maintain rural schools and culture, including traditional ways of life. • The plan describes how Pebble will use two water treatment plants to ensure discharge meets Alaska’s criteria for water prior to release and will use a sophisticated water management plan that will strategically discharge water in all three nearby streams to benefit fish habitat. • The fate of a project, including Pebble, cannot be rationally decided without consideration of the full social, economic and environmental impacts of the project. • Project proponents have studied the environment to design a plan that best coexists with the surrounding elements. These studies have placed significant emphasis on analyzing the fish and water resources in and around the proposed project. • Modern mining techniques are constantly improving and Alaska has a good environmental track record with mining that coexists with fish and wildlife resources. • The Pebble deposit has the potential to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in annual economic activity for Alaska, as well as significant revenues for state and local governments. • The project is expected to employ up to 2,000 people during the construction phase, and 850 people full time and all year during the 20 years of operations.
major permits and hundreds more from local, state, and federal agencies that must be successfully obtained. • The Pebble deposit is located on state land specifically designated for mineral exploration. • The project will create much needed job opportunities which will likely lead to reduced out-migration, helping to AMA members hear an update on the Pebble Project at a recent Anchorage branch meeting. Public comment hearings in April on the project drew large crowds and a lot of misinformation about the project.
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