Bristol Bay Tribes support Janet McCabe as Deputy Administrator of EPA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 8, 2021
Contact:
Alannah Hurley, UTBB Executive Director, (907) 842-1687 or ahurley@utbb.org

Bristol Bay Tribes support Janet McCabe as Deputy Administrator of EPA

DILLINGHAM, AK - Bristol Bay Tribes call on the Senate to confirm Janet McCabe as the Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

“Janet McCabe’s nomination is a hopeful sign that this Administration will honor its obligation to listen to our Tribes, conduct government-to-government consultation in good faith, and work with us to protect our home and our waters from the threat of large-scale hard rock mines. The people of Bristol Bay need certainty. We believe that Janet McCabe understands our issues and we urge Sen. Murkowski and all those who share that commitment to protect Bristol Bay to confirm her nomination as Deputy Administrator swiftly.” - UTBB Executive Director Alannah Hurley

Alongside regional partners, United Tribes of Bristol Bay has called on the Environmental Protection Agency to use the Clean Water Act to permanently protect the Bristol Bay watershed from the threat of the proposed Pebble Mine and similar projects, a request that has been supported by commercial and sport fishermen, Tribes, businesses and organizations across the country. Confirmation of the Deputy Administrator is necessary for this urgent work to proceed.

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The United Tribes of Bristol Bay is a tribal consortium representing 15 Bristol Bay tribal governments (that represent over 80 percent of the region’s total population) working to protect the Yup’ik, Dena’ina, and Alutiiq way of life in Bristol Bay