[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 230 (Friday, November 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71194-71195]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-30222]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-990-03-5101-ER-L016]


Final Environmental Impact Statement, Trans-Alaska Pipeline 
System Right-of-Way Renewal

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability 
of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for renewal of

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the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) Right-of-Way Grant. The 
original grant, issued January 23, 1974, will expire January 22, 2004. 
The renewal application was filed on May 2, 2001. Three alternatives 
are considered in the FEIS: The Proposed Action, renew the federal 
grant for 30 Years, until January 22, 2034; the Time-Dependent 
Alternative, renew the federal grant for less than 30 years; and the 
No-Action Alternative, do not renew the federal grant.

DATES: The FEIS will be available on November 26, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The FEIS and its Executive Summary will be available as a 
downloadable and searchable Portable Document File (pdf) at the TAPS 
Renewal EIS Web site, http://tapseis.anl.gov. CDs can be ordered from 
the same site.
    Hard copies of the six volume FEIS can be requested in writing from 
Dr. John Krummel, Argonne National Laboratory EAD/900; 9700 South Cass 
Avenue; Argonne, Illinois 60439.
    Hard copies and CDs of the FEIS are available for review at the 
following public reading rooms.

Anchorage:
    Alaska Resources Library and Information Services; 3150 C Street, 
Suite 100.
    Z.J. Loussac Library; 3600 Denali Street.
    Bureau of Land Management Public Room; 222 West 7th Avenue.
    State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources Public Information 
Center; 550 West 7th Avenue, Suite 1260.
    Barrow: Tuzzy Consortium Library; 5421 North Star Street.
    Cordova: Cordova Public Library; 622 1st Street.
Fairbanks:
    Fairbanks North Star Borough Public Library; 1215 Cowles Street.
    Bureau of Land Management Public Room; 1150 University Avenue.
    State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources Public Information 
Center; 3700 Airport Way.
Glennallen:
    Bureau of Land Management; Glennallen Field Office, Milepost 186.5, 
Glenn Highway.
Juneau:
    Alaska State Library; 333 Willoughby, 8th Floor.
Valdez:
    Valdez Public Library; 212 Fairbanks Street.
    Washington, DC: Department of the Interior Library; 1849 C Street, 
NW.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FEIS was prepared under authority of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), as 
amended; the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4321), as amended; the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 
CFR parts 1500-1508); and the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 
185), as amended, including Title II, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline 
Authorization Act (43 U.S.C. 1651). Argonne National Laboratory, 
Argonne, Illinois, prepared the FEIS under BLM's supervision and 
direction.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob McWhorter at the Federal/State 
Joint Pipeline Office, 411 West 4th Avenue, Suite 2, Anchorage, Alaska 
99501, phone (907) 257-1355, or visit the TAPS Renewal EIS Web site, 
http://tapseis.anl.gov.

Henri Bisson,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 02-30222 Filed 11-27-02; 8:45 am]
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