United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2002-06-05 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:GAO-02-357 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-357 P0b002ee18039a680 f:d02357 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-357 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-357 GAO-02-357 Cost analysis Crude oil Land management Offshore oil drilling Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (AK) North Slope (AK) Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Other Written Product A03489 This report discusses the nature and extent of dismantlement, removal, and restoration requirements for oil industry activities that are occurring on both federal and state lands located on the North Slope of the state of Alaska. The state of Alaska, which owns the lands where most of the North Slope's current oil production occurs, has adopted general dismantlement, removal, and restoration requirements that contain no specific stipulations on what infrastructure must be removed or to what condition the lands used for oil industry activities must be restored once production ceases. Alaska's requirements are similar to those of some states but less explicit than those of other states, which create a fixed obligation to fully restore the land according to specific requirements. Until the state of Alaska defines the condition in which it would like its lands returned, there is no way to accurately estimate the cost of dismantling and removing the infrastructure and restoring the disturbed land on Alaska's North Slope. Existing financial assurances, such as bonding requirements, ensure the availability of only a small portion of the funds that are likely to be needed to dismantle and remove the infrastructure used for oil industry activities and to restore state-owned lands. Current dismantlement, removal, and restoration requirements and financial assurances for federal lands on the North Slope vary by agency, but are generally insufficient to ensure that any federal lands disturbed by oil industry activities will be restored. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-357/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-357.htm GAO-02-357 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-357 Other Written Product GAO-02-357; Alaska's North Slope: Requirements for Restoring Lands After Oil Production Ceases; Cost analysis Crude oil Land management Offshore oil drilling Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (AK) North Slope (AK) Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Title 17 Part 210.4 17 CFR Part 210.4