81_FR_50154 81 FR 50008 - Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Alpine Satellite Development Plan for the Proposed Greater Mooses Tooth 2 Development Project, Alaska

81 FR 50008 - Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Alpine Satellite Development Plan for the Proposed Greater Mooses Tooth 2 Development Project, Alaska

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 146 (July 29, 2016)

Page Range50008-50009
FR Document2016-17962

In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), and the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980, as amended (ANILCA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Arctic Field Office, Fairbanks, Alaska, intends to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed continuing development of petroleum resources in the Greater Mooses Tooth (GMT) Unit. The development would occur at the proposed Greater Mooses Tooth Two (GMT2) drilling and production pad located within the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A), a 22.8 million-acre area of BLM-managed land located 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle. The GMT2 development would be connected by road and pipeline to the approved Greater Mooses Tooth One (GMT1) development. The Supplemental EIS is being prepared for the purpose of supplementing the Alpine Satellite Development Plan (ASDP) Final EIS, dated September 2004, regarding the establishment of satellite oil production pads and associated infrastructure within the Alpine field.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[16X.LLAKF01000.L13100000.DB0000.LXSS001L0000]


Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Alpine Satellite Development Plan for the Proposed 
Greater Mooses Tooth 2 Development Project, Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969, as amended (NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976, as amended (FLPMA), and the Alaska National Interest Lands 
Conservation Act of 1980, as amended (ANILCA), the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM) Arctic Field Office, Fairbanks, Alaska, intends to 
prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the 
proposed continuing development of petroleum resources in the Greater 
Mooses Tooth (GMT) Unit. The development would occur at the proposed 
Greater Mooses Tooth Two (GMT2) drilling and production pad located 
within the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A), a 22.8 
million-acre area of BLM-managed land located 200 miles north of the 
Arctic Circle. The GMT2 development would be connected by road and 
pipeline to the approved Greater Mooses Tooth One (GMT1) development. 
The Supplemental EIS is being prepared for the purpose of supplementing 
the Alpine Satellite Development Plan (ASDP) Final EIS, dated September 
2004, regarding the establishment of satellite oil production pads and 
associated infrastructure within the Alpine field.

