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EPA signals it will proceed with veto of Pebble project
to sue to stop an action that would, in effect, condemn a huge area of state- owned lands. On Dec. 1 EPA’s Region 10 Regional Administrator Casey Sixkiller trans - mitted to EPA’s Office of Water As - sistant Administrator Radhika Fox, a Clean Water Act Section 404(c) Rec - ommended Determination to prohibit and restrict the use of certain waters
in the Bristol Bay watershed as dis - posal sites for discharges of dredged or fill material associated with devel - oping the Pebble Deposit. EPA Region 10 determined that these discharges would be likely to result in unacceptable adverse effects on salmon fishery areas in the South Fork Koktuli River, North Fork Kok - tuli River, and Upper Talarik Creek
Governor vows to sue to stop condemnation of state lands The EPA has signaled its intent to foreclose the Bristol Bay region of Southwest Alaska from a large-scale mine, and Gov. Mike Dunleay vowed
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The Alaska Miner
Winter 2023
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