ELR Citation: 44 ELR 20220
No(s). 3:14-cv-0097 (D. Alaska Sep 26, 2014) (Holland, J.)

A district court dismissed a lawsuit challenging EPA's initiation of CWA §404(c) proceedings for the proposed Pebble Mine project, a large copper and gold mine in the Bristol Bay region of southwest Alaska. Alaska, which owns the land, as well as the company that owns the underlying mineral ri...