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2015 Spring | Policy & Regulation, Sustainability

A Comprehensive Look at Examples of Hard Rock Mining’s Unpredicted Outcomes within Region 10

Student(s):

Katie Peterson

Program or Department(s):

  • Program on the Environment
  • University of Washington

Site supervisor(s):

Lorraine Edmond

Partner(s):

  • United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10

Faculty advisor(s):

Gordon Bradley, Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington

My project consisted of researching three hardrock mines sites as case studies within the Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 10, to identify problems with prediction methods during Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process, a requirement of the National Environmental Policy Act. By comparing predicted environmental impacts to actual outcomes of three different mine sites in different mine life stages, I was able to find commonalities among each of them that I could make recommendations.