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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 147 / Wednesday, August 4, 2021 / Notices America v. State of Alaska, Civil Action No. A91081 CV.
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Philip Johnson, Regional Environmental Officer, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program, Alaska Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:

In accordance with Secretarys Order 3401, Comprehensive Analysis and Temporary Halt on all Activities in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Relating to the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program, the Bureau of Land Management BLM Alaska State Office, Anchorage, Alaska, intends to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement EIS to the September 2019 Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program EIS. The Supplemental EIS will provide a comprehensive analysis of the potential environmental impacts of the Program, including by addressing the deficiencies identified in Secretarys Order 3401.
DATES: This Notice initiates the public scoping process for the Supplemental EIS. Comments on issues, impacts, and potential new alternatives to be analyzed may be submitted in writing until October 4, 2021. The BLM will announce on its website any additional venues for commenting during scoping.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Website: https eplanning.blm.gov/
eplanning-ui/project/102555/510.
Mail: BLM, Alaska State Office, AttentionCoastal Plain Supplemental EIS, 222 West 7th Avenue, 13, Anchorage, AK 995137599.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Serena Sweet, Project Lead, via email at blm_ak_coastalplain_supplementalEIS@
blm.gov, or via telephone at 907271
5960; or by mail at Bureau of Land Management, 222 West 7th Avenue, 13, Anchorage, Alaska 995137599.
You may also request to be added to the mailing list for the Supplemental EIS.
Additional background information and supporting documents may be found at the https eplanning.blm.gov/
eplanning-ui/project/102555/510.
Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf TDD may call the Federal Relay Service FRS at 18008778339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours. FRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question with the above SUMMARY:

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individual. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The area comprising the Coastal Plain includes approximately 1.6 million acres within the approximately 19.3 million-acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. In September 2019 and in connection with Public Law 11597, Dec. 22, 2017, the BLM completed the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Final EIS. The BLM
then issued a Record of Decision ROD
for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program on August 8, 2020 85
FR 51754. The ROD approved a program to implement Section 20001 of Public Law 11597, which directed the BLM 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.
On June 1, 2021, the Secretary of the Interior issued Secretarys Order 3401, Section 4 of which directed a temporary halt on all Department activities related to the Leasing Program in the Arctic Refuge pending a new, comprehensive analysis of the potential environmental impacts of the Program to address . . . identified legal deficiencies.
The purpose of this public scoping process is to determine the scope of issues to be addressed and to identify the significant issues, including any legal deficiencies in the Final EIS, related to an oil and gas leasing program within the Coastal Plain. Information received during this process will influence the development of the Supplemental EIS and guide the scope of the environmental analysis. The BLM
will work collaboratively with interested parties to identify the management decisions best suited to local, regional, and national needs and concerns.
The purpose and need of the Supplemental EIS is bound by statute and remains the same as for the September 2019 Final EIS, i.e., to implement Section 20001 of Public Law 11597. Potential new alternatives to be considered in the Supplemental EIS
include, but are not limited to, those that would: Designate certain areas of the Coastal Plain as open or closed to leasing; permit less than 2,000 acres of surface development throughout the Coastal Plain; prohibit surface infrastructure in sensitive areas; and otherwise avoid or mitigate impacts from oil and gas activities.
The Supplemental EIS will evaluate impacts to various surface resources including, but not limited to, caribou, polar bears, birds, vegetation, and
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