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Presentations and Information on the Pebble Mine

Development Standards

Oil and Gas Standards/Restrictions for Portions of Bristol Bay  External Link
AS 38.05.140(f)

Department of Natural Resources Pebble Information

DNR Pebble Project/Large Mine Permitting Page  External Link
Governing Document for Development: Bristol Bay Area Plan  External Link
Surficial Geologic Map of Parts of the Iliamna D-6 and D-7 Quadrangles, Pebble Project Area, Southwestern Alaska by T. D. Hamilton and R.F. Klieforth, DNR  External Link [PDF]

Permitting Process

Permitting Large Mines in Alaska: DNR  External Link [PDF]
Alaska Law Review - ''Pebble Mine: Fish, Minerals, and Testing the Limits of Alaska's 'Large Mine Permitting Process' ''  External Link
State of Alaska Anticipated Budget Needs for Managing Pebble Permitting Process
Department of Law   [PDF:112KB]
Fish and Game, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Environmental Conservation, and other departments   [PDF:410KB]

Pebble Partnership Development Documents

Pebble Partnership Home Page  External Link
Draft Environmental Baseline Studies Proposed 2008 Study Plans  External Link [PDF]
Keystone Dialogue on the Proposed Pebble Mine  External Link
Keystone Overview Presentation on Pebble Dialogue  External Link [PDF]
Pebble Project Reclamation Backgrounder  External Link [PDF]

Pebble Mine Fact Sheets - from www.pebblescience.org

Technical Background  External Link [PDF]
Water-related impacts  External Link [PDF]
Acid rock drainage and metal leaching at the Pebble Mine  External Link [PDF]
Block caving at the Pebble mine  External Link [PDF]
Seismic risk at the Pebble mine  External Link [PDF]
Fisheries Impacts at the Pebble mine/Road construction: Potential fisheries impacts  External Link [PDF]
Copper, salmon and the proposed Pebble Mine  External Link [PDF]
Salmon Ecology 101  External Link [PDF]

Risks

Kuipers: Predicting Water Quality Problems at Hardrock Mines   [PDF:1.03MB]
Summary report on Predicting Water Quality Problems and Hardrock Mines   [PDF:358KB]
February 27, 2009 presentation to Alaska Senate Resources Committee: Pebble Mine Technical Concerns   [PDF:1.53MB]
David M. Chamber, Ph.D. and Kendra Zamzow, Ph.D.
USGS Map: Earthquakes in Alaska  External Link
Tailings Dam Information and Concerns  External Link

Alaska Legislature and the Pebble Mine

Bills introduced related to the Pebble Mine
HB 134 (25th Legislature): Died in House Resources  External Link
Presentations before legislative committees
Joint House Fisheries and Senate Resources Hearing: Preliminary review of the Board of Fisheries request for a comprehensive evaluation of large-mine permitting and standards for protection of fish and game habitat in the Bristol Bay watershed.
Minutes  External Link [PDF]
Audio  External Link
Documents  External Link

Alaska Board of Fisheries

Letter from Board of Fisheries to Alaska Legislature regarding Pebble Mine  External Link
Joint House Fisheries and Senate Resources Hearing: Preliminary review of the Board of Fisheries request for a comprehensive evaluation of large-mine permitting and standards for protection of fish and game habitat in the Bristol Bay watershed.
Minutes  External Link [PDF]
Audio  External Link
Documents  External Link

Fish and Wildlife Resources

ADF&G Letter on Anadramous Stream Mapping in the Pebble area   [PDF:181KB]
Technical Working Group letter to Pebble Partnership regarding research needs   [PDF:987KB]
Fish Surveys in Headwater Streams of the Nushagak and Kvichak River Drainages, Nature Conservancy  External Link [PDF]

Bonding Levels

2004 legislation by Gov. Murkowski (passed) changing bonding requirements for companies such as Anglo-American  External Link [PDF]

Maps

Mining Claims in the Pebble Area   [PDF:2.02MB]
May 2010 Compared to May 2008
Southwest Regional Map  External Link [PDF]
from Pebble Partnership