Notice of Availability of the Final Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, Alaska, 88805 [2024-26039]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM–AK–FRN–MO4500180311]
Notice of Availability of the Final
Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing
Program Supplemental Environmental
Impact Statement, Alaska
AGENCY:
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
In compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended (NEPA), the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) announces the
availability of the Final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)
for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas
Leasing Program.
DATES: The BLM will issue a decision
on the Leasing Program no sooner than
30 days after the date that the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
publishes its Notice of Availability
(NOA) in the Federal Register. The EPA
usually publishes its NOAs on Fridays.
ADDRESSES: The Final Leasing SEIS and
related documents are available for
review on the BLM ePlanning project
website at https://eplanning.blm.gov/
eplanning-ui/project/2015144/510.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: At
the BLM: Serena Sweet, Branch Chief of
Planning and Project Management;
telephone: 907–271–4345; email:
ssweet@blm.gov. Stephanie Kuhns,
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Planning and Environmental Specialist;
telephone: 907–271–4208; email:
skuhns@blm.gov.
At the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service (USFWS): Bobbie Jo Skibo,
Strategic Conservation and Coastal Plain
Coordinator; telephone: 907–441–1539;
email: bobbiejo_skibo@fws.gov.
Individuals in the United States who
are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or
have a speech disability may dial 711
(TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services for
contacting Ms. Sweet. Individuals
outside the United States should use the
relay services offered within their
country to make international calls to
the point-of-contact in the United
States.
The Final
Leasing SEIS was developed by the BLM
and USFWS as joint lead agencies to
address deficiencies in the 2019 Coastal
Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
and the 2020 Record of Decision (ROD)
implementing the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain Oil and
Gas Leasing Program (85 FR 51754).
The joint lead agencies have prepared
this Leasing SEIS in accordance with
NEPA to implement an oil and gas
leasing program in the Coastal Plain of
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
This Leasing SEIS serves to inform
BLM’s implementation of the Public
Law 115–97, section 20001(c)(1),
requirement to hold two lease sales of
at least 400,000 acres each by December
22, 2024. It also informs management of
on-the-ground oil and gas activities,
including seismic and drilling
exploration, development, and
transportation of oil and gas in and from
the Coastal Plain.
The Leasing SEIS considers and
analyzes the environmental impacts of
four action alternatives for
implementation of an oil and gas
program in the Coastal Plain, including
the areas to offer for sale, and the
indirect impacts that could result in
consideration of hypothetical
development. The joint lead agencies
have identified Alternative D2 as their
preferred alternative. This Leasing SEIS
does not authorize on-the-ground oil
and gas exploration or development
activities; it evaluates which lands will
be made available for lease and the
terms and conditions to be applied to
leases and on-the-ground oil and gas
activities. Future on-the-ground actions
requiring BLM approval, including
proposed exploration plans and
development proposals, would require
further NEPA analysis based on the
project-specific proposal.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Although section 20001(a)(2) and
(b)(2)(A) of Public Law 115–97 assigns
responsibility to the BLM for
administering the oil and gas program,
it is understood that all activities,
including plan development, study
development, and consideration of
exceptions, modifications, waivers, or
any operations that are proposed to be
conducted on the surface of the Coastal
Plain would include close coordination
with the USFWS to ensure that its
considerations as the surface
management agency would be taken
into account. In addition, the BLM
would consult or coordinate with other
appropriate federal, state, and North
Slope Borough agencies, Tribal
Governments, Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act corporations, and other
Native organizations as appropriate.
Comments on the Draft Leasing SEIS
received from the public and internal
BLM and USFWS review were
considered and incorporated as
appropriate into the Final SEIS. In
response to public comment and
cooperating agency input, the joint lead
agencies developed alternative D2, a
variation on alternative D.
(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10)
Steven M. Cohn,
BLM Alaska State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM-AK-FRN-MO4500180311]
Notice of Availability of the Final Coastal Plain Oil and Gas
Leasing Program Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, Alaska
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended (NEPA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces
the availability of the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (SEIS) for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program.
DATES: The BLM will issue a decision on the Leasing Program no sooner
than 30 days after the date that the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) publishes its Notice of Availability (NOA) in the Federal
Register. The EPA usually publishes its NOAs on Fridays.
ADDRESSES: The Final Leasing SEIS and related documents are available
for review on the BLM ePlanning project website at https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2015144/510.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: At the BLM: Serena Sweet, Branch Chief
of Planning and Project Management; telephone: 907-271-4345; email:
[email protected]. Stephanie Kuhns, Planning and Environmental Specialist;
telephone: 907-271-4208; email: [email protected].
At the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS): Bobbie Jo
Skibo, Strategic Conservation and Coastal Plain Coordinator; telephone:
907-441-1539; email: [email protected].
Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of
hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services for contacting
Ms. Sweet. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay
services offered within their country to make international calls to
the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final Leasing SEIS was developed by the
BLM and USFWS as joint lead agencies to address deficiencies in the
2019 Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) and the 2020 Record of Decision (ROD) implementing the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing
Program (85 FR 51754).
The joint lead agencies have prepared this Leasing SEIS in
accordance with NEPA to implement an oil and gas leasing program in the
Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. This Leasing SEIS
serves to inform BLM's implementation of the Public Law 115-97, section
20001(c)(1), requirement to hold two lease sales of at least 400,000
acres each by December 22, 2024. It also informs management of on-the-
ground oil and gas activities, including seismic and drilling
exploration, development, and transportation of oil and gas in and from
the Coastal Plain.
The Leasing SEIS considers and analyzes the environmental impacts
of four action alternatives for implementation of an oil and gas
program in the Coastal Plain, including the areas to offer for sale,
and the indirect impacts that could result in consideration of
hypothetical development. The joint lead agencies have identified
Alternative D2 as their preferred alternative. This Leasing SEIS does
not authorize on-the-ground oil and gas exploration or development
activities; it evaluates which lands will be made available for lease
and the terms and conditions to be applied to leases and on-the-ground
oil and gas activities. Future on-the-ground actions requiring BLM
approval, including proposed exploration plans and development
proposals, would require further NEPA analysis based on the project-
specific proposal.
Although section 20001(a)(2) and (b)(2)(A) of Public Law 115-97
assigns responsibility to the BLM for administering the oil and gas
program, it is understood that all activities, including plan
development, study development, and consideration of exceptions,
modifications, waivers, or any operations that are proposed to be
conducted on the surface of the Coastal Plain would include close
coordination with the USFWS to ensure that its considerations as the
surface management agency would be taken into account. In addition, the
BLM would consult or coordinate with other appropriate federal, state,
and North Slope Borough agencies, Tribal Governments, Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act corporations, and other Native organizations as
appropriate.
Comments on the Draft Leasing SEIS received from the public and
internal BLM and USFWS review were considered and incorporated as
appropriate into the Final SEIS. In response to public comment and
cooperating agency input, the joint lead agencies developed alternative
D2, a variation on alternative D.
(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10)
Steven M. Cohn,
BLM Alaska State Director.
[FR Doc. 2024-26039 Filed 11-7-24; 8:45 am]
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