Last month, the Constantine-DOWA partnership submitted a permit application for the Palmer Project’s newly designed waste management system. The last application they submitted for this permit proposed a system that would have violated the Clean Water Act by functionally discharging wastewater — exceeding state water quality standards — into Chilkat River tributaries, including Glacier Creek.
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) rubber stamped that 2019 permit, despite the public submitting evidence of this violation.…