83 FR 45138 - Notice of Availability of the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Alpine Satellite Development Plan for the Greater Mooses Tooth 2 Development Project, National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 172 (September 5, 2018)
Bureau of Land Management
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 172 (September 5, 2018)
| Page Range | 45138-45138 | |
| FR Document | 2018-19197 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 5, 2018)] [Notices] [Page 45138] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-19197] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [18X.LLAK930000 L13100000.PP0000] Notice of Availability of the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Alpine Satellite Development Plan for the Greater Mooses Tooth 2 Development Project, National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior ACTION: Notice of availability. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Arctic District Office, Fairbanks, Alaska, is issuing the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Alpine Satellite Development Plan for the Greater Mooses Tooth 2 (GMT2) Development Project, National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A). The EIS supplements the September 2004 Alpine Satellite Development Plan Final EIS that originally analyzed the GMT2 Project, regarding establishing satellite oil production pads and associated infrastructure within the Alpine field. DATES: The BLM will issue a Record of Decision for the application for permit to drill no earlier than 30 days from the date of the Notice of Availability published by the Environmental Protection Agency. ADDRESSES: Requests for information regarding the Final Supplemental EIS may be mailed to: GMT2 Final Supplemental EIS, Attn: Stephanie Rice, 222 West 7th Avenue #13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513. The GMT2 Final Supplemental EIS is available online at BLM Alaska's website at http://www.blm.gov/alaska. You may also request an electronic or paper copy of the GMT2 Final Supplemental EIS by contacting Stephanie Rice, BLM project lead, at 907-271-3202. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Rice, BLM Alaska State Office, 907-271-3202. People 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 individual during normal business hours. The FRS 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: The GMT2 Supplemental EIS analyzes an application from ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. (ConocoPhillips). The application is for a permit to drill and related authorizations to construct, operate, and maintain a drill site, access road, pipelines, and ancillary facilities on federally managed land to support development of petroleum resources at the GMT2 drill site. BLM Alaska manages the surface and subsurface at the drill site and at the proposed infield road and pipeline route. ConocoPhillips may also develop subsurface resources owned by the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, and may occupy surface lands owned by the Kuukpik Corporation. The proposed GMT2 site is approximately 25 miles southwest of the ConocoPhillips-operated Alpine Central Processing Facility (CD1) and will be operated and maintained by staff at the Alpine Central Processing Facility. The GMT2 Project was originally analyzed as the Colville Delta 7 (CD7) drill pad in the BLM's September 2004 Alpine Satellite Development Plan Final EIS. The purpose of the Supplemental EIS is to evaluate any relevant new circumstances and information that have arisen since the Alpine Satellite Development Plan Final EIS, to update the alternatives in the 2004 EIS, and to address any changes to ConocoPhillips' proposed development plan for GMT2. The GMT2 Final Supplemental EIS analyzes four alternatives, including two alternatives with an access road, an alternative without an access road, and a no- action alternative. The Supplemental EIS will result in a Record of Decision (ROD) that will approve, deny, or approve with modification, ConocoPhillips' application, as well as incorporate any additional mitigation measures that may be appropriate. The Draft Supplemental EIS, published in March 2018, identified Alternative A, the Proponent's Proposal, as the BLM's preferred alternative. The Final Supplemental EIS also identifies Alternative A as BLM's Preferred Alternative. The key issues in the GMT2 Final Supplemental EIS are the protection of surface resources; the minimization of social impacts; and the identification of appropriate mitigation measures for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a drill site and access road, pipelines, and ancillary facilities to support development of petroleum resources at the proposed GMT2 site. Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6(b). Karen E. Mouritsen, Acting State Director, Alaska. [FR Doc. 2018-19197 Filed 9-4-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-JA-P
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR authorizations to construct, operate, and
Timothy A. Quincy, (208) 373–3981, maintain a drill site, access road,
Branch of Cadastral Survey, Bureau of Bureau of Land Management pipelines, and ancillary facilities on
Land Management, 1387 South Vinnell [18X.LLAK930000 L13100000.PP0000] federally managed land to support
Way, Boise, Idaho 83709–1657. Persons development of petroleum resources at
who use a telecommunications device Notice of Availability of the Final the GMT2 drill site. BLM Alaska
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Supplemental Environmental Impact manages the surface and subsurface at
Relay Service (FRS) at (800) 877–8339 to Statement for the Alpine Satellite the drill site and at the proposed infield
contact the above individual during Development Plan for the Greater road and pipeline route. ConocoPhillips
normal business hours. The FRS is Mooses Tooth 2 Development Project, may also develop subsurface resources
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska owned by the Arctic Slope Regional
to leave a message or question with Mr. Corporation, and may occupy surface
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, lands owned by the Kuukpik
Quincy. You will receive a reply during Interior Corporation.
normal business hours. ACTION: Notice of availability.
