The Haines Borough forwarded borough manager Debra Schnabel’s letter to the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) requesting a 30-day extension to comment on two Constantine Metal Resources permits.
The permits would regulate blasting a one-mile tunnel into mountainside 35 miles upstream from Haines for more extensive and year-round drilling access.
The month-long public comment period for a waste management permit and reclamation plan otherwise ended on May 15, unless DNR extends it.
“This schedule…