The EPA is extending by two months the public comment period on its proposed restrictions that would block plans for the proposed Pebble copper and gold mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region.
In this July 13, 2007, photo, workers with the Pebble Mine project test drill in the Bristol Bay region, near the village of Iliamna. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing restrictions that would hinder plans for a copper and gold mine in Alaska's Bristol Bay region. its proposed restrictions that would block plansThe agency in a statement said its regional office received communications that were in favor of and against an extension.
The EPA has said its proposal would bar discharges of dredged or fill material into waters of the U.S. within the mine site footprint proposed by the Pebble Limited Partnership, which is pursuing the project. The partnership’s CEO has called EPA’s proposal an effort to veto the project. Critics of the mine have pushed for protections for the Bristol Bay region.
Pebble has also appealed a 2020 decision from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denying a key permit. A decision in that matter is pending.
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