DATES: Comments on relevant issues that will influence the scope of the 
supplemental EIS for the proposed GMT2 Development project may be 
submitted in writing until August 29, 2016. The BLM will provide 
opportunities for public participation upon publication of the Draft 
Supplemental EIS, including public meetings and a public comment 
period. Any Federal, state, or local agency or tribe that is interested 
in serving as a cooperating agency for the development of the 
Supplemental EIS are asked to submit such requests to the BLM by August 
29, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments until August 29, 2016 on issues 
related to the proposed GMT2 Development Project by any of the 
following methods:
     Email: [email protected].
     Fax: 907-271-5479.
     Mail: GMT2 Scoping Comments, Bureau of Land Management, 
222 West 7th Ave., Stop #13, Anchorage, AK 99513.
    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so. You may examine documents pertinent to this proposal at 
the BLM Alaska Public Room, Fairbanks District Office, 1150 University 
Ave., Fairbanks, AK 99709, and at the BLM Alaska Public Information 
Center, Alaska State Office, 222 West 7th Ave., Anchorage, AK 99513.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stacie McIntosh, Arctic Field Office 
Manager, 907-474-2310, Bureau of Land Management, 1150 University 
Avenue, Fairbanks, AK 99709. Also contact Ms. McIntosh if you wish to 
add your name to the mailing list to receive further information about 
this project. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf 
(TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-
877-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours. 
The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message 
or question with the above individual. You will receive a reply during 
normal business hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 24, 2015, ConocoPhillips Alaska, 
Inc. (CPAI) submitted an Application for Permit to Drill (APD) an oil 
well and construct associated ancillary facilities to support up to 48 
wells, including a production pad, pipeline, and road to facilitate 
development of petroleum resources within the Greater Mooses Tooth 
(GMT) Unit. The well site is named GMT2. The proposed project is 
located on Alaska's North Slope within the NPR-A, which encompasses 
approximately 22.8 million acres of public land. The project would 
facilitate production of oil from Federal and Alaska Native corporation 
lands within the NPR-A. The GMT2 project proposes a drill site on land 
currently managed by the BLM within the GMT Unit. This land is selected 
for conveyance by the Kuukpik Corporation, an Alaska Native corporation 
organized under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 
(ANCSA). The GMT2 site is approximately 15 miles west of the community 
of Nuiqsut. The associated pipeline and access road would traverse both 
Kuukpik Corporation lands and Federal lands within NPR-A for 
approximately 8.1 miles in a northeasterly direction to the Greater 
Mooses Tooth One (GMT1) development project, which was approved in 
February 2015 after its Final Supplemental EIS was completed in October 
2014. At GMT1, the pipeline would connect to the approved GMT1 
pipeline. From GMT1, produced oil, gas, and water would be carried via 
this pipeline across Kuukpik Corporation lands and Federal lands within 
the NPR-A, and across Alaska Native corporation lands and State of 
Alaska lands outside the NPR-A, to the Alpine Central Processing 
Facility (CD-1). Sales-quality crude would then be transported from CD-
1 via pipeline to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System.
    CPAI proposes placement of 78 acres of fill material to construct 
the GMT2 drill pad, an approximately 8.1-mile-long gravel access road, 
and an 8.6-mile-long pipeline, which includes electrical and 
communication cables, from the GMT1 pad. Gravel required for 
construction of the drill site and road would be obtained from the 
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC) mine site, an existing 
commercial gravel source located on the east side of the Colville River 
outside the boundary of the NPR-A, approximately 15 miles east of the 
proposed site. The proposed GMT2 pad would be approximately 14 acres in 
size, would eventually contain up to 48 individual wells, and would be 
operated and maintained by staff from CD-1, who would travel to the 
site via the gravel road.
    The purpose of the Supplemental EIS is to evaluate new 
circumstances and information that have arisen since the ASDP Final EIS 
was issued in September 2004, as well as to address any changes in 
CPAI's proposed development plan for GMT2. A version of the GMT2 
project was initially approved in the Record of Decision (ROD) under 
the 2004 ASDP Final EIS as site CD-7, and was included as

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reasonably foreseeable development in the 2012 NPR-A Integrated 
Activity Plan (IAP) EIS and the 2014 GMT1 Supplemental EIS. The GMT2 
Supplemental EIS will address proposed changes to the previously 
approved design and location of the site, and any new information that 
could affect Federal permitting decisions.
    New information includes data from ongoing multi-year studies on 
hydrology, birds, caribou, vegetation, wetlands, and subsistence use. 
In addition, since 2004, the study of climate change and its potential 
effects has advanced considerably, and new data resulting from this 
research will be included in the environmental analysis. The BLM 
adopted a new IAP for the NPR-A in February 2013, which contains 
updated protective measures. The polar bear was listed as threatened 
under the Endangered Species Act in 2008, and critical habitat has been 
proposed within the NPR-A.
    The proposed GMT2 project is similar to the CD-7 project that was 
approved in the 2004 ASDP ROD, with several notable changes: A 
relocated drill site, increased road and pipeline length due to the 
relocation, and the elimination of overhead powerlines. In addition, 
the BLM is developing a Regional Mitigation Strategy that will help to 
guide the mitigation considerations in the GMT2 NEPA process.
    At present, the BLM has identified the following preliminary issues 
for evaluation in the Supplemental EIS: Air quality; biological 
resources, including special status species; cultural resources; social 
impacts, including subsistence use and environmental justice; climate 
change effects; wetlands and other waters of the United States; and 
reasonably foreseeable future activities.
    The BLM will use NEPA public participation requirements to assist 
the agency in satisfying the public involvement requirements under 
Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) (54 U.S.C. 
306108), pursuant to 36 CFR 800.2(d)(3). The information about historic 
and cultural resources within the area potentially affected by the 
proposed action will assist the BLM in identifying and evaluating 
impacts to cultural resources in the context of both NEPA and Section 
106 of the NHPA.
    The BLM will consult with federally recognized Indian tribes on a 
government-to-government basis in accordance with Executive Order 13175 
and other policies. Tribal concerns, including impacts on Indian trust 
assets and potential impacts to cultural resources, will be given 
appropriate consideration. Federal, state, and local agencies and 
tribes that may be interested in or affected by the proposed action 
that the BLM is evaluating, are invited to participate in the 
development of the environmental review as cooperating agencies.

