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Agency to consider listing for lake seals

...endangered species, a decision that could affect the massive Pebble Mine development project.The agency said it has accepted...carries the added importance of possible effects on the Pebble Mine. The proposed open-pit copper and gold mine would...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-17/agency-consider-listing-lake-seals
State
Alaska Editorial: Pebble pounded: Latest EPA study is more cause for concern

...the EPA has done.The revised assessment deals primarily with the topic of the Pebble deposit and not the proposed Pebble Mine itself. The Pebble Limited Partnership - the proposed mine's lead proponent - says the underlying mineral deposit...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-05-02/alaska-editorial-pebble-pounded-lates
Opinion
EPA: Pebble mine project could hurt salmon streams

...information related to the proposed Pebble Mine but also noted the potential for...the group behind the proposed Pebble Mine - fear it could lead to the agency...which has a stake in the proposed Pebble Mine; data collected by Pebble Limited...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-28/epa-pebble-mine-project-could-hurt-salm
State
Permitting bill hits bump in Senate Finance committee

...majority" of water use authorizations would not be affected by the bill.He also said this isn't about the proposed Pebble Mine project, as some critics have said. Of the 35 pending water reservation applicants from individuals or groups, 22...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-07/permitting-bill-hits-bump-senate-financ
State
Folk fest kicks off Monday

...private prisons. The official Alaska release of Kahn's upcoming CD, "Bristol Bay," which includes songs about the Pebble Mine, will take place during the festival. For more on Kahn, see www.sikahn.com.Macrae SistersThis year's Guest...

http://juneauempire.com/art/2013-04-04/folk-fest-kicks-monday
Art
Industry reps talk mining at State Capitol

...Heatherdale Resources' Niblack site near Ketchikan, was listed by Satre as a gold "developer." So was the controversial Pebble mine, a proposed operation being explored by the Pebble Partnership in Bristol Bay.Satre acknowledged that Alaska does...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-02-27/industry-reps-talk-mining-state-capitol
State
Pebble Mine & the Clean Water Act

While Alaska may host a wide variety of people, thoughts and ideas, I think we can all agree that salmon are an important part of calling this great state home.

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-03-01/pebble-mine-clean-water-act
Opinion
Senate passes permitting bill

...requirements.He said he has also heard concerns that the bill is a backdoor attempt to permit projects, like the proposed Pebble Mine, near the headwaters of a world premier salmon fishery.Giessel said the bill isn't aimed at more lax permitting...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-12/senate-passes-permitting-bill
State
Governor Parnell: Pebble has a plan and you have it

...believe it accurately reflects the nature of the deposit and its remote location" and that "the overall scale (of Pebble Mine) isn't hard to predict."The recently released EPA Peer Review report showed that a majority of the independent...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-03-18/governor-parnell-pebble-has-plan-and-
Opinion
EPA's final assessment of Bristol Bay mining expected this year

...quality of fish habitat as water is used for mine operations.The report offered no position on whether the proposed Pebble Mine project should move forward. McLerran said at the time that the assessment wasn't about a single project - though...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-02-06/epas-final-assessment-bristol-bay-minin
State

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