RFA Concerning Pebble Project
VANCOUVER - Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. reported that its recently submitted Request for Appeal (RFA) of a federal permitting decision concerning Alaska's Pebble Project challenges a key finding of ‘significant degradation. Prepared and submitted by the Company's 100%-owned US-based subsidiary Pebble Limited Partnership, the RFA argues the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) finding that the proposed copper-gold-molybdenum-silver-rhenium mine would cause ‘significant degradation' to a local watershed is: inconsistent with the law and Clean Water Act (CWA) regulations; arbitrary and unsupported by the administrative record, including the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Pebble Project; and unprecedented in Alaska and detrimental to the future of resource development in the state.
In response to shareholder enquiries, Northern Dynasty intends to highlight many of the compelling arguments within the Pebble Partnership's 56-page (plus appendices) RFA in the coming weeks.
Following receipt of the Pebble Partnership's ‘request for appeal' on January 19, 2021, the USACE has 30 days to notify the appellant as to whether its RFA is complete. USACE guidelines indicate the administrative appeal process should conclude within 90 days, although it may be extended under certain circumstances.