    Authority: 40 CFR 1502.9, 43 CFR part 3100

Ted Murphy,
Associate State Director.
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                                                review, the BLM cannot guarantee that                    Supplemental EIS, including public                    the NPR–A, which encompasses
                                                it will be able to do so.                                meetings and a public comment period.                 approximately 22.8 million acres of
                                                   Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–1                            Any Federal, state, or local agency or                public land. The project would facilitate
                                                                                                         tribe that is interested in serving as a              production of oil from Federal and
                                                Nancy Haug,                                              cooperating agency for the development                Alaska Native corporation lands within
                                                Acting Assistant Director, Resources and                 of the Supplemental EIS are asked to                  the NPR–A. The GMT2 project proposes
                                                Planning.                                                submit such requests to the BLM by                    a drill site on land currently managed
                                                [FR Doc. 2016–18025 Filed 7–28–16; 8:45 am]              August 29, 2016.                                      by the BLM within the GMT Unit. This
                                                BILLING CODE 4310–84–P                                   ADDRESSES: You may submit comments                    land is selected for conveyance by the
                                                                                                         until August 29, 2016 on issues related               Kuukpik Corporation, an Alaska Native
                                                                                                         to the proposed GMT2 Development                      corporation organized under the Alaska
                                                DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                               Project by any of the following methods:              Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971
                                                                                                            • Email:                                           (ANCSA). The GMT2 site is
                                                Bureau of Land Management                                BLM_AK_GMT2_Comments@blm.gov.                         approximately 15 miles west of the
                                                [16X.LLAKF01000.L13100000.DB0000.                           • Fax: 907–271–5479.                               community of Nuiqsut. The associated
                                                LXSS001L0000]                                               • Mail: GMT2 Scoping Comments,                     pipeline and access road would traverse
                                                                                                         Bureau of Land Management, 222 West                   both Kuukpik Corporation lands and
                                                Notice of Intent To Prepare a                            7th Ave., Stop #13, Anchorage, AK                     Federal lands within NPR–A for
                                                Supplemental Environmental Impact                        99513.                                                approximately 8.1 miles in a
                                                Statement for the Alpine Satellite                          Before including your address, phone               northeasterly direction to the Greater
                                                Development Plan for the Proposed                        number, email address, or other                       Mooses Tooth One (GMT1)
                                                Greater Mooses Tooth 2 Development                       personal identifying information in your              development project, which was
                                                Project, Alaska                                          comment, you should be aware that                     approved in February 2015 after its
                                                                                                         your entire comment—including your                    Final Supplemental EIS was completed
                                                AGENCY:   Bureau of Land Management,
                                                                                                         personal identifying information—may                  in October 2014. At GMT1, the pipeline
                                                Interior.
                                                                                                         be made publicly available at any time.               would connect to the approved GMT1
                                                ACTION: Notice of intent.                                                                                      pipeline. From GMT1, produced oil,
                                                                                                         While you can ask us in your comment
                                                SUMMARY: In accordance with the                          to withhold your personal identifying                 gas, and water would be carried via this
                                                National Environmental Policy Act of                     information from public review, we                    pipeline across Kuukpik Corporation
                                                1969, as amended (NEPA), the Federal                     cannot guarantee that we will be able to              lands and Federal lands within the
                                                Land Policy and Management Act of                        do so. You may examine documents                      NPR–A, and across Alaska Native
                                                1976, as amended (FLPMA), and the                        pertinent to this proposal at the BLM                 corporation lands and State of Alaska
                                                Alaska National Interest Lands                           Alaska Public Room, Fairbanks District                lands outside the NPR–A, to the Alpine
                                                Conservation Act of 1980, as amended                     Office, 1150 University Ave., Fairbanks,              Central Processing Facility (CD–1).
                                                (ANILCA), the Bureau of Land                             AK 99709, and at the BLM Alaska                       Sales-quality crude would then be
