November 17, 2020 — The developer behind the proposed Pebble mine on Monday announced that the final report needed to potentially win approval for a key permit has been submitted to federal regulators.
President Donald Trump’s administration could make a decision on whether to permit the copper and gold prospect before he leaves office on Jan. 20, either allowing the controversial project to advance or stopping it. A decision could also come later, under President-elect Joe Biden’s administration.
The mine would be built about 200 miles southwest of Anchorage in the Bristol Bay region.
The so-called mitigation plan from Pebble Limited Partnership is meant to address a requirement by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In August, the agency said that Pebble must select lands in the region for protection to offset damage the mine would cause, if it is built.