{"id":4064,"date":"2014-03-02T15:35:43","date_gmt":"2014-03-02T15:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=4064"},"modified":"2014-03-02T15:35:43","modified_gmt":"2014-03-02T15:35:43","slug":"epa-could-block-major-alaska-gold-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=4064","title":{"rendered":"EPA could block major Alaska gold mine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Becky Bohrer<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>The Associated Press \/ Seattle Times<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4066\" alt=\"bristol\" src=\"http:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/bristol.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"171\" data-id=\"4066\" \/>JUNEAU, Alaska \u2014 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it is taking the first steps toward restricting or even prohibiting development of a massive gold-and-copper prospect near the headwaters of a premier sockeye-salmon fishery in southwest Alaska \u2014 though no final decision has been made.<\/p>\n<p>While the rarely used EPA process is under way, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers cannot approve a permit for the proposed Pebble Mine project.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement Friday follows release of an EPA report in January that found large-scale mining in the Bristol Bay watershed posed significant risk to salmon and could adversely affect Alaska Natives in the region, whose culture is built around salmon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Continue reading . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it is taking the first steps toward restricting or even prohibiting development of a massive gold-and-copper prospect near the headwaters of a premier sockeye-salmon fishery in southwest 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