                                                Management (BLM) Arctic Field Office,                    Public Information Center, Alaska State               transported from CD–1 via pipeline to
                                                Fairbanks, Alaska, intends to prepare a                  Office, 222 West 7th Ave., Anchorage,                 the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System.
                                                                                                         AK 99513.                                                CPAI proposes placement of 78 acres
                                                Supplemental Environmental Impact
                                                                                                                                                               of fill material to construct the GMT2
                                                Statement (EIS) for the proposed                         FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                                                                               drill pad, an approximately 8.1-mile-
                                                continuing development of petroleum                      Stacie McIntosh, Arctic Field Office
                                                                                                                                                               long gravel access road, and an 8.6-mile-
                                                resources in the Greater Mooses Tooth                    Manager, 907–474–2310, Bureau of
                                                                                                                                                               long pipeline, which includes electrical
                                                (GMT) Unit. The development would                        Land Management, 1150 University
                                                                                                                                                               and communication cables, from the
                                                occur at the proposed Greater Mooses                     Avenue, Fairbanks, AK 99709. Also                     GMT1 pad. Gravel required for
                                                Tooth Two (GMT2) drilling and                            contact Ms. McIntosh if you wish to add               construction of the drill site and road
                                                production pad located within the                        your name to the mailing list to receive              would be obtained from the Arctic
                                                National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska                     further information about this project.               Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC)
                                                (NPR–A), a 22.8 million-acre area of                     Persons who use a telecommunications                  mine site, an existing commercial gravel
                                                BLM-managed land located 200 miles                       device for the deaf (TDD) may call the                source located on the east side of the
                                                north of the Arctic Circle. The GMT2                     Federal Information Relay Service                     Colville River outside the boundary of
                                                development would be connected by                        (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to contact the               the NPR–A, approximately 15 miles east
                                                road and pipeline to the approved                        above individual during normal                        of the proposed site. The proposed
                                                Greater Mooses Tooth One (GMT1)                          business hours. The FIRS is available 24              GMT2 pad would be approximately 14
                                                development. The Supplemental EIS is                     hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a                acres in size, would eventually contain
                                                being prepared for the purpose of                        message or question with the above                    up to 48 individual wells, and would be
                                                supplementing the Alpine Satellite                       individual. You will receive a reply                  operated and maintained by staff from
                                                Development Plan (ASDP) Final EIS,                       during normal business hours.                         CD–1, who would travel to the site via
                                                dated September 2004, regarding the                      SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August                  the gravel road.
                                                establishment of satellite oil production                24, 2015, ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.                    The purpose of the Supplemental EIS
                                                pads and associated infrastructure                       (CPAI) submitted an Application for                   is to evaluate new circumstances and
                                                within the Alpine field.                                 Permit to Drill (APD) an oil well and                 information that have arisen since the
                                                DATES: Comments on relevant issues                       construct associated ancillary facilities             ASDP Final EIS was issued in
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                                                that will influence the scope of the                     to support up to 48 wells, including a                September 2004, as well as to address
                                                supplemental EIS for the proposed                        production pad, pipeline, and road to                 any changes in CPAI’s proposed
                                                GMT2 Development project may be                          facilitate development of petroleum                   development plan for GMT2. A version
                                                submitted in writing until August 29,                    resources within the Greater Mooses                   of the GMT2 project was initially
                                                2016. The BLM will provide                               Tooth (GMT) Unit. The well site is                    approved in the Record of Decision
                                                opportunities for public participation                   named GMT2. The proposed project is                   (ROD) under the 2004 ASDP Final EIS
                                                upon publication of the Draft                            located on Alaska’s North Slope within                as site CD–7, and was included as


