ANCHORAGE, AK – Alaska business owners and sportsmen are frustrated and deeply disappointed that senators from West Virginia and Louisiana are threatening Alaska’s greatest salmon fishery and tens of thousands of jobs with radical legislation that guts the Clean Water Act. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and David Vitter (R-LA), typically in tune with sportsman’s concerns […]
Dillingham, AK- Wednesday, Senators Joe Manchin (WV) and David Vitter (LA) reintroduced legislation (SB 54) that would eliminate from the Clean Water Act a provision that authorizes EPA to limit or restrict discharge of dredged or fill material from mining deposits into waters of the United States. The provision, commonly known as 404(c), gives the […]
Dillingham, AK – After hearing over an hour of oral argument Monday morning, District Court Judge H. Russell Holland ordered a temporary injunction to assess Pebble’s claims that EPA’s use of its Watershed Assessment Plan violated aspects of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. In his oral ruling Monday, Judge Holland referred to Pebble’s Complaint as failing to comply […]
ANCHORAGE: Representative Young’s position on the proposed Pebble Mine has been unclear at times, without a definitive yes or no answer on where he stands. After the Tuesday debate we now have clarity. Don is Yes on Pebble. Young has said that the issues surrounding the Pebble Mine are not his primary concern stating that, […]