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Alaska Native people deserve what they were promised
As leaders of Alaska Native corporations, we want to make clear why we took our fight for our people and communities to the nationâs highest court
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Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Regional Association (Courtesy photo)
As leaders of Alaska Native corporations, we want to make clear why we took our fight for our people and communities to the nationâs highest court
The ANCSA Regional Association Board of Directors
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Regional Association
Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case of
While Alaskans are looking ahead to a bright future for Bristol Bay, Gov. Mike Dunleavy continues to look backward and is seeking to keep the proposed Pebble mine project alive through dubious legal tactics. The latest example of this is the state s appeal of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decision to deny a key Clean Water Act permit for the project. The appeal is wrong on the law. It is wrong on science. And it is wrong for Alaskans.
Let us start with the legal arguments. The applicable regulations specify that only the party denied a Clean Water Act Section 404 permit can file an administrative appeal of that decision. Corps of Engineers guidance on the appeal process is equally specific, the process provides permit applicants with an opportunity to seek a timely and objective reconsideration of an adverse permit decision, and there is no third-party involvement in the appeal process itself. This is black and white. Moreover, the Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP), the