ARLIS Document Server : Pebble Project EIS, Final Environmental Impact Statement

Pebble Project Final Environmental Impact Statement.

Publication: JBER, AK : US Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District, [2020]

July 2020.

Physical description (print version): 6 volumes : color illustrations, color maps, plans ; 28 cm.
The appendices and references documents were not printed, but online versions are linked below.

Note on title: The title is from the title page of volume 1. The PDFs, as originally published, lack cover images and title pages. ARLIS has added those pages into the first PDF file for each volume.

Note on format: The six main volumes were published in print format. The appendices and references were not printed, but are available in online on this webpage or the Army Corp's webpage. Some appendices and attachments may be available as independent publications. Furthermore, this Final EIS is also published on a wafer card (fitting a USB port), which is also available at ARLIS.

Revision of: Pebble Project EIS, Draft Environmental Impact Statement. February 2019.

General Pebble Project Information

See the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Pebble Project webpage.

Reference documents

Documents that are cited within the Final EIS are listed on the Pebble Project Final EIS Documents webpage (look under "Referenced Cited in the Final EIS"). There are 1846 documents linked online for full text.

Summary

This document is the final environmental impact statement for the Pebble Project, a proposed surface mine for a prospect that is principally a copper deposit with significant amounts of molybdenum, gold, silver, rhenium, and palladium. The mine site is located 200 miles southwest of Anchorage. In addition to the open pit mine, the project will include a 270-megawatt power generating plant, a 188-mile natural gas pipeline extending to the Kenai Peninsula, mine and port access roads, ferries, an 18-mile crossing of Illiamna Lake, and a port facility on the western shore of Cook Inlet. The document describes the project and information on environmental resources in the project area and potential environmental impacts on alternatives.

LINKS VIA ARLIS DOCUMENT SERVER

PHYSICAL VOLUME	SECTION	CONTENTS	FILE SIZE
	Executive Summary	Executive Summary	31 MB
Volume 1	Chapter 1	Section 508 Disclaimer 'Dear Reader' letter Table of Contents List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Index Chapter 1 Purpose and Need	2 ½ MB
Volume 1	Chapter 2	Alternatives Including Applicant's Preferred Alternative	59 MB
Volume 2	Chapter 3 Sections 1 to 9	Affected Environment 3.1 Introduction to Affected Environment 3.2 Land Ownership, Management, and Use 3.3 Needs and Welfare of the People - Socioeconomics 3.4 Environmental Justice 3.5 Recreation 3.6 Commercial and Recreational Fisheries 3.7 Cultural Resources 3.8 Historic Properties 3.9 Subsistence	19 MB
	Chapter 3 Sections 10 to 15	3.10 Health and Safety 3.11 Aesthetics Resources 3.12 Transportation and Navigation 3.13 Geology 3.14 Soils 3.15 Geohazards and Seismic Conditions	17 MB
	Chapter 3 Section 16	3.16 Surface Water Hydrology	19 MB
	Chapter 3 Section 17	3.17 Groundwater Hydrology	15 MB
	Chapter 3 Sections 18-22	3.18 Water and Sediment Quality 3.19 Noise 3.20 Air Quality 3.21 Food and Fiber Production 3.22 Wetlands and Other Waters/Aquatic Sites	11 MB
	Chapter 3 Section 23	3.23 Wildlife Values	19 MB
	Chapter 3 Section 24	3.24 Fish Values	17 MB
	Chapter 3 Sections 25-26	3.25 Threatened and Endangered Species 3.26 Vegetation	9 MB
Volume 3	Chapter 4 Sections 1 to 15	Environmental Consequences 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Land Ownership, Management, and Use 4.3 Needs and Welfare of the People - Socioeconomics 4.4 Environmental Justice 4.5 Recreation 4.6 Commercial and Recreational Fisheries 4.7 Cultural Resources 4.8. Historic Properties 4.9. Subsistence 4.10 Health and Safety 4.11 Aesthetics 4.12 Transportation and Navigation 4.13 Geology 4.14 Soils 4.15 Geohazards and Seismic Conditions	6 MB
	Chapter 4 Section 16	4.16 Surface Water Hydrology	11 MB
	Chapter 4 Section 17	4.17 Groundwater Hydrology	10 MB
	Chapter 4 Sections 18 to 19	4.18 Water and Sediment Quality 4.19 Noise	2 MB
Volume 4	Chapter 4 Sections 20 to 22	4.20 Air Quality 4.21 Food and Fiber Production 4.22 Wetlands and Other Waters/Aquatic Sites	10 MB
Volume 4	Chapter 4 Sections 23 to 27	4.23 Wildlife Values 4.24 Fish Values 4.25 Threatened and Endangered Species 4.26 Vegetation 4.27 Spill Risk	13 MB
Volume 5	Chapters 5 to 8	Chapter 5 Mitigation Chapter 6 Consultation and Coordination Chapter 7 Cooperating Agencies and Preparers Chapter 8 List of Agencies, Organizations, and Persons to Whom Copies of the Statement Have Been Sent	1 MB
Volume 5	Chapter 9	Chapter 9 References	1 MB

Appendices

SECTION	CONTENTS	FILE SIZE
Appendix A	Scoping Report (August 31, 2018)	18 MB
Appendices B-F	Appendix B Alternatives Development Process Appendix C Project Mailing List Appendix D Comment Analysis Report Appendix E Laws, Permits, Approvals, and Consultations Required Appendix F (not used) (placeholder page only)	10 ½ MB
Appendix G	ESA Biological Assessment--USFWS "U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Assessment - Section 7" (May 2020)	38 ½ MB
Appendix H	ESA Biological Assessment--NMFS "National Marine Fisheries Service Biological Assessment - Section 7" (May 2020)	15 MB
Appendix I	EFH assessment "Essential Fish Habitat Assessment : Pebble Project" (June 2020)	28 MB
Appendix J	Preliminary Jurisdictional Determination Letters	3 MB
Appendix K Front matter to Section K 3.7	Technical Appendices Table of Contents K 2 Alternatives Affected environment K 3.1 Introduction to Affected Environment K 3.6 Commercial and Recreational Fisheries K 3.7 Cultural resources	7 MB
Appendix K 3.9	K 3.9 Subsistence	19 MB
Appendices K 3.10 to 3.15	K 3.10 Health and Safety K 3.12 Transportation and Navigation K 3.13 Geology K 3.14 Soils K 3.15 Geohazards and Seismic Conditions K 3.16 Surface Water Hydrology	7 MB
Appendix K 3.17	K 3.17 Groundwater Hydrology	19 MB
Appendices K 3.18 to 4.10	K 3.18 Water and Sediment Quality K 3.26 Vegetation Environmental consequences K 4.10 Health and Safety	3 MB
Appendix K 4.11	K 4.11 Aesthetics	18 MB
Appendices K 4.13 to 4.15	4.13 Geology 4.15 Geohazards and Seismic Conditions	12 MB
Appendix K 4.16	4.16 Surface Water Hydrology	13 MB
Appendices K 4.17 to 4.20	4.17 Groundwater Hydrology 4.18 Water and Sediment Quality 4.20 Air Quality	15 MB
Appendix K 4.22	4.22 Wetlands and Other Waters/Special Aquatic Sites	73 MB
Appendix K 4.24	4.24 Fish Values	25 MB
Appendices K 4.25 and 4.27	4.25 Threatened and Endangered Species 4.27 Spill Risk	623 KB
Appendix L	Draft Programmatic Agreement	2 MB
Appendix M	Mitigation	39 MB
Appendix N	Pebble Project Description, POA-2017-271 (Updated June 2020)	8 MB