Advisors Warn EPA To Avoid Using Bristol Bay Study For Decisionmaking

A panel of peer reviewers is cautioning EPA to treat its draft assessment of the potential effects of large-scale mining on fisheries in Alaska's Bristol Bay as a preliminary and screening level risk assessment, and to avoid using it as the basis for any significant regulatory decisions because of inadequate data and its failure to consider measures that could mitigate environmental harm. “We've all heard there are issues or concerns with how the mine might look,” where it is sited...