Pebble Mine has been stopped, likely for good. The debate around the mine has consumed Bristol Bay for more than a decade. Now the people who live here…
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When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denied the Pebble Limited Partnership a federal permit to develop a mine under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, it surprised people on both sides of the issue.
“I was ecstatic. I was elated. I was so happy to hear that it was finally over,” said Billy Trefon Jr. from Nondalton, one of the villages closest to where the mine would have been built.
To the south, in Iliamna, Lisa Reimers, the CEO of Iliamna Development Corporation, said people feel hopeless.
Well, we feel like it was we were lied to by the Army Corps because they said politics wouldn’t be involved. And it ended up being politics, she said. The Army stated they’d recommend to build a mine, then out of nowhere they changed their minds.”
Bristol Bay reacts to Pebble permit denial December 11th, 2020 |
When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last week denied the Pebble Limited Partnership a federal permit to develop a mine under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, it surprised people on both sides of the issue. I was ecstatic. I was elated. I was so happy to hear that it was finally over, said Billy Trefon, Jr. from Nondalton, one of the villages closest to where the mine would have been built.
To the south, in Iliamna, Lisa Reimers, the CEO of Iliamna Development Corporation, said people feel hopeless.