Regulatory processes associated with metal-mine development in Alaska: a case study of the WestGold BIMA.
Source
Juneau, AK: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, 1992 Jul; :1-34
Abstract
This U.S. Bureau of Mines publication presents a case study of the processes used in permitting the Nome Offshore Placer Project, a gold mining project offshore Nome, Alaska, which operated from 1985 through 1990. The mining project, developed by Western Gold Exploration and Mining Company, limited partnership (West Gold), used the BIMA, which was at the time the largest bucketline mining vessel in the world, to dredge gold from the ocean floor.
Keywords
Case-studies; Gold; Permits; Environmental-monitoring; Ocean-bottom; Underwater-resources; Norton-Sound; Coastal-regions; Natural-resources-management; Mining-laws; Pollution-regulations; Placer-mining; Dredging; Water-pollution-abatement
Document Type
CP; Final Contract Report
NTIS Accession No.
PB93-112423
Source Name
Juneau, AK: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines
Performing Organization
ENSR Consulting and Engineering, Anchorage, AK
