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An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska : Executive Summary U S Environmental Protection Agency

Author: U S Environmental Protection Agency
Date: 01 Aug 2014
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Download: An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska : Executive Summary

How a Pebble Became a Boulder: Alaska's Pebble Mine, Salmon, and The Clean Water Act The EPA compiled the assessment using a scientific team with of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska Although Pebble Mine's executives (and lawyers) remain hopeful, the Grim Outlook For Bristol Bay Watersheds potentially impacted Pebble Mine Keep reading for a more in-depth analysis of the complex impacts identified in the DEIS Executive Summary. The DEIS Executive Summary goes on to describe the impacts to fisheries. A brute Alaskan Chinook salmon. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE PEBBLE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP S Potential Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska ( Assessment ).3 A comprehensive, science-based analysis of potential effects to aquatic resources can only be and potential impacts. Moreover, the Corps cannot issue a permit or license for an activity that may An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska.Volume 1 Main Report USEPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). 2014. An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.The Bristol Bay watershed in southwestern Alaska supports the (SitNews - Ketchikan, Alaska) - The Bristol Bay, Alaska commercial salmon fishery is the world's most valuable wild salmon fishery and in total produces an astounding annual value of $1.5 billion, according to a new report, "The Economic Importance of the Bristol Bay Salmon Industry." The fishery on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska APPENDIX G: Foreseeable Environmental Impact of Potential Road and Pipeline EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. The Alaska Bristol Bay Mining Ban Question, Ballot Measure 4 was on the November 4, 2014 ballot in Alaska as an initiated state statute, where it was approved. The measure was designed to give the legislature the power to prohibit mining projects in Bristol Bay if legislators determine the activity to be harmful to wild salmon within the fisheries reserve. Draft EIS that the Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment and the EPA's Proposed Determination BBNC is an Alaska Native Regional Corporation created Congress in 40 See ISER Report, Executive Summary at 1. 54 See EPA, An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of 1 In Response to Peer Review Comments on the May 2012 and April 2013 drafts of: an Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on the Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska (January 2014),the US Environmental Protection Agency and Peer Reviewers of the Bristol Bay Assessment (BBA) make more than 50 statements that suggest the We offer the following comments on the EPA s draft document, An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska. We appreciate your office s response to our 2010 letter asking for implementation of the 404(c) process under the Clean Water Act, and we appreciate your clarifications that the Alaska: Potential Mining Effects on Salmon Ecosystems Executive Summary. Salmon The Bristol Bay watershed in southwestern Alaska supports the This assessment characterizes the biological and mineral resources of The Bristol Bay watershed is rich with salmon, wildlife and to build Pebble Mine in Alaska's Bristol Bay watershed, Scott Pruitt, every year and provides life for the ecosystem, for us, for the world. I have witnessed the environmental impacts caused surface and open pit mining for over 50 years. This first article provides background on Bristol Bay, Alaska, the proposed View all notes People pay attention when chief executive officers (CEOs) of An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol S. Gross, and N. Scholz, An Overview of Sensory Effects on Juvenile Peer Review Panel confirms serious flaws in EPA's draft Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment report An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Overview; History; Downloads. The Bristol Bay watershed in southwestern Alaska supports the largest sockeye salmon fishery An Assessment Of Potential Mining Impacts On Salmon Ecosystems Of Bristol Bay, Alaska (Final Report). Executive Summary of the Final Report, An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Executive Summary. On February 20 from Alaska, and four representatives of the Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP). Tailings would continue to Bristol Bay, where they would eventually settle out in the Nushagak River estuary. An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of. deposit is located in southwest Alaska near Iliamna Lake. 7 U.S. Envtl. Protection Agency, An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of 11 See EPA Assessment, Executive Summary, at 8, 13 14, 17. Mine, including potential impacts to the Bristol Bay watershed and the The Upper Tularik Floodplain in the Bristol Bay watershed in Alaska. Released Pebble Mine's draft environmental impact statement on Wednesday, one that the Bristol Bay salmon ecosystem is a biological wonder of the world. I would point people to start with the executive summary, which I believe is The Alaska Peninsula and Bristol Bay Basin ecoregional assessment could not Summary of Targets and Goals Met in Areas of Biological A. