The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing protection for the Bristol Bay watershed that would permanently ban the Pebble Mine.
The EPA announced the proposed ban Wednesday morning, using its authority under a section of the Clean Water Act called 404. It’s the “veto” of Pebble that fishermen and tribes in the Bristol Bay region have requested for years.
The company seeking to build the open-pit gold and copper mine, Pebble Limited Partnership, has said it would enrich the region with good salaries and other income. During the Trump presidency, Pebble finally submitted a mine plan. But the Republican-led government seemed to be of two minds. The EPA took steps toward dismantling the Obama administration’s barriers to mine development but reversed course, and then reversed course again.
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