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...losses.EPA initiated the review process in response to concerns raised by tribes and others about the impact large-scale mining could have on Bristol Bay fisheries. Critics of the EPA review - including the Pebble Limited Partnership, the group...
...year on the impacts of large-scale mining in the Bristol Bay region, regional...possible of what the impacts of large scale mining could be on the salmon."McLerran...the risks and impacts of large-scale mining on the world-class natural resources...
ANCHORAGE - A federal study that examined the impacts of large-scale mining in Bristol Bay and could affect permitting for the proposed Pebble Mine is going to get more scrutiny, officials said Friday...
...forward to protect the region.EPA has drafted its own assessment of the region, looking at the impacts of large-scale mining. Critics of the agency's work, including Pebble, have derided it as premature and an overreach. A peer-reviewed...
...with sport fishing generating more than 800 jobs and $60 million in revenue each year. Sadly, the threat of large-scale mining could soon make one of the region's most well-established economic engines a thing of the past. That's because...
...following the important public comment and independent peer review, could help inform future decisions on any large-scale mining in Bristol Bay by both federal and non-federal decision-makers." But Shively warned the document could set the...
...for a state-of-the-art operation. The failures evaluated are those that EPA said have occurred at other large-scale mining projects and could occur during operations or after the mine is closed. Alaska Attorney General Michael Geraghty had...
...whose mandate is to protect our fish and wildlife resources, to DEC, who have never turned down a permit for large-scale mining. Second, he changed mixing zone regulations to allow discharge of pollutants into spawning streams. Currently, DEC...
...fish protection and water quality issues back before the voters. In addition to addressing the size and scope of large scale mining projects, Shavelson said the initiative would address the practice of establishing mixing zones, which allows a certain...
...could use the information out of context. Fisheries biologists like Carol Ann Woody are skeptical that such a large-scale mining project could be developed without having an adverse affect on the environment. "It is critical to remind the public...