Arctic Field Office NEPA Register for Fiscal Year 2011

Updated November 25, 2011

(NOTE THAT NEPA REGISTERS FOR FY 2010, AND FY 2009 ARE LISTED BELOW)

The Arctic Field Office's NEPA Register is also listed on BLM's ePlanning web page. Links to related NEPA documents (provided as PDF files) may be found in the first column in the table below.

NEPA Document Number	Case File Number	Applicant	Proposed Action	Affected Area	NEPA Review Status
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0039-CX	FF095902	Shell	Long Term Coastal Erosion Research	NW NPR-A coastline	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0038-EA	FF095666	U.S. Air Force	Clean-up at Wainwright SRRS facility	Near Wainwright	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0037-CX	FF095846	ADEC Lomax	NPR-A Permit Amendment	Wainwright	Cancelled
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0036-CX	FF095708	Mountain Monarchs of Alaska	Special Recreation Permit	Pac Paddle Lake Area	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0035-CX	FF095888	University of Virginia, Howard	NPR-A Permit for research	Near Topagoruk or Chipp Rivers	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0034-CX	FF092921	Crowley Marine Services, Inc	ROW Name Change	Throughout NPR-A	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0033-CX	FF095707	U of Texas Austin, Flaig	NPR-A Permit for research	Colville River near Umiat	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0032-CX	FF095714	USGS Simac	NPR-A Permit for research	Barrow area	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0031-CX	FF095870	BP Exploration Alaska Inc.	NPR-A Permit for research	Umiat area	Cancelled
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0030-CX	FF095706	Alaska DNR	NPR-A Permit for research	Umiat Area	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0029-CX	FF095713	FEX L.P. Inc.	NPR-A Permit summer reclamation	Chipp, Ikpikpuk & Kogru rivers, Teshekpuk Lake	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0028-CX	FF095370	USGS Ben Jones	NPR-A Permit for research	Teshekpuk Lake Area , Umiat & Kuk River Area	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0027-CX	FF095872	NSSI - Scott Guyer	NPR-A Permit for research	Pt. Lay Area	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0026-CX	FF095731	Shell Oil Co.	NPR-A Permit for research	NW NPRA & Pt Lay Area	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0025-CX	FF095383	USFWS Julian Fischer	NPR-A Permit for research	NE & NW NPRA Near Atqusak	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0024-CX	FF095846	Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conservation	NPR-A Permit/Wetlands Survey	NE & NW NPRA	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0023-CX	FF095844	U of Illinois	NPR-A Permit	NPRA Utukok River D-1 & Lookout Ridge D-5	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0022-CX	FF095871	Luna Sea Films - Wright	NPR-A Permit	Cooper Island	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0021-CX	FF095699	Friends of Cooper Island - Divoky	NPR-A Permit	Cooper Island	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0020-CX	FF095561	North Slope Science Initiative - Guyer	NPR-A Permit	Barrow/Pt.Lay Areas	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0019-CX	FF095588	North Slope Borough -Person	Renew NPR-A Permit: Biological Studies	Ikpikpuk Delta and NW Teshekpuk Lake	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0018-CX	FF095842	Alaska Dept of Fish and Game - Fisheries	Wildlife research NPR-A Permit	Kuk River bay and tributary streams	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0017-CX	FF095664	Alaska Arctic Adventures	SRP-Guided Hunting Trips	Etivluk, Nigu, Colville Rivers	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0016-CX	FF095695	Alaska Dept of Fish and Game	Wildlife research NPR-A Permit	Throughout NPR-A, Umiat, Inigok, Marty's strip	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0015-CX	FF095564	Sierra Club	SRP- Guided Wildlife Trips	Iligluruk Creek, South NPR-A	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0014-CX	FF095144	Arctic Treks	SRP- Guided Wildlife Trips	Utukok, Kokolik, Nigu, Etivlik & Colville Rivers	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0013-CX	FF095671 & FF095712	Conoco Phillips	Hydrological Studies in NPR-A	Northeast NPR-A	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0012-CX	FF095671 & FF095712	Conoco Phillips	Summer Studies in NPR-A	Northeast NPR-A	Completed
DOI--AK-F010-2011-0011-CX	FF095789	USGS Alaska Science Center	ROW for wildlife research	Lonely, Ataqasuk South, Garry Creek, Atqasuk North	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0010-CX	FF094254	John Walker DBA Arctic Alaska Safaris	Special Recreation Permit	Etivluk River	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0009-EA	FF095789	USGS Alaska Science Center Brandt Meixell	ROW for Wildlife Research	Lonely, Ataqasuk South, Garry Creek, Atqasuk North	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0008-CX	FF093215	Dept. of Energy	ROW	Barrow	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0007-EA	FF095495	US Army Corps of Engineers	Plugging and Abandonment/ROW	Umiat Well #9	Completed
DOI-AK-F010-2011-0006-CX	FF093060	Wilderness Alaska	Special Recreation Permit	Nigu, Etiviluk, Utukok	Completed
EA  FONSI (pdf) EA, FONSI (txt)	FF081465	U.S. Air Force	Environmental Restoration & Demobilization	Pt Barrow	Completed
DOI-BLM-F010-2011-0005-EA	FF095760	Conoco Phillips	Plugging and Abandonment/ROW	Puviaq well site	Completed
DOI-BLM-F010-2011-0004-DNA	FF095666	U.S. Air Force	Clean-up at Wainwright SRRS facility	Wainwright	Completed
DOI-BLM-F010-2011-0003-CX	FF094663	Marsh Creek, LLC	ROW Renewal	NPR-A Wide	Completed
DOI-BLM-F010-2011-0002-CX	FF081465	U.S. Air Force	ROW Renewal	Barrow	Completed
DOI-BLM-F010-2011-0001-EA	FF095743	FEX	Plug and abandon and right of way	NW NPR-A	Completed

