Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program, Alaska, 51754 [2020-18431]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLAK930000.L51010000.FP0000.
LVRWL14L0740]
Notice of Availability of the Record of
Decision for the Final Environmental
Impact Statement for the Coastal Plain
Oil and Gas Leasing Program, Alaska
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), Alaska State Office,
announces the availability of the Record
of Decision (ROD) for the Final
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas
Leasing Program. The Secretary for the
Department of the Interior’s signature on
the ROD constitutes the final decision of
the Department, thereby completing the
required National Environmental Policy
Act process for implementing an oil and
gas leasing program within the Coastal
Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge.
SUMMARY:
Requests for information
regarding the ROD may be mailed to:
Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing
Program, 222 West 7th Avenue, #13,
Anchorage, AK 99513–7504. The ROD is
available on the BLM Alaska website at
https://www.blm.gov/alaska.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nicole Hayes, BLM Alaska State Office,
907–271–4354. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to
contact the above individuals during
normal business hours. The FRS is
available 24 hours a day, seven days a
week, to leave a message or question
with the above individuals. You will
receive a reply during normal business
hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II,
Section 20001 of Public Law 115–97
directs the Secretary of the Interior,
acting through the BLM, to establish and
administer a competitive oil and gas
leasing program for the leasing,
development, production, and
transportation of oil and gas in and from
the Coastal Plain. The BLM was directed
to manage the oil and gas leasing
program on the Coastal Plain in a
manner similar to lease sales under the
Naval Petroleum Reserves Production
Act of 1976 (including regulations). The
BLM was also directed to conduct two
area-wide lease sales offering not fewer
than 400,000 acres, in areas where there
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is the highest potential for the discovery
of hydrocarbons.
The ROD approves a program to carry
out this statutory directive. By
determining where and under what
terms and conditions leasing will occur,
the ROD takes into account the
requirements of Public Law 115–97 and
other applicable law. To inform this
Decision, the BLM prepared the Coastal
Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program
Environmental Impact Statement
(Leasing EIS).
The ROD adopts Alternative B of the
Leasing EIS as to where and under what
terms and conditions leasing may occur
subject to future specific environmental
analysis and permitting decisions,
except clarifications have been provided
for required operating procedures (ROP)
11 and 17, as well as Lease Notice 2.
The ROD also does not adopt the
interpretive assumptions made in the
Leasing EIS as to the implementation of
Section 20001(c)(3) of Public Law 115–
97. Rather, it provides guidance
regarding certain general principles for
the future application of that section of
the law.
Authority: 40 CFR 1502.9, 40 CFR 1506.6.
Chad B. Padgett,
State Director, Alaska.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLAK930000.L51010000.FP0000.LVRWL14L0740]
Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Final
Environmental Impact Statement for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas
Leasing Program, Alaska
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Alaska State Office,
announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the
Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Coastal Plain Oil
and Gas Leasing Program. The Secretary for the Department of the
Interior's signature on the ROD constitutes the final decision of the
Department, thereby completing the required National Environmental
Policy Act process for implementing an oil and gas leasing program
within the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
ADDRESSES: Requests for information regarding the ROD may be mailed to:
Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 222 West 7th Avenue, #13,
Anchorage, AK 99513-7504. The ROD is available on the BLM Alaska
website at https://www.blm.gov/alaska.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Hayes, BLM Alaska State Office,
907-271-4354. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to
contact the above individuals during normal business hours. The FRS is
available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to leave a message or
question with the above individuals. You will receive a reply during
normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II, Section 20001 of Public Law 115-97
directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the BLM, to
establish and administer a competitive oil and gas leasing program for
the leasing, development, production, and transportation of oil and gas
in and from the Coastal Plain. The BLM was directed to manage the oil
and gas leasing program on the Coastal Plain in a manner similar to
lease sales under the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976
(including regulations). The BLM was also directed to conduct two area-
wide lease sales offering not fewer than 400,000 acres, in areas where
there is the highest potential for the discovery of hydrocarbons.
The ROD approves a program to carry out this statutory directive.
By determining where and under what terms and conditions leasing will
occur, the ROD takes into account the requirements of Public Law 115-97
and other applicable law. To inform this Decision, the BLM prepared the
Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Environmental Impact
Statement (Leasing EIS).
The ROD adopts Alternative B of the Leasing EIS as to where and
under what terms and conditions leasing may occur subject to future
specific environmental analysis and permitting decisions, except
clarifications have been provided for required operating procedures
(ROP) 11 and 17, as well as Lease Notice 2. The ROD also does not adopt
the interpretive assumptions made in the Leasing EIS as to the
implementation of Section 20001(c)(3) of Public Law 115-97. Rather, it
provides guidance regarding certain general principles for the future
application of that section of the law.
Authority: 40 CFR 1502.9, 40 CFR 1506.6.
Chad B. Padgett,
State Director, Alaska.
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