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Company behind controversial Pebble Mine project sues over EPA rejection
The company behind the controversial Alaskan Pebble Mine project on Friday sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for blocking the project last year. In a statement Friday, the Pebble Partnership alleged that the EPA’s veto was issued before the completion of the permitting process. Rather than waiting for the Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) permitting process to conclude, the EPA made its decision under a provision of the Clean Water Act that allows it to restrict mining activity in the Bristol Bay watershed. The bay contains the world’s single largest sockeye salmon fishery.   “The most appropriate place to determine whether the project should advance remains within the r

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