[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 216 (Friday, November 7, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 66396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26554]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the Final Supplemental Environmental
Impact Statement for the Alpine Satellite Development Plan for the
Proposed Greater Mooses Tooth Unit Development Project, Alaska
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Alaska State Office, is
issuing the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for
the Alpine Satellite Development Plan for the Proposed Greater Mooses
Tooth (GMT) Unit Development Project, Alaska. Pursuant to 40 CFR
1502.9(c), the Supplemental EIS has been prepared to supplement the
Alpine Satellite Development Plan (ASDP) Final EIS, dated September
2004, regarding the establishment of satellite oil production pads and
associated infrastructure within the Alpine field.
DATES: The Final Supplemental EIS is available to the public. The BLM
will not issue a Record of Decision (ROD) until at least 30 days after
the Environmental Protection Agency's publication of a Notice of
Availability of this document in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Requests for information regarding the Final Supplemental
EIS may be mailed to: GMT1 Supplemental EIS, Attn: Bridget Psarianos,
222 West 7th Avenue, #13 Anchorage, AK 99513-7504. The Final
Supplemental EIS is available on the BLM-Alaska Web site at http://www.blm.gov/ak/gmt. CD or paper copies may be requested by calling
Bridget Psarianos, BLM's project lead at 907-271-4208 or Serena Sweet,
Planning Supervisor, at 907-271-4543.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bridget Psarianos or Serena Sweet, BLM
Alaska State Office, 907-271-4208 and 907-271-4543, respectively.
Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call
the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to
contact the above individuals during normal business hours. The FIRS is
available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to leave a message or
question with the above individuals. You will receive a reply during
normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ASDP Supplemental EIS analyzes an
application by ConocoPhillips, Alaska, Inc. (CPAI) for issuance of a
right-of-way grant and related authorizations to construct, operate,
and maintain a drill site, access road, pipelines, and ancillary
facilities to support development of petroleum resources at the Greater
Mooses Tooth Unit #1 (GMT1) drill site within the National Petroleum
Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A). The BLM manages the surface and subsurface
at the proposed drill site and a majority of the proposed infield road
and pipeline route is on BLM-managed lands. The GMT1 drill site would
access subsurface minerals of the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and
the BLM. The proposed GMT1 site is approximately 14 miles west of the
CPAI-operated Alpine Central Processing Facility (CD-1). The proposed
drill site would be operated and maintained by Alpine staff and
supported using CD-1 infrastructure.
The Supplemental EIS will result in a ROD that will approve, deny,
or approve with modification, CPAI's application, as well as
incorporate any additional mitigation measures that may be relevant.
The Draft Supplemental EIS, published in February 2014, did not
identify a Preferred Alternative, because the BLM did not have one at
that time. The Final Supplemental EIS identifies Alternative B as the
BLM's Preferred Alternative. The Final Supplemental EIS also includes
Alternative D-2, which was not analyzed as a separate alternative in
the Draft Supplemental EIS--but is qualitatively within the spectrum of
alternatives considered--and analyzes impacts of a seasonal (winter-
only) drilling program at GMT1.
The key issues in the Final Supplemental EIS center on oil and gas
production decisions, the protection of physical, biological, and
subsistence resources, and the evaluation and consideration of
appropriate mitigation measures.
Authority: 40 CFR 1502.9, 40 CFR 1506.6, 43 CFR part 2880.
Bud C. Cribley,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 2014-26554 Filed 11-6-14; 8:45 am]
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