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Northern Dynasty Minerals: Pebble Partnership Welcomes White House Review of Southwest Alaska’s Pebble Project
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / August 7, 2020 / Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (TSX:NDM)(NYSE American:NAK) ("Northern Dynasty" or the "Company") reports that its
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[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / August 7, 2020 / Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (TSX:NDM)(NYSE American:NAK) (\"Northern Dynasty\" or the \"Company\") reports that its 100%-owned US-based subsidiary Pebble Limited Partnership (\"Pebble Partnership\") issued a public statement, welcoming a pending White House review of southwest Alaska's Pebble Project and the Final Environmental Impact Statement (\"EIS\") released by the US Army Corps of Engineers (\"USACE\") last month. The statement, quoting Pebble Partnership CEO Tom Collier, expresses confidence that the scientific and regulatory record established by Pebble's Final EIS \"demonstrates the project can be developed without harm to Bristol Bay fisheries.\" The following is excerpted from the Pebble Partnership statement: \"'We are aware of the comments President Trump made earlier this week that he will ‘listen to both sides' of the issue concerning our project,' said Collier. ‘Quite frankly, I wouldn't expect anything less when it comes to a project of Pebble's import to our state and our country.\" \"Collier said the Pebble Partnership remains confident that final regulatory decisions about Pebble will be based on the Final EIS published by the USACE on July 24, 2020, which clearly establishes the project can co-exist with clean water and healthy fish and wildlife populations, while making a significant positive socioeconomic contribution to the Bristol Bay region, the state and the nation. He added the Pebble EIS is a direct extension of President's Trump's policy direction that permitting decisions on major US development projects be based on objective, independent science and efficient regulatory processes. \"'As the President begins his look at Pebble, he's going to find the USACE has just completed an intensive 2½-year scientific review involving eight federal agencies, three state agencies, local government and federally recognized tribes. Over 2,000 pages, plus appendices, the Final EIS provides an irrefutable scientific and administrative record that finds Pebble is a project of merit that will do no harm to Bristol Bay fish populations, and will fully coexist with thriving commercial, subsistence and sport fisheries. \"'With all due respect to those who remain concerned about Pebble's potential effects on Bristol Bay salmon, including some who may have tweeted their co...