The federal agency based its decision on a veto of the project last year by the Environmental Protection Agency.
an appeal by Pebble Limited Partnership, striking another blow to the copper and gold prospect in Southwest Alaska.accompanying its decision that the denial was based on another federal agency’s decision to reject the project.a little-used power under the Clean Water Act to veto the mine on the grounds that it would cause “unacceptable, adverse” harm to the valuable Bristol Bay salmon fishery.
The decision trumped the standard federal permitting process playing out before the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. A “decision has been rendered that the EPA veto is a controlling factor, and the application is denied without prejudice,” the Corps said in the statement. The Pebble project sits on state land about 200 miles southwest of Anchorage, near the headwaters of Bristol Bay, home to the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery.the Pebble project a permit for development, saying the “plan for the discharge of fill material does not comply with Clean Water Act guidelines” and that the proposed project is “contrary to the public interest.
In March, Pebble filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency to overturn that agency’s decision to halt the mine.Alex DeMarban is a longtime Alaska journalist who covers business, the oil and gas industries and general assignments. Reach him at 907-257-4317 or [email protected].
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