House science committee grills McLerran on EPA’s effort to block Pebble

EPA Region 10 Administrator Dennis McLerran testified in front of a House
oversight committee Thursday. It was McLerran who decided to move forward with a Clean Water Act 404c determination in the Bristol Bay watershed, following an ecological risk assessment done by EPA. The House committee has been investigating whether or not that was fair to Pebble Mine and proper for EPA. KDLG’s Dave Bendinger has more:

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