EPA to Delay Ban on Northern Dynasty’s Pebble Project

According to Mineweb, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to hold off with its regulatory process against the Pebble Project, owned by Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX:NDM), until the start of next year, at least. The agreement was validated in court by U.S. District Judge H. Russel Holland on Wednesday.

As quoted in the publication:

Judge Holland said his court must resolve the motion for a preliminary injunction filed by the Pebble Limited Partnership challenging EPA’s authority to pre-emptively impose development restrictions on Pebble prior to the submission of a proposed development plan to state and federal agencies. The Partnership has also sued on the ground that EPA has not complied with the Federal Advisory Committee Act and the Administrative Procedure Act in preparing the Bristol Bay Assessment study, upon which the Section 404(c) regulatory process is largely based.

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