Former Defense Secretary William S. Cohen and his firm, The Cohen Group, have been hired by Pebble Limited Partnership to evaluate the fairness of the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent actions in Bristol Bay.
Pebble alleges the EPA began its involvement in Bristol Bay with the intent of preemptively blocking development. The company says the agency should wait for a formal permit application and Environmental Impact Statement to measure the merits of the potentially massive gold and copper mine.
William Cohen, a Republican, served as Defense Secretary under President Bill Clinton from 1997-2001. Prior to that post, Cohen spent 18 years in the US Senate, and six years in the US House of Representatives. He founded the Cohen Group in 2001, which "assists multinational clients from all sectors to pursue business opportunities and overcome problems in quickly changing markets around the world.”
“We’ve long held that the EPA’s actions are inappropriate against Pebble, and really felt that a thorough, independent review by a credentialed group out of Washington D.C. would be helpful in determining whether or not the EPA has acted fair in their preemptive attempt to shut the project down,” said Mike Heatwole, a spokesperson for Pebble.
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