I know the folks who build the Pebble Mine are going to try to do a good job. What I can say is that there will be problems. I've never seen a mine that doesn't have them.

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This report is particularly timely now in light of the recent news of Asarco, once the nation's largest mining company, going bankrupt, leaving U.S. taxpayers with more than $1 billion in unfunded environmental liabilities.

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The findings in this report should push DNR to better calculate reclamation bonds to protect Alaska's taxpayers and mining communities.

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