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May 26, 2022

Biden Administration to Ban Mining Waste Disposal from Alaska's Bristol Bay
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The Biden administration says it will seek to ban the disposal of mining
waste in Alaska's Bristol Bay, citing its authority under the Clean
Water Act. The move by the Environmental Protection Agency could spell
the end of the Pebble Mine project - a proposed open-pit gold and copper
mine that would require constructing a massive power plant, natural gas
pipeline and huge, toxic tailing ponds.


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