Mining companies have long been interested in developing southwestern Alaska's Pebble deposit, with enthusiastic support from Alaska Natives who see a mine as an economic lifeline for their communities and heritage. ... Because the proposed mine project would take place partly in waters regulated by the Clean Water Act, PLP sought a permit ...
After a decades-long controversy, the Biden administration took a rare step this week to stop the giant Pebble copper and gold mine in Southwest Alaska. But observers of the project say the fight ...
This action does not apply to any other resource development projects in the State of Alaska. Executive Summary: Final Determination, Pebble Deposit Area, Southwest Alaska (pdf) ... Pebble Mine. The Pebble deposit, a large, low-grade deposit containing copper-, gold-, and molybdenum-bearing minerals, is located at the headwaters of the pristine ...
The Pebble Project Technical Working Groups (TWGs) were created to facilitate pre-application state and federal agency discussions with the project proponent, Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP). ... Large Mine Coordinator Alaska Department of Natural Resources Office of Project …
Bethel resident Bev Hoffman, a Pebble opponent, participates in a rally on Oct. 19, 2023, against the Donlin Gold mine and other resource-extraction projects. Hoffman is a longtime community ...
In response, Alaska Wildlife Alliance and other Alaskan and national groups, represented by Trustees for Alask a, filed a motion in May to intervene in US District Court to defend the EPA's decision to stop the Pebble Mine project in Bristol Bay.
The US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to block the proposed Pebble copper and gold mining project near Alaska's ecologically sensitive Bristol Bay watershed is "unlawful ...
The project has been through a roller coaster of regulations for the past 15 years. Former US President Barack Obama opposed the project, and his successor Donald Trump ultimately did, too, after ...
In December 2017, Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd ("NDM") submitted a 404 permitting application with a Project Description for a smaller footprint 20-year mine plan for the Pebble Project, which uses a portion of the above resource; …
Alaska's Bristol Bay & The Pebble Mine ... As proposed, the Pebble Mine project would entail mining a pit over a mile long, a mile wide and 200 meters deep, destroying nearly 3,500 acres of wetlands, lakes, and ponds …
Nation. While the topic of the Pebble Mine project may seem local to Alaska, the impacts of the mining project in Bristol Bay may be felt as far away as Washington, Oregon, California—my State— States with a robust salmon fishing industry—and the rest of the world. The predominant Alaska Native cultures present in the
The Pebble Mine could jeopardize this fishery. Forrest Fisher Photo. Not far from Anchorage, Alaska, generations of people among multiple nations of the world have relied on the fishery resources of Bristol Bay. The Pebble Mine project has been a …
The Environmental Protection Agency told staff scientists that it was no longer opposing a controversial Alaska mining project that could devastate one of the world's most valuable wild salmon ...
The Pebble Mine project advanced to the final step of the permitting process would produce 320 million pounds of copper; 363,000 ounces of gold; 15 million pounds of molybdenum; 1.8 million oz of silver; and 12,000 …
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The Pebble Project is located in southwestern Alaska, 200 miles from Anchorage and 60 miles from tidewater at Cook Inlet and 17 miles NW of Iliamna, Alaska. The Pebble ... located on State of Alaska land, PLP mining claim, on Sharp Mountain approximately 17 miles from the Iliamna Airportat 59d 46 55.70 N, 155d 26 01.72W.
The most significant watersheds for salmon are located in the heart of the bay, at the northeastern end of Iliamna Lake. It's here that the Pedro Bay Corporation, an Alaska Native corporation, has been a longstanding steward of the critical fish and wildlife habitat and traditional cultural resources threatened by the proposed Pebble Mine ...
A two-decades old proposal to mine those ores, called the Pebble project, has been supported by some Alaskan lawmakers and Native groups for the economic benefits it would bring, but opposed by ...
Pebble Project Go to DMLW Pebble Project Page Contact. Kyle Moselle Executive Director Alaska Department of Natural Resources Office of Project Management and Permitting Phone: (907) 465-6849 Fax: (907) 465-3886 Email. Mail to: PO Box 111030 Juneau, AK 99811. Visit at: 400 Willoughby Ave., 4th Floor Juneau, AK 99801
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources Large Mine Permitting Team is responsible for coordinating state permitting activities for large mine projects within the state. To satisfy permitting requirements under NEPA and other regulatory statutes, the …
E.P.A. Blocks Long-Disputed Mine Project in Alaska. The move to ban disposal of mining wastes near the site of the proposed Pebble mine, made under the Clean Water Act, protects a valuable salmon ...
March 15, 2024 — "We are filing litigation to fully contest the EPA's unprecedented and unlawful actions against the Pebble Project. Since our objections to the politically motivated actions by the EPA have long fallen on …
ANCHORAGE, Alaska/TORONTO, Dec 21 (Reuters) – The would-be developer of the widely opposed Pebble Mine copper and gold project in salmon-rich southwestern Alaska announced on Thursday it will ...
Pebble Limited Partnership, the company that would control the mine commonly known as Pebble Mine, argues it would bring economic opportunity to the Bristol Bay region of Alaska. However, the ...
The EPA is exercising its rarely-used "veto authority" under section 404 (c) of the Clean Water Act to prohibit mining the Pebble deposit. This is the 14th time in the history of the Clean ...
Latest News On January 31, 2023, the Environment Protection Agency issued a Clean Water Act section 404(c) Final Determination to prohibit and restrict the use of certain waters in the Bristol Bay watershed as disposal sites for mining waste. This decision provides the strongest level of habitat protection currently available for the largest sockeye salmon […]
FILE - Workers with the Pebble Mine project test drill in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, near the village of Iliamma, on July 13, 2007. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a decision Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, that would block plans for the proposed Pebble Mine, a copper and gold project in southwest Alaska. (AP Photo/Al Grillo ...
The possibility that the project will be resurrected has also drawn Pebble mine opponents into the new Supreme Court faceoff. The Bristol Bay Native Corp. and United Tribes of Bristol Bay jointly filed a motion with the Supreme Court on Thursday in support of the EPA and against the state effort, and Trout Unlimited filed a similar motion. ...
Iliamna Natives Limited and the Alaska Peninsula Corporation filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday, alleging the EPA overstepped its authority with its final decision to axe the Pebble Mine project. Both the State of Alaska and the parent company of Pebble have similar lawsuits filed over the January 2023 final decision, …
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources announced last week that Stuy Mines has applied for a hardrock exploration permit along Kaskanak Creek, southwest of the Pebble deposit.