Peltola Bill Would Nix Pebble Mine
May 02, 2024
May 02, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following news release on May 1, 2024:
Today, Representative Mary Peltola (AK-AL) introduced the Bristol Bay Protection Act, new legislation that would codify a 2023 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision to veto the Pebble Mine - a proposed copper-gold-molybdenum mining project in the Bristol Bay region of Southwest Alaska - under Clean Water Act section 404(c) ,into federal law.
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Today, Representative Mary Peltola (AK-AL) introduced the Bristol Bay Protection Act, new legislation that would codify a 2023 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision to veto the Pebble Mine - a proposed copper-gold-molybdenum mining project in the Bristol Bay region of Southwest Alaska - under Clean Water Act section 404(c) ,into federal law.
"I came . . .