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Press Release Source: Teck Cominco Limited
Teck Cominco Limited - Pogo Gold Project halted
Monday April 19, 5:46 pm ET
FAIRBANKS, AK, April 19 /CNW/ - Teck Cominco announced today that work at the Pogo Gold Project in Alaska has been halted pending the resolution of an appeal by the Northern Alaska Environmental Center(NAEC) of the Pogo National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The appeal by the NAEC effectively suspends the NPDES permit. Construction cannot proceed without this critical permit. It is not known how long it will take to resolve the appeal and finalize the permit.
At the time work was halted, over 300 people were employed on the project, many of them from local Alaskan communities. Pre-construction preparation activities including road construction, were well under way and, pending the receipt of the final permit, the site was preparing to pour concrete this spring and summer for the mill complex.
Mr. David Thompson, CEO of Teck Cominco Limited, speaking on behalf of Teck Cominco and its partner Sumitomo, said: "Pogo remains a good project and one to which the partners are committed but we cannot proceed with construction without a final permit."
Mr. Karl Hanneman, Manager, Public and Environmental Affairs and Special Projects, said: "The Pogo project has gone through an extensive, 4 year review process and the concerns raised during the review have been addressed. This project has been designed to meet the highest possible level of environmental performance."
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Contact: Karl Hanneman, Manager, Public and Environmental Affairs and Special Projects, Teck-Pogo Inc., (907) 455-8325
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Source: Teck Cominco Limited