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Northern Dynasty Releases 'Request for Appeal' (RFA) of Pebble Project Permitting Decision
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / January 27, 2021 / Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (TSX:NDM)(NYS...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Northern Dynasty Releases 'Request for Appeal' (RFA) of Pebble Project Permitting DecisionVANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / January 27, 2021 / Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (TSX:NDM)(NYSE:NAK) (\"Northern Dynasty\" or the \"Company\") reports it has posted to the Company's website its 100%-owned, US-based subsidiary Pebble Limited Partnership's (the \"Pebble Partnership\") ‘request for appeal' (\"RFA\") of the US Army Corps of Engineers' (\"USACE\") recent issuance of a negative Record of Decision for Alaska's Pebble Project.\"There are some very compelling arguments persuasively presented in the Pebble Partnership's RFA, and we encourage all our shareholders and others interested in responsible resource development in Alaska and the United States to review them carefully,\" said Northern Dynasty President & CEO Ron Thiessen.\"We believe our submission clearly demonstrates the USACE's Record of Decision for the Pebble Project is contrary to law, unprecedented in Alaska and fundamentally unsupported by the administrative record. These are matters not only of concern to Northern Dynasty and its investors, but to all Alaskans.\"The State of Alaska has also submitted an RFA to the USACE addressing its concerns as the owner of land and sub-surface mineral resources at Pebble.A full version of the Pebble Partnership's RFA can be viewed at: https://northerndynastyminerals.com/site/assets/files/4888/plp-request-for-appeal-poa-2017-00271-jan-19-2021.pdf .The USACE published a final Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed copper-gold-molybdenum-silver-rhenium mine in July 2020, finding that Pebble would \"not have measureable effects\" on fish populations or fisheries in southwest Alaska. Despite this, the lead federal regulator published a ROD on November 25, 2020 denying Pebble a key permit under the Clean Water Act on the grounds that its ‘compensatory mitigation plan' is non-compliant and the project is not in the ‘public interest.'The Pebble Partnership submitted its RFA to the USACE's Pacific Ocean Division Engineer in Hawaii on January 19, 2021, in advance of the 60-day deadline following the permitting decision. The USACE has 30 days from receipt to notify the Pebble Partnership as to whether its RFA is complete. USACE guidelines indicate the administrative appeal process should conclude within 90 days...