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                                                reasonably foreseeable development in                    consideration. Federal, state, and local              99513. You can also review a copy of
                                                the 2012 NPR–A Integrated Activity                       agencies and tribes that may be                       the Eastern Interior Proposed RMP/Final
                                                Plan (IAP) EIS and the 2014 GMT1                         interested in or affected by the proposed             EIS on the Internet at www.blm.gov/ak/
                                                Supplemental EIS. The GMT2                               action that the BLM is evaluating, are                eirmp.
                                                Supplemental EIS will address                            invited to participate in the                           All protests to the Eastern Interior
                                                proposed changes to the previously                       development of the environmental                      Proposed RMP/Final EIS must be in
                                                approved design and location of the site,                review as cooperating agencies.                       writing and mailed to one of the
                                                and any new information that could                         Authority: 40 CFR 1502.9, 43 CFR part               following addresses:
                                                affect Federal permitting decisions.                     3100                                                    Regular Mail: BLM Director;
                                                   New information includes data from                                                                          Attention: Protest Coordinator, WO–
                                                ongoing multi-year studies on                            Ted Murphy,                                           210; P.O. Box 71383; Washington, DC
                                                hydrology, birds, caribou, vegetation,                   Associate State Director.                             20024–1383.
                                                wetlands, and subsistence use. In                        [FR Doc. 2016–17962 Filed 7–28–16; 8:45 am]             Overnight Delivery: BLM Director;
                                                addition, since 2004, the study of                       BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P                                Attention: Protest Coordinator, WO–
                                                climate change and its potential effects                                                                       210; 20 M Street SE., Room 2134LM;
                                                has advanced considerably, and new                                                                             Washington, DC 20003.
                                                data resulting from this research will be                DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                            FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                included in the environmental analysis.                                                                        Jeanie Cole, BLM Planning and
                                                The BLM adopted a new IAP for the                        Bureau of Land Management
                                                                                                                                                               Environmental Coordinator, 907–474–
                                                NPR–A in February 2013, which                            [16X.LLAKF02000.L16100000.DQ0000.                     2340, email
                                                contains updated protective measures.                    LXSS094L0000]                                         eastern_interior@blm.gov.ADDRESS: BLM
                                                The polar bear was listed as threatened                                                                        Fairbanks District Office, 222 University
                                                under the Endangered Species Act in                      Notice of Availability of the Eastern
                                                                                                                                                               Avenue, Fairbanks AK 99709. Persons
                                                2008, and critical habitat has been                      Interior Proposed Resource
                                                                                                                                                               who use a telecommunications device
                                                proposed within the NPR–A.                               Management Plan/Final Environmental
                                                                                                         Impact Statement, Alaska                              for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
                                                   The proposed GMT2 project is similar                                                                        Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
                                                to the CD–7 project that was approved                    AGENCY:   Bureau of Land Management,                  800–877–8339 to contact the above
                                                in the 2004 ASDP ROD, with several                       Interior.                                             individual during normal business
                                                notable changes: A relocated drill site,
                                                                                                         ACTION: Notice.                                       hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a
                                                increased road and pipeline length due
                                                                                                                                                               day, 7 days a week, to leave a message
                                                to the relocation, and the elimination of                SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land                           or question with the above individual.
                                                overhead powerlines. In addition, the                    Management (BLM) has prepared a                       You will receive a reply during normal
                                                BLM is developing a Regional                             Proposed Resource Management Plan                     business hours.
                                                Mitigation Strategy that will help to                    (RMP) and Final Environmental Impact
                                                guide the mitigation considerations in                                                                         SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                                                                                         Statement (EIS) for the Eastern Interior
                                                the GMT2 NEPA process.                                                                                         Eastern Interior Proposed RMP/Final
                                                                                                         Planning Area in Alaska, in accordance
                                                   At present, the BLM has identified the                                                                      EIS covers approximately 6.5 million
