US Environmental Protection Agency calls for protection of AK's Bristol Bay from mine waste dumping

Regional Environmental Protection Agency officials are recommending that the Bristol Bay watershed in Alaska be protected from becoming a disposal site for wastes associated with the proposed Pebble Mine that, if approved, would lie at the headwaters of two of the largest tributaries of Bristol Bay and fall between Lake Clark National Park and Preserve and Katmai National Park and Preserve.

EPA Region 10 officials said they made the recommendation under Section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act because the mine operation would likely imperil the watershed's fisheries.

https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2022/12/epa-recommends-protections-bristol-bay-mining-wastes