BLM-Alaska Seeks Public Comments for Draft Supplemental Plan for
Northeast NPR-A
Comment Deadline: Tuesday, 6 November 2007
For further information and to access the Draft Supplemental Plan,
please go to:
http://www.blm.gov/ak/st/en/prog/planning/npra_general/ne_npra/ne_npr-
a_supplement.html
or contact:
Jim Ducker
BLM Alaska State Office
Phone: 907-271-3130
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is accepting public comment on its
Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement that addresses the
impact of oil and gas activities in the Northeast portion of the
National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). The public comment period on
the draft document will extend through Tuesday, 6 November 2007.
The BLM began developing the Supplement in December 2006 in response to
a 25 September 2006, U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska
decision that the 2005 Northeast NPR-A Amended Integrated Activity
Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (IAP/EIS) failed to adequately
address cumulative impacts.
In early 2007, the North Slope Borough signed a Memorandum of
Understanding with the BLM that gave it the formal status of a
Cooperating Agency for this planning effort.
The BLM used essentially the same alternatives as were in the agency's
Amended IAP/EIS, but expanded its consideration of additional measures
that would minimize impacts and consider results from scientific studies
completed since 2005.
The Draft Supplemental Plan for Northeast NPR-A and instructions for
submitting public comments are available at:
http://www.blm.gov/ak/st/en/prog/planning/npra_general/ne_npra/ne_npr-
a_supplement.html