Arctic Field Office NEPA Register for Fiscal Year 2010

Updated Sept 8, 2010 (with additional links added February 2011)

NEPA Document Number	Case File Number	Applicant	Proposed Action	Affected Area	NEPA Review Status
DOI-BLM-F010-2010-0046-CX	FF095739	GCI	NPR-A Permit (field studies; helicopter recon)	Nuiqsut to Barrow	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0045-CX	FF095731	Shell Oil	Field Recon Studies	Coastal region Pt Franklin to Icy Cape	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0044-EA	FF095726	Jean Worldwide, Inc.	Film Permit	Howard Pass, Etivluk River	Cancelled
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0043-EA	FF092921	CATCO	NPR-A Right of Way	NPR-A wide	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0042-CX	FF093060	Wilderness Alaska	Special Recreation Permit	Nigu River	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0041-CX	AA86604	Anadarko Petroleum	Tundra rehabilitation	near Wolf Creek, 30 miles west of Umiat	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0040-CX	FF095714	USGS, Simac	NPR-A Permit	Coastal areas, Barrow, Nuiqsuit	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0039-CX	FF095707	University of Texas	NPR-A Permit	Umiat and Colville River	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0038-EA	FF095351	University of Alaska Museum	NPR-A Permit	Colville Area	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0037-EA	FF097709	Alaska Statewide Guides, Inc.	Special Recreation Permit	CAMA (Central Arctic Management Area)	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0036-EA	FF095708	Mountain Monarchs of Alaska	Special Recreation Permit	Pacpaddle Lake/Etivlluk River	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0035-CX	FF095718	USGS Derkson	Short term recon for avian research	West of Teshekpuk Lake	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0034-CX	FF095712	Conoco Phillips	NPR-A Permit for field monitoring and tasks	NE NPR-A; GMT pads	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0033-CX	FF095710	Ecosystems MBL	Historic Fire research	Umiat	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0032-CX	FF081469 FF081490	NOAA/USGS	Withdrawal Renewal	Barrow	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0031-CX	FF095370	US Geological Survey	Site visits and hydrologic research	NE NPR-A	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0030-CX	FF095495	US Army Corps of Engineers	Clean up at Umiat #9 (remove stockpiles from clean up)	Near Umiat	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0029-CX	FF095383	US Fish and Wildlife Service	White-fronted goose banding	Teshepuk Lake and surrounding areas	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0028-CX	FF095698	US Geological Survey	Vegetation and aerial surveys	Kogru, Lonely, Cape Simpson	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0027-CX	FF095706	Alaska DNR, Division of Geological Services	Geologic evaluations	Near Umiat	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0026-CX	FF095699	Friends of Cooper Island	Ecological Research	Cooper Island	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0025-CX	FF095704	Allred Ouzel Expeditions	Special Recreation Permit	Utukok River	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0024-CX	FF095695	Alaska Department of Fish and Game	Ecological Research	NE NPR-A	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0023-CX	FF095385	U.S. Geological Survey	Ecological Research	NPR-A	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0022-CX	FF095588	North Slope Borough	Ecological Research	Ikpikpuk Delta and Teshepuk Lake	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0021-CX	FF095697	Western Washington Univ.	NPR-A Permit	Kokolik River	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0020-CX	FF086926	Barrow Utilities and Electric	ROW Renewal	Barrow	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0019-CX	FF095564	Sierra Club	Special Recreation Permit	Western Arctic	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0018-CX	FF095369	Wildlife Conservation Society	Research	Ikpikpuk River	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0017-EA	FF095696	Pontecorvo Productions	Film Permit	Western Arctic, Utukok River	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0016-EA	FF095693	Wild Horizons LTD	Film Permit	Ikpikpuk River	Withdrawn
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0015-CX	FF090596	Peace of Selby Wilderness	Special Recreation Permit	Nigu, Etivlik, Colville drainages	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0014-CX	FF095274	Too Loo Uk River Guides	Special Recreation Permit	NPR-A	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0013-CX	FF095144	Arctic Treks	Special Recreation Permit	Utukok, Kokuk, Nigu, Etivlik & Colville Rivers	Completed
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0012-CX	FF095557	Coyote Air	NPR-A Permit	Ivotuk	Withdrawn
DOI-BLM-F020-2010-0011-EA	FF094257	Arctic Wild	Special Recreation Permit	Nuka, Kokolik, Utukok Rivers	Completed
DOI-BLM-F010-2010-0010-CX	FF095671	Conoco Phillips	NPR-A Permit	Puviaq	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAK010-2010-0009-EA	FF095666	OSC & Jacobs Engineering	NPR-A Permit	Wainwright Short Range Radar Station	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAK010-2010-0008-CX	FF092474	US Army Corps of Engineers	Right of Way renewal	Ivotuk airstrip and overland Ivotuk to Barrow	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAK010-2010-0007-EA	FF093215	Dept. of Energy	Right of Way ammendment	Barrow	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAK010-2010-0006-EA	FF05664	Alaska Arctic Adventures	Recreation plan	NE and NW NPR-A	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAK010-2010-0005-EA	FF094383	Cruz Co.	Renewal of oil and gas transportation plan	Linear routes in NE and NW NPR-A	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAK010-2010-0004-DNA	FF095270	Renaissance	APD/ROW Extension	Near Umiat	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAK010-2010-0003-EA	FF093850	CH2MHill Polar Services	Renew permit for weather monitoring at Ivotuk	Ivotuk	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAK010-2010-0002-EA	FF095634	ConocoPhillips	Seismic Authorization Request	Alpine Area	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAK010-2010-0001-EA	FF095631	BLM Arctic Field Office for Marsh Creek	Right of Way	Drew Point	Completed

