PSPA Positions
PSPA letter to the EPA regarding the Pebble Project FEIS
August 10, 2020
The Pacific Seafood Processors Association (PSPA) finds that initiating steps toward a veto of the Pebble Project under CWA Section 404(c) is warranted, unless and until a robust NEPA process is completed...
PSPA et al comment letter on the Pebble Project DEIS
June 28, 2019
The Pacific Seafood Processors Association (PSPA), Icicle Seafoods Inc. (“Icicle Seafoods”), Ocean Beauty Seafoods LLC (“Ocean Beauty Seafoods”), and Silver Bay Seafoods LLC (“Silver Bay Seafoods”) request that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) make considerable revisions...
PSPA letter on Pebble DEIS Comment Extension
March 5, 2019
The Pacific Seafood Processors Association (PSPA) requests that the review and comment period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Pebble Project be extended to at least 180 days....
Comments for the Pebble Project EIS Scoping Process
June 29, 2018
As the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) carries out its scoping phase for the Pebble Project Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process, the Pacific Seafood Processors Association (PSPA) has serious concerns with this process and, should the project proceed, has identified several impacts that we believe must be thoroughly analyzed and documented in a formal EIS process...
Position on the Pebble Mine Project
Updated March 2018
The Pacific Seafood Processors Association (PSPA) represents seafood processing companies operating throughout coastal Alaska. These companies have invested millions of dollars in seafood facilities in Alaska and annually provide markets to thousands of fishermen and jobs to thousands of processing workers. They generate significant economic benefits to communities and the state and supply high quality seafood products to consumers around the world. A number of our member companies have large salmon processing operations in Bristol Bay, some of which have been in operation for 100 years...