Always kills me how every article says Pebble is "at the headwaters of Bristol Bay". There's about 500sq miles of land in just the Bristol Bay Borough (not including the other boroughs) - any inch of those lands could colloquially be called "headwaters" (and what would Pebble be, 1-2%?). More accurate/formal usage of the term shows that the headwaters of Bristol Bay are much, much further inland. Not that accuracy matters in this rag. 
Regardless, EPA even attempting this kind of preemptive action on State land is a dangerous thing, and sets the table for federal agency activists locking up our resources unilaterally - regardless of who owns the resource. BBNC, Gillam, and yes you SockeyeMark should be ashamed of even being slightly associated with this power grab.