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Northern Dynasty: Pebble Partnership Calls on Us Army Corps of Engineers Inspector General to Weigh in on 'Allegations of Political Interference and Regulatory Malfeasance'
VANCOUVER / ACCESSWIRE / August 13, 2020 / Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (TSX:NDM)(NYSE Ame...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Northern Dynasty: Pebble Partnership Calls on Us Army Corps of Engineers Inspector General to Weigh in on ‘Allegations of Political Interference and Regulatory Malfeasance’VANCOUVER / ACCESSWIRE / August 13, 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\") has written a letter to the Inspectors General (\"IG\") of the U.S. Army, the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (\"USACE\"), joining the call for a review of the USACE's management of the Pebble Project Environmental Impact Statement (\"EIS\").The Pebble Partnership's call for an IG review echoes that of the US Congress House Committee on Oversight and Reform, which issued a letter to the Inspectors General on August 10, 2020 (see https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/CBM%20Rouda%20Speier%20to%20DOD%20USACE%20IG%20re%20Pebble%20Mine.pdf), but for very different reasons.\"Environmental activists and opponents of the Pebble Project have made baseless and unfounded claims about political interference in the Pebble EIS process, and of regulatory malfeasance by the professional staff of the USACE for months,\" Northern Dynasty President & CEO Ron Thiessen said. \"But now we have a Committee of US Congress repeating those allegations and asking that they be reviewed by an objective, third-party arbiter.\"Not only do we welcome the kind of independent scrutiny and professional judgment an Inspector General review would bring to the Pebble permitting process, we jumped at the opportunity to add our voice to those in US Congress. I say ‘bring it on' - we have everything to gain and absolutely nothing to lose.\"The Pebble Partnership released a statement to formally announce its support for an IG review of the USACE's conduct in managing the Pebble EIS:\"'The work of the USACE on Pebble has been under assault since day one and it is time for this mischaracterization of their integrity to end. The best way to accomplish this is to have the USACE work on the Pebble Project reviewed by the Inspector General. We are confident the IG will find the allegations raised against the USACE to be completely baseless,' said Pebble CEO Tom Collier.\"From the...