Alaska Orders Pebble Developers to Cleanup Mine Site and Commit $2 Million to Restore Land
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Alaska Dispatch News] by Lisa Demer - April 24, 2017
The state of Alaska says it has taken hundreds of public comments to heart and will require developers of the stalled Pebble mine to do extensive cleanup and monitoring this summer — and to commit $2 million to ensure disturbed land is eventually restored.
The conditions were announced Tuesday by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources and immediately drew a favorable reaction from Bristol Bay tribes, environmental groups and fishing interests. Pebble said its work this summer will be as DNR has directed, and will protect the public...
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