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From Radio Kenai:  

The Pebble Partnership’s spokesperson Mike Heatwole says any environmental standards placed on a potential Pebble Mine would be much stricter than the rules placed on mines in the 20th century. Recently, he discussed how opponents of the Pebble Mine have been citing mines operated under older environmental rules during the 20th century. He said these older mines were not subject to the mines started in the 21st century and in the late 1990’s. Heatwole admits there are mines that have had problems under the older environmental rules.

“I was dismayed and frankly, disgusted at the recent Supreme Court decision that would allow the Kensington gold mine to dump industrial waste into a freshwater lake. Those of us who depend upon the salmon fishery are frustrated that the Clean Water Act could be subverted in such a way.

“Pebble Mine Development Concept 12 envisions deep-water storage of mine waste in Lake Iliamna, Alaska’s largest lake and some the world’s most important wild sockeye salmon habitat. The Pebble developers have yet to settle on a mine plan, so the public has no way of knowing if they still want to sacrifice Lake Iliamna or if they have their eye on one of the other countless lakes in this watershed.”

Additional Pebble Mine factor?:  “The U.S. Supreme Court sided with Coeur Alaska and the state of Alaska on Monday, meaning tailings mine waste from the Kensington gold mine can be dumped into Lower Slate Lake.”

Google: Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Pebble Mine, Results: 0 (Beyond my previous questions raised several months ago….still no response).

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