Pebble’s permit denied; SalmonState urges Clean Water Act protections

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today denied the Clean Water Act 404 permit for the Pebble Mine, a massive open pit mine proposed for the headwaters of Bristol Bay, the greatest sockeye salmon resource on the planet. Following is a statement from SalmonState executive director Tim Bristol on the decision:

“Sometimes a project is so bad, so indefensible, that the politics fall to the wayside and we get the right decision. That is what happened today. But denial of a permit does not mean Bristol Bay is safe from the threat of the Pebble Mine. The critical next step is to reestablish the Clean Water Act protections for America’s greatest salmon fishery — protections that should have never been done away with in the first place. This can and should be an early priority for the Biden Administration.”