[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 5, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 45138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19197]
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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.
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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]
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