Pebble EIS expected in February in mid-February,” a Corps of Engineers spokesman said. “We’ll possibly publish the notice of availabil- ity in the Federal Register from February 22 through March 1.”
Corps continues work despite Federal shutdown SPECIAL TO THE ALASKA MINER After years of delays, the much-anticipated draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Pebble Partnerships copper mine is about to be released. The latest federal review of the proposed Pebble Mine is still making headway despite the ongoing partial shutdown of the federal government, with its first results anticipated late next month. That work is continuing because the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is part of the Department of Defense and is not part of the shutdown precipitated by the Federal showdown between President Trump and Democratic leaders in Congress over the president’s proposed border wall. As a result, the Corps’ draft environmental impact statement on the Bristol Bay copper and gold project has continued forward. “We are anticipating the draft to be completed
It is expected that the draft EIS will be published in the Federal Register in late February, launching the anticipated 90-day public comment period on the EIS. Corps Pebble project manager Shane McCoy said in a November briefing on the work that the draft EIS will evaluate three development alternatives in addition to the requisite “no-action” option. Because of the large scope of the project — infra- structure including 35 miles of roads, a subsea nat- ural gas pipeline, a ferry across Iliamna Lake and a major port — the EIS will have multiple “sub-al- ternatives” for the mine’s support infrastructure, according to McCoy. The draft Pebble EIS will touch address concerns held by those who oppose the project, McCoy said. The Army Corps of Engineers is primarily tasked with adjudicating Pebble’s Clean Water Act Section
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