Arctic Field Office NEPA Register for Fiscal Year 2009

NEPA Document Number	Case File Number	Applicant	Proposed Action	Affected Area	NEPA Review Status
DOI-BLM-AK-F012-2009-0041-CX	FF095370 (2984.01)	US Geological Survey	Hyrdologic studies in NPR-A	Northeast NPR-A, Colville River west of Umiat	Completed
DOI-BLM-AK-F012-2009-0040-CX	FF09588 (2984.01)	Brian Person, Dept. of Wildlife Management, North Slope Borrough	Arctic fox, lesser snow goose, and vegetation research	Many locations in Northeast and Northwest NPR-A	Completed
DOI-BLM-AK-F012-2009-0039-CX	FF095587 (2984.01)	Shiklomanov Nikolay I with George Washington University	Small scale reconnaisance field work with hand tools	Ivotuk S 19, T11, R16 W Umiat	Completed
DOI-BLM-AK-F012-2009-0038-CX	FF094462 (2897.07)	Abby Powell, Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit	Avian research, including aircraft landings.	Northeast NPR-A	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAK01200-2009-0037-CX	FF095585 (2984.01)	Patrick Druckenmiller, UAF	Field reconnaissance for paleontological work in NPR-A	Between Umiat and Ocean Point	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAK01200-2009-0036-EA	N/A	US Army Corps of Engineers	Clean-up of debris, and petroleum contaminated soil	Umiat Lake	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAK01200-2009-0035-CX	FF095XX (2984.01)	Alaska Science Center US Geological Survey	Bar-tailed Godwit breeding research	North of Umiat between Kogosukruk and Colville rivers.	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAK01200-2009-0034-EA	FF095573	AK Dept. of Transportation	Surveys and studies, to find road route from Galbraith Lake to Umiat	between Galbraith Lake and Umiat	Now part of Central Yukon Planning In progress
DOI-BLM-LLAK01200-2009-0033-CX	FF095576 (2984.01)	Alaska Science Center US Geological Survey	Scientific data collection and floatplane access in NPR-A	Southwest of Teshekpuk Lake	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAK01200-2009-0032-CX	FF09556 (2984.01)	Dr. Mary Beth Leigh UAF	Perform Summer Lake Studies at Qalluuraq Lake	Qalluuraq Lake, near Atqasuk	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAK01200-2009-0031-DNA	FF095392	BLM and US Geological Survey	Coalbed methane drilling	Northwest NPR-A Wainwright Village
DOI-BLM-LLAK01200-2009-0030-CX	FF095564 (2930.00)	Sierra Club	Special Recreation Permit - Guided Backpacking	Northeast NPR-A 10 S 42 W Umiat Meridian	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAK01200-2009-0029-EA	FF095518	North Slope Borough	ROW for road project Uivaqsaagiaq Road	Barrow, AK T 23 N. R 18 W., Sect. 22 and 26	In Progress
DOI-BLM-LLAK01200-2009-0028-CX	FF095158 (2984.01)	ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.	Summer biological and environmental studies	NE NPR-A	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAK01200-2009-0027-CX	Pending	Alaska Discover Inc	Special Recreation Permit	Colville River & Teshepuk Lake	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAK01200-2009-0026-CX	FF095557	Coyote Air	Fuel cache	Ivotuk	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAK01200-2009-0025-CX	FF095370	USGS Alaska Science Center	Water studies	Teshepuk Lake Area	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAK01200-2009-0024-CX	FF095271	University of Colorado, Cameron Wobus	Coastal erosion study	U 13n 10W et al.	Cancelled
