State explains river protection
A Tier 3 designation for the Chilkat River would be compatible with uses like two-stroke outboard motors and existing mining operations, but would be restrictive of new pollution like effluent coming out of a pipe from an industrial operation, a state environmental official told residents at a Monday meeting at the Chilkat Center.
“What Tier 3 designation really affects is wastewater discharge permitting, which is that point-source permitting,” said Michelle Hale,…
