EPA intends to protect salmon fisheries from Pebble Mine
Fishermen complaining against Pebble Mine project. (Photo Credit: Orvis)
(UNITED STATES, 7/21/2014)
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes restrictions on a massive gold-and-copper prospect development near the headwaters of the world’s most valuable salmon fisheries, in Bristol Bay, Alaska.
The proposed restrictions are outlined in a document called the Proposed Determination and based on the construction and operation of a 0.25-billion-ton mine, which was the smallest of the three mine scenarios EPA analyzed in the Bristol Bay Assessment and is significantly smaller than the mine presented to Northern Dynasty Minerals.
The announcement came as EPA was being sued by Pebble Limited Partnership, the group behind the proposed Pebble Mine, and the state of Alaska for allegedly exceeding its authority, Associated Press reported.
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