DOI-BLM-LLAK01200-2009-0023-CX	FF095560	UAF, Trevor Haynes	Fish studies	60 lakes in Northeast and Northwest NPR-A	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAK01200-2009-0022-CX	FF095561	NSSI	Land cover and hydrology studies	15 lakes in Northeast NPR-A	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAK01200-2009-0021-CX	FF095389	UAF, Emily Weiser	Glaucous Gull diet study	Northwest NPR-A, near Barrow, Cape Simpson, and Admiralty Bay  U 16N 10W et al.	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAKF01000-2009-0020-CX	FF095385 (2984.01)	USGS Alaska Science Center	Yellow Billed Loon research	West of Teshekpuk Lake	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAKF01000-2009-0019-DNA	FF095144	Arctic Treks	Special Recreation Permit	Utukok, Kokolik and Colville Rivers	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAKF01000-2009-0018-DNA	FF095532	Pontecorvo Productions LLC	NPR-A permit	Utokok River	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAKF01000-2009-0017-EA	FF095533 FF094257	MacGillvray/Arctic Wild	Film Permit/Special Recreation Permit for wildlife filming	NPR-A Kokolik River and Utokok River Segments; Dalton Highway Segments	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAKF01000-2009-0016-CX	FF095556 (2984.01)	UAF - Leigh	Hydrology Work	T12N R 22W, Sections 2, 11, 12, 13 & 24	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAKF01000-2009-0015-CX	FF095495 (2884.01)	US Army Corps of Engineers	ROW renewal	Northeast NPR-A 1S 1W Umiat sections 5 & 6	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAKF01000-2009-0014-EA	F-95472	Ogloonic Development	ROW for infrastructure use at DEW-Line Station at Wainright	Northwest NPR-A Sec. 26-28 & 33-35, T. 15 N., R. 31 W; Sec. 3-4, T. 14 N., R. 31 W	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAKF01000-2009-00013-EA	FF081467, FF081468	US Air Force	Right of Way and clean up at Wainwright and Lonely Dew-Line sites	Northwest NPR-A Former DEW-Line stations at Lonely and Wainright	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAKF01000-2009-00012-EA (pdf 404 kb)	FF095509 (2884.01)	US Army Corps of Engineers	Remove contaminated soil and debris at Kogru	Northeast NPR-A T 1S,  R 1W, Sec. 5, Umiat	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAKF01000-2009-00011-CX	FF095527 (2884.01)	US Army Corps of Engineers	Conduct studies to determine contaminants for removal at Umiat Lake	Umiat Lake	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAKF01000-2009-00010-DNA	FF095495	US Army Corps of Engineers	Remove contaminated soil at Umiat Well #9	Northeast NPR-A T 1S,  R 1W, Sec. 5, Umiat	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAKF01000-2009-0009-EA (pdf 367 kb)	FF095503 (2884.01)	Marsh Creek	Well plug and abandonment Atigaru Test #1	Northeast NPR-A T 14N, R 2E, Sec. 19, Umiat	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAKF01000-2009-0008-CX	FF095493  (2984.01)	Olgoonic Development	Gravel Exploration	Northwest NPR-A T 13N, R 31W, Sec. 1; T 13 N, R 32W, Sec 1; T 14N, R 31W, Sec. 1; T 14N, R 32W, Sec 1	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAKF01000-2009-0007-CX	FF095494  (2920.09)	Clock Tower Productions Discovery Channel	Film Permit - filming CATCO crew at work on the slope	Northwest NPR-A 2P area to Barrow	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAKF01000-2009-0006-DNA	AA086604, AA086615, AA086616, AA086617, & FF095310	Anadarko	Deviation request to allow use of construction equipment.	Northeast NPR-A T 9N, R 1E, Umiat et al.	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAