPA request for peer reviewer input

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expected to publish a call for public input on potential peer reviewers for its draft Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment in mid-January. That date has been pushed back. According to EPA, publication in the Federal Register is at least “one to two weeks away.” Nominations received from the public at that time … Continued

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December 2011

December Pebble Watch newsletter now available

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The December issue of the Pebble Watch newsletter is being mailed this week, and is available for download in the Newsletters section of our website now. This issue focuses on a question the EPA is asking in its Bristol Bay watershed assessment: “Is the Bristol Bay salmon fishery the world-class fishery it is depicted to be?” The Pebble … Continued

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December 2011

BBNC shareholders hear from EPA

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EPA Manager Rick Parkin presented an update of EPA’s Bristol Bay watershed assessment to Bristol Bay Native Corporation shareholders at their annual Village Leadership Workshop in Anchorage in early December. The update outlined the work the watershed assessment team has done so far and summarized some of their preliminary findings. Among these, said Parkin, was … Continued

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October 2011

Science group releases video, overview of Dillingham discussion

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The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has published an article highlighting the Pebble Mine issue, which was raised at the science organization’s first-ever Arctic Science Symposium in Dillingham last month. “Proposed Pebble Mine Has Alaskan Community Focused on Critical Science and Policy Issues,” by Edward W. Lempinen, addresses the cultural and economic … Continued