Commercial fishermen and other leaders of the Bristol Bay region are asking the US Army Corps of Engineers to formally relax the timeline for development of their final environmental impact statement (EIS) and extend the deadline for cooperating agencies to comment on the preliminary final EIS. Given the major disruptions caused all across the […]
New Oct. 29 deadline gives members of the public 15 additional days to provide input ANCHORAGE — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) extended the deadline today for public comments on the proposed Willow Master Development Plan Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) from 45 to 60 days, moving the deadline from Oct. 15 to […]
Proposed industrial access road would create local jobs and facilitate resource development and economic opportunities for Alaska ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Ambler Mining District Industrial Access Road became available Friday on the Bureau of Land Management Alaska’s website. Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority is proposing […]
Former Rio Tinto permitting expert concludes that proposed mine is “almost certainly not economically feasible,” with an estimated strongly negative net present value of -$3 billion. Why has the Pebble Partnership (“Pebble”) so stubbornly refused to provide a financial assessment in support of its permit application for the embattled mine it proposes to build […]