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US Congressional Committee calls on EPA Administrator to withdraw Pebble Project veto
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nUS Congressional Committee calls on EPA Administrator to withdraw Pebble Project veto\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\nVANCOUVER, Feb. 22, 2017\n\n\n\nVANCOUVER, Feb. 22, 2017 /CNW/ - Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (TSX: NDM; NYSE MKT: NAK) (\"Northern Dynasty\" or the \"Company\") announces that the US House Committee on Science, Space and Technology has called on the new Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (\"EPA\") to rescind the federal agency's 2014 regulatory action under Section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act to pre-emptively veto Alaska's Pebble Project.\n\nA February 22, 2017 letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt from Committee Chairman Lamar Smith states: \"The Committee recommends that the incoming Administration rescind the EPA's proposed determination to use Section 404(c) in a pre-emptive fashion for the Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska.  This simple action will allow a return to the long-established Clean Water Act permitting process and stop attempts by the EPA to improperly expand its authority.  Moreover, it will create regulatory certainty for future development projects that will create jobs and contribute to the American economy.\"\n\nSince 2014, Northern Dynasty and its 100%-owned subsidiary Pebble Limited Partnership (\"Pebble Partnership\") have advanced a multi-prong strategy – including litigation, Congressional outreach, independent investigations, among other initiatives – to encourage EPA to withdraw its unprecedented regulatory action against Pebble. The Congressional Science, Space and Technology Committee has held several Pebble-related hearings in recent years, finding that EPA actions concerning the mineral development project in southwest Alaska were based on \"a questionable scientific assessment that relied on predetermined conclusions,\" and that \"EPA employees colluded with Pebble Mine opponents to stop the project.\"\n\nThe US House Committee on Science, Space and Technology's letter to EPA Administrator Pruitt can be read here. \n\nNorthern ...