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Proposal to Withdraw Proposed Determination to Restrict the Use of an Area as a Disposal Site; Pebble Deposit Area, Southwest Alaska

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Defenders of Wildlife filed 3 comments on this docket between Oct 13, 2017 and Mar 1, 2018. 95 other organizations filed here. The comment window closed 3206d ago.

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Mar 1, 2018· Mass comment campaign sponsored by Defenders of Wildlife. Sample attached (email)· EPA-R10-OW-2017-0369-12524

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Oct 17, 2017· Mass comment campaign sponsored by Defenders of Wildlife (web)· EPA-R10-OW-2017-0369-3471

Administrator Pruitt, Defenders of Wildlife forcefully rejects the idea that the U.S. should allow a foreign mining company to build a massive open-pit mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska near some of our nation's most precious waters. The July 14th decision by the Environmental Protection Agency to eliminate its 2014 protection of Bristol Bay under the Clean Water Act will make it easier for the proposed Pebble Mine to proceed, and in doing so, will jeopardize countless wildlife. Every year, tens of millions of wild salmon return to Bristol Bay, supporting 14,000 American jobs, over $90 million in recreation and tourism revenue and an incredible variety of wildlife ranging from Pacific walrus to brown bears. The protection of Bristol Bay was supported by over a million Americans, and erasing these protections represents a huge shift in the agency's approach to protecting the nation's clean waters and the important species like salmon found in them. The Environmental Protection Agency has already determined that the mine will have "adverse effects" on the Bristol Bay region, and we should not go back on the agency's determination now. Please respect the American people's overwhelming desire to protect these incredible habitats and do everything you can to shield them from the impacts of a large mine. Please find attached the names of 55,031 signers of a petition circulated by Defenders in defense of Bristol Bay and Cook Inlet, along with petition language. Thank you for your consideration. See attached file(s)

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Oct 13, 2017· Mass comment campaign sponsored by Defenders of Wildlife. Sample attached (email)· EPA-R10-OW-2017-0369-2134

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Abstract

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator and Region 10 Regional Administrator are requesting public comment on whether to withdraw the EPA Region 10 July 2014 Proposed Determination that was issued pursuant to Section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act, to restrict the use of certain waters in the South Fork Koktuli River, North Fork Koktuli River, and Upper Talarik Creek watersheds in southwest Alaska as disposal sites for dredged or fill material associated with mining the Pebble deposit, a copper-, gold-, and molybdenum-bearing ore body. EPA agreed to initiate this proposed withdrawal process as part of a May 11, 2017 settlement agreement with the Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP), whose subsidiaries own the mineral claims to the Pebble deposit.

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