Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing program

By United States. Bureau of Land Management

Subjects: Petroleum industry and trade, Environmental impact statements, Oil and gas leases, Public lands, Environmental aspects, Management

Description: "Addresses a list of issues and contains three action alternatives for the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) implantation of an oil and gas program in the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Arctic Refuge) ... The Coastal Plain is within the political boundary of the North Slope Borough and is predominantly managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Arctic Refuge. The decisions to be made...concern which areas of the Coastal Plain would be offered for oil and gas leasing and the terms and conditions to be applied to such leases and subsequent authorizations for oil and gas activities"--Letter of transmittal.