The Department of Environmental Conservation proposed to reissue an Alaska Pollutant Discharge Elimination System general permit that authorizes discharges of process wastewater and drainage waters from open-cut mines and mechanical dredges that process gold placer ores and rely on beneficiation processes based on gravity separation. Comments are due March 22, 2021. See https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Notices/View.aspx?id=201472.