The proposed GMT2 site is
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: approximately 25 miles southwest of the
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
A person or party who wishes to Management (BLM), Arctic District ConocoPhillips-operated Alpine Central
protest one or more plats of survey Office, Fairbanks, Alaska, is issuing the Processing Facility (CD1) and will be
identified above must file a written Final Supplemental Environmental operated and maintained by staff at the
notice with the Chief Cadastral Surveyor Impact Statement (EIS) for the Alpine Alpine Central Processing Facility.
for Idaho, Bureau of Land Management. Satellite Development Plan for the The GMT2 Project was originally
The protest must identify the plat(s) of Greater Mooses Tooth 2 (GMT2) analyzed as the Colville Delta 7 (CD7)
survey that the person or party wishes Development Project, National drill pad in the BLM’s September 2004
to protest and contain all reasons and Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR–A). Alpine Satellite Development Plan Final
evidence in support of the protest. The The EIS supplements the September EIS. The purpose of the Supplemental
protest must be filed before the 2004 Alpine Satellite Development Plan EIS is to evaluate any relevant new
scheduled date of official filing for the Final EIS that originally analyzed the circumstances and information that
plat(s) of survey being protested. Any GMT2 Project, regarding establishing have arisen since the Alpine Satellite
protest filed after the scheduled date of satellite oil production pads and Development Plan Final EIS, to update
official filing will be untimely and will associated infrastructure within the the alternatives in the 2004 EIS, and to
not be considered. A protest is Alpine field. address any changes to ConocoPhillips’
considered filed on the date it is DATES: The BLM will issue a Record of proposed development plan for GMT2.
Decision for the application for permit The GMT2 Final Supplemental EIS
received by the Chief Cadastral
to drill no earlier than 30 days from the analyzes four alternatives, including
Surveyor for Idaho during regular
date of the Notice of Availability two alternatives with an access road, an
business hours; if received after regular
published by the Environmental alternative without an access road, and
business hours, a protest will be a no-action alternative.
Protection Agency.
considered filed the next business day.
If a protest against a plat of survey is ADDRESSES: Requests for information The Supplemental EIS will result in a
received prior to the scheduled date of regarding the Final Supplemental EIS Record of Decision (ROD) that will
may be mailed to: GMT2 Final approve, deny, or approve with
official filing, the official filing of the
Supplemental EIS, Attn: Stephanie Rice, modification, ConocoPhillips’
plat of survey identified in the protest
222 West 7th Avenue #13, Anchorage, application, as well as incorporate any
will be stayed pending consideration of
Alaska 99513. The GMT2 Final additional mitigation measures that may
the protest. A plat of survey will not be be appropriate. The Draft Supplemental
Supplemental EIS is available online at
officially filed until the next business BLM Alaska’s website at http:// EIS, published in March 2018,
day following dismissal or resolution of www.blm.gov/alaska. You may also identified Alternative A, the
all protests of the plat. request an electronic or paper copy of Proponent’s Proposal, as the BLM’s
Before including your address, phone the GMT2 Final Supplemental EIS by preferred alternative. The Final
number, email address, or other contacting Stephanie Rice, BLM project Supplemental EIS also identifies
personal identifying information in a lead, at 907–271–3202. Alternative A as BLM’s Preferred
protest, you should be aware that the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alternative.
documents you submit, including your Stephanie Rice, BLM Alaska State The key issues in the GMT2 Final
personal identifying information, may Office, 907–271–3202. People who use a Supplemental EIS are the protection of
be made publicly available in their telecommunications device for the deaf surface resources; the minimization of
entirety at any time. While you can ask (TDD) may call the Federal Relay social impacts; and the identification of
us to withhold your personal identifying Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to appropriate mitigation measures for the
information from public review, we contact the above individual during construction, operation, and
cannot guarantee that we will be able to normal business hours. The FRS is maintenance of a drill site and access
do so. available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, road, pipelines, and ancillary facilities
to leave a message or question with the to support development of petroleum
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
Timothy A. Quincy, above individual. You will receive a resources at the proposed GMT2 site.
Chief Cadastral Surveyor for Idaho. reply during normal business hours. Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6(b).
[FR Doc. 2018–19180 Filed 9–4–18; 8:45 am] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GMT2
Supplemental EIS analyzes an Karen E. Mouritsen,
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application from ConocoPhillips Alaska, Acting State Director, Alaska.
Inc. (ConocoPhillips). The application is [FR Doc. 2018–19197 Filed 9–4–18; 8:45 am]
for a permit to drill and related BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P
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| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice of availability. | |
| Dates | The BLM will issue a Record of Decision for the application for permit to drill no earlier than 30 days from the date of the Notice of Availability published by the Environmental Protection Agency. | |
| Contact | Stephanie Rice, BLM Alaska State Office, 907-271-3202. People 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 individual during normal business hours. The FRS 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. | |
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