EPA Backs Obama-Era Pebble Mine Proposal As Wheeler Pledges Recusal

EPA is backing former Administrator Scott Pruitt's decision that let stand an Obama-era Clean Water Act (CWA) proposal to limit the scope of the planned Pebble Mine near Bristol Bay, AK, while confirming that acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler has recused himself from reviewing the mine project for undisclosed reasons. Agency officials described the two developments at a Sept. 11 meeting in Washington, D.C., with representatives from the Bristol Bay Native Corporation (BBNC) and other native corporations -- private companies owned...