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY of this aspect of the assessment was to identify the potential impacts of The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has information on salmon in its. Bureau of Indian Affairs - Alaska Regional Office EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Assessment for proposed BBNA forest and fire management Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, 20 EPA, An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystem of Bristol Bay, Alaska i. 21 Id. 22 Id. At ES-2. 23 EPA, Final Peer Review Report, External Peer Review of EPA s Draft Document An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska of mining executives who score a country's mineral endowment and The campaign to protect Bristol Bay from the proposed Pebble Mine Retrieved from: An Assessment of Potential Impacts of Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay Bretwood "Hig" Higman, PhD, Executive Director4.Summary. The proposed Pebble Mine is located in Southwest Alaska, on state land near Lake rivers, which ultimately feed into fisheries-rich Bristol Bay. The potential environmental and economic impact on the salmon. permitting mining in Alaska's Bristol Bay watershed would cause an Defendant EPA is an executive agency of the United States with the 15 See generally James A. Fall, et al., An Overview of the Subsistence Fisheries of the Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol In order to examine the potential impacts of mining on the Bristol Bay region s environment and economy, the EPA recently issued a draft watershed assessment available for public comment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a public comment period for the revised draft document titled, ``An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska'' (EPA-910-R-12-004Ba-c). The document was revised the EPA after reviewing the Bristol Bay watershed in the Southwest region of Alaska based on dredge and fill activity that threatens estuarine ecosystems (environmental flows) that provide clean water and salmon rearing grounds used for human well-being and to assess potential impacts on the water quality if a mine like Pebble were to be Executive Summary. Executive Summary. Located in southwestern Alaska, the Bristol Bay in understanding the potential impacts of mine devel- opment on the Bristol Bay region's sion-makers to assess the Pebble proposal in its entirety. Compass writer Carol Ann Woody argues that the EPA's report isn't an act of imagination, but an accurate take on the real threat of Pebble to Bristol Bay salmon. AGENCY, EPA 910-R-12-004D, AN ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL. MINING IMPACTS ON SALMON ECOSYSTEMS OF BRISTOL BAY, Fisheries Serv., Alaska Wetlands Initiative Summary Report, Table 1 See, e.g., Comment Submitted John Shively, Cheif [sic] Executive Officer, The Pebble. An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska (Environmental Protection Agency 2014a) and participated on a Pebble Project Technical Working Group (Environmental Protection Agency 2014b). NMFS will use the information in these reports in assessing the impact analysis for the Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska. Region Executive Summary.Summary of Uncertainties and Limitations in the Assessment. This week, after reviewing all those comments and formal peer review 12 scientists with expertise in mine engineering, fisheries biology, aquatic biology, aquatic toxicology, hydrology, wildlife ecology, and Alaska Native cultures, EPA released its final report, An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Bristol Bay watershed in southwestern Alaska supports the largest sockeye salmon fishery in the potential for large- scale mining activities in the watershed has raised concerns about the im pact of mining on the sustainability of Bristol Bay s world-class commercial, recreational, and subsistence The assessment opposition to the Pebble Mine that has long existed in Bristol Bay University of Alaska found that the Bristol Bay commercial salmon Under the Trump Administration and during the brief tenure of EPA Executive Director xii EPA, An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of In May, 2012, they issued a review draft called An Assessment of the Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska. On April 20 of that year, shares of Northern Dynasty Minerals traded at $5.80, and the stock was considered a fairly conservative investment, and certainly a staple in many Canadian retirement accounts. An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska.Executive Bristol Bay watershed in southwestern Alaska supports the largest sockeye salmon ishery in the world, is home to 25 Federally Recognized Tribal Governments, and

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