Pebble Mine Project and the Bristol Bay Watershed, Alaska: Public meetings on DEIS from March 25, 2019 - April 16, 2019 + Updates
Public meetings on DEIS to begin Monday: On March 25 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) begins a series of 9 public hearings on the Pebble Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS).
[News, Pebble Watch - Bristol Bay Native Corporation; March 24, 2019]
(U. S. EPA; July 30, 2019)
https://www.epa.gov/bristolbay/notification-decision-withdraw-proposed-determination-restrict-use-area-disposal-site
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Detailed Comments for the Pebble Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(Chris HLADICK, U. S. EPA Region 10; July 1, 2019)
https://www.alaskapublic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/07012019-EPA-Comments-Pebble-Project-DEIS.pdf
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Pebble Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(U. S. Army Corps of Engineers; February 20, 2019)
https://www.pebbleprojecteis.com/files/Draft%20EIS%20Files.zip
An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska - Executive Summary
(U. S. EPA 910-R-14-001ES; January 2014)
https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-05/documents/bristol_bay_assessment_final_2014_es.pdf
Bristol Bay Watershed (U. S. EPA, 2016)
EPA Chief Recused From Bristol Bay Mine That His Former Law Firm Represented
(Jennifer A. DLOUHY and Stephen LEE, Bloomberg News; March 25, 2019)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-25/epa-chief-recused-from-bristol-bay-mine-former-firm-represented
Bristol Bay Assessment - Final Report (2014)
(U. S. EPA)
https://www.epa.gov/bristolbay/bristol-bay-assessment-final-report-2014
Bristol Bay Land Maps
(Bristol Bay Native Corporation)
https://www.bbnc.net/our-corporation/land/maps/
Pebble Deposit
(Mineral Resource Data System - USGS)
https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep_id=10258264
Water-Related Impacts at the Pebble Mine
(Pebble Science)
http://www.pebblescience.org/Pebble-Mine/water-impact.html
[News, Pebble Watch - Bristol Bay Native Corporation; March 24, 2019]
Updates:
Army Corps denies permit for massive gold mine proposed near Bristol Bay in Alaska (Juliet EILPERIN and Brady DENNIS, Washington Post; November 25, 2020)
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EPA clears path for proposed copper and gold mine near Alaska’s Bristol Bay
(Richard READ, Los Angeles Times; July 30, 2019)
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-07-30/pebble-mine-alaska-epa-salmon
Bristol Bay: EPA Withdraws its 2014 Proposed Determination
(U. S. EPA)
https://www.epa.gov/bristolbay
N. B.: Docket No. EPA-R10-OW- 2017-0369
(Richard READ, Los Angeles Times; July 30, 2019)
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-07-30/pebble-mine-alaska-epa-salmon
Bristol Bay: EPA Withdraws its 2014 Proposed Determination
(U. S. EPA)
https://www.epa.gov/bristolbay
N. B.: Docket No. EPA-R10-OW- 2017-0369
The Pebble Mine saga enters a new chapter
(Liz WEBER, High Country News; July 15, 2019)
Documentation:
Notification of Decision to Withdraw Proposed Determination to Restrict the Use of an Area as a Disposal Site, Pebble Deposit Area, Southwest Alaska (Federal Register Pre-Publication version)(U. S. EPA; July 30, 2019)
https://www.epa.gov/bristolbay/notification-decision-withdraw-proposed-determination-restrict-use-area-disposal-site
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Detailed Comments for the Pebble Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(Chris HLADICK, U. S. EPA Region 10; July 1, 2019)
https://www.alaskapublic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/07012019-EPA-Comments-Pebble-Project-DEIS.pdf
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Pebble Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(U. S. Army Corps of Engineers; February 20, 2019)
https://www.pebbleprojecteis.com/files/Draft%20EIS%20Files.zip
An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska - Executive Summary
(U. S. EPA 910-R-14-001ES; January 2014)
https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-05/documents/bristol_bay_assessment_final_2014_es.pdf
Bristol Bay Watershed (U. S. EPA, 2016)
Also...
EPA Chief Recused From Bristol Bay Mine That His Former Law Firm Represented
(Jennifer A. DLOUHY and Stephen LEE, Bloomberg News; March 25, 2019)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-25/epa-chief-recused-from-bristol-bay-mine-former-firm-represented
Websites:
(U. S. EPA)
https://www.epa.gov/bristolbay/bristol-bay-assessment-final-report-2014
Bristol Bay Land Maps
(Bristol Bay Native Corporation)
https://www.bbnc.net/our-corporation/land/maps/
Pebble Deposit
(Mineral Resource Data System - USGS)
https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep_id=10258264
Water-Related Impacts at the Pebble Mine
(Pebble Science)
http://www.pebblescience.org/Pebble-Mine/water-impact.html
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