                                                                                                         with the National Environmental Policy
                                                following preliminary issues for                                                                               acres of BLM-administered lands in
                                                                                                         Act of 1969, as amended, and the
                                                evaluation in the Supplemental EIS: Air                                                                        interior Alaska. The plan is divided into
                                                                                                         Federal Land Policy and Management
                                                quality; biological resources, including                                                                       four subunits: The Fortymile, Steese,
                                                                                                         Act of 1976, as amended. By this notice,
                                                special status species; cultural                                                                               Upper Black River, and White
                                                                                                         the BLM is announcing the plan’s
                                                resources; social impacts, including                                                                           Mountains subunits. BLM manages four
                                                                                                         availability.
                                                subsistence use and environmental                                                                              areas in the planning area as National
                                                justice; climate change effects; wetlands                DATES: BLM planning regulations state                 Conservation Lands (NCL): The Birch
                                                and other waters of the United States;                   that any person who meets the                         Creek, Beaver Creek, and Fortymile
                                                and reasonably foreseeable future                        conditions as described in the                        Wild and Scenic Rivers and the Steese
                                                activities.                                              regulations may protest a Proposed                    National Conservation Area. In addition
                                                   The BLM will use NEPA public                          RMP/Final EIS. A person who meets                     to the four NCL areas, the planning area
                                                participation requirements to assist the                 those regulatory conditions and wishes                includes the White Mountains National
                                                agency in satisfying the public                          to file a protest, must file the protest              Recreation Area. The Alaska National
                                                involvement requirements under                           within 30 days of the date that the U.S.              Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980,
                                                Section 106 of the National Historic                     Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)                 as amended (ANILCA), designated and
                                                Preservation Act (NHPA) (54 U.S.C.                       publishes its Notice of Availability in               applied special provisions for the four
                                                306108), pursuant to 36 CFR 800.2(d)(3).                 the Federal Register.                                 NCL areas and the White Mountains
                                                The information about historic and                       ADDRESSES: The BLM sent copies of the                 National Recreation Area.
                                                cultural resources within the area                       Eastern Interior Proposed RMP/Final                     The following BLM plans currently
                                                potentially affected by the proposed                     EIS to affected Federal, State, and local             guide management decisions for 4
                                                action will assist the BLM in identifying                government agencies, tribal                           million acres of the planning area:
                                                and evaluating impacts to cultural                       governments, Alaska Native                            Fortymile Management Framework Plan
                                                resources in the context of both NEPA                    corporations, and other stakeholders.                 (1980), Fortymile River Management
                                                and Section 106 of the NHPA.                             Copies of the Eastern Interior Proposed               Plan (1983), Birch Creek River
                                                   The BLM will consult with federally                   RMP/Final EIS are available for public                Management Plan (1983), Beaver Creek
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                                                recognized Indian tribes on a                            inspection in both Fairbanks and                      River Management Plan (1983), Steese
                                                government-to-government basis in                        Anchorage. You can view a copy at the                 National Conservation Area RMP and
                                                accordance with Executive Order 13175                    BLM Fairbanks District Office, 222                    Record of Decision (ROD) (1986), and
                                                and other policies. Tribal concerns,                     University Avenue, Fairbanks, AK                      White Mountains National Recreation
                                                including impacts on Indian trust assets                 99709, and at the BLM Alaska State                    Area RMP and ROD (1986). No land use
                                                and potential impacts to cultural                        Office, Public Information Center, 222                plans currently cover the remaining 2.5
                                                resources, will be given appropriate                     West 7th Avenue, Anchorage, AK                        million acres of the planning area,


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of intent.
DatesComments on relevant issues that will influence the scope of the supplemental EIS for the proposed GMT2 Development project may be submitted in writing until August 29, 2016. The BLM will provide opportunities for public participation upon publication of the Draft Supplemental EIS, including public meetings and a public comment period. Any Federal, state, or local agency or tribe that is interested in serving as a cooperating agency for the development of the Supplemental EIS are asked to submit such requests to the BLM by August 29, 2016.
ContactStacie McIntosh, Arctic Field Office Manager, 907-474-2310, Bureau of Land Management, 1150 University Avenue, Fairbanks, AK 99709. Also contact Ms. McIntosh if you wish to add your name to the mailing list to receive further information about this project. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800- 877-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question with the above individual. You will receive a reply during normal business hours.
FR Citation81 FR 50008 

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