ACWA Comments on Constantine Mine Permit

ACWA Comments on Constantine Mine Permit

See the full letter here.5/15/2019 kyle.moselle@alaska.gov Re: Draft Waste Management Permit No. 2019DB0001 and Application for Waste Management Permit for the Palmer Phase II Exploration Project Haines Alaska Upland Mining Lease No. 9100759 (March 2019) Dear Mr....
Mining and Salmon Don’t Mix

Mining and Salmon Don’t Mix

PALMER PROJECT’S HEAVY METALS THREATEN THE CHILKAT RIVER IN SOUTHEAST ALASKAACWA leads the effort to stop Constantine Metal Resources the DOWA Metals and Minerals Corporation from polluting the waters that flow through Alaska’s Chilkat Bald Eagle...
Outstanding Waters

Outstanding Waters

Alaska’s Antidegradation Policy (or lack thereof…)STATE REFUSES TO FULFILL CLEAN WATER ACT MANDATEA twenty-year battle to force Alaska to follow a fundamental requirement of the Clean Water Act may finally be at hand…The federal Clean Water Act...
The Mixing Zone

The Mixing Zone

THE “DILUTION SOLUTION TO POLLUTION” REMAINS THE GREATEST CHALLENGE TO THE GOALS OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT The Clean Water Act (CWA, the Act) was passed in 1972 to restructure the nation’s oversight regarding the release of pollutants into public...
Alaskans Gear Up to Fight B.C. Company’s Mine Plans

Alaskans Gear Up to Fight B.C. Company’s Mine Plans

By Stephen Hume, Vancouver Sun, 1/18/2017http://www.vancouversun.com/business/stephen+hume+alaskans+gear+fight+company+mine+plans/12730102/story.html Mt. Washington Copper, which operated in Vancouver Island’s Comox Valley from 1964 to 1967, was abandoned along with...