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To: TobagoJack who wrote (166751)1/10/2021 5:20:01 AM
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Dunleavy will appeal permit denial for the proposed Pebble Mine
By Rashah McChesney, KTOO - Juneau - January 8, 2021

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced Friday that the state is appealing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to deny a permit for the proposed Pebble Mine.

In a statement from the governor’s office, Dunleavy called the denial a “dangerous precedent” that would harm Alaska’s future.

His Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Corri Feige said it has “ominous implications for our rights as a state to develop our resources for the benefit of all Alaskans.”

The Army Corps denied the permit after determining that the plan for the mine would not comply with the Clean Water Act, and that the project is not in the public interest.

Fishermen and tribes in Bristol Bay have been fighting the project for more than a decade.

If built, the open-pit gold and copper mine would be one of the largest in North America.

Dan Cheyette, Vice President for Lands and Resources at the Bristol Bay Native Corporation, said they “completely disagree” with the governor’s decision. He said the corporation has “always held” that Pebble is unlike any other resource development project.

“Because of its location, because of its size, because of the type of deposit that it is, and the fact that it is in the midst of one of the world’s greatest wild sockeye salmon fisheries, it can’t be judged against any other project,” he said.”

Cheyette said he believes the Army Corps will uphold its decision to deny the permit.

The United Tribes of Bristol Bay are strongly opposed to the project.

Full story:https://www.alaskapublic.org/2021/01/08/dunleavy-appeals-permit-denial-for-the-proposed-pebble-mine/
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