The EPA permit process is very rigorous and NO ONE will allow Pebble to proceed without extreme safeguards. I hope Pebble is built and the project succeeds: Where does it say an approved Pebble permit is bad for the environment, let alone the Bristol bay salmon resource? Pebble is twenty miles from Lake Illiamna: Downtown Anchorage is 15 miles from Eagle River, for comparison. There is NO WAY Pebble can impact the Lake 20 miles away. None.