[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 69389]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26321]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK-930-1310-DB-CPAI]


Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Alpine 
Satellite Development Plan

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of record of decision (ROD).

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability 
of the Alpine Satellite Development Plan Environmental Impact Statement 
(ASDP EIS) Record of Decision (ROD). The ASDP ROD approves satellite 
oil drilling and production pads and associated structures (roads, 
pipelines, gravel mine) and certain other activities proposed by 
ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. (CPAI) on BLM-managed lands in the National 
Petroleum Reserve--Alaska. Assistant Secretary Rebecca Watson signed 
the ROD on November 8, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD are available at the Alaska State Office, 
Public Information Center at 222 West 7th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska, 
99513-7599 or upon request from that office by phoning (907) 271-5960 
or Jim Ducker, Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office (931) 222 
West 7th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7599; (907) 271-3130. The ROD 
may be viewed on BLM-Alaska's Web site at http://www.ak.blm.us.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Ducker, BLM Alaska State Office, 
(907) 271-3130.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ASDP EIS analyzed CPAI's proposal to 
develop oil accumulations from five satellite drilling and production 
pads, two of which would be on BLM-managed federal lands. The decisions 
in this ROD are limited to federal lands. BLM will issue permits and 
rights-of-way for the ASDP on federal lands following the State of 
Alaska's completion of its review of CPAI's coastal zone consistency 
certification and issuance of concurrence. Authorizations for 
development on non-federal lands will be issued by the U.S. Corps of 
Engineers (USACE), the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA), and the State of Alaska. In addition, these 
agencies will make decisions, within their respective authorities, on 
federal lands.

    Dated: November 18, 2004.
Henri R. Bisson,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 04-26321 Filed 11-26-04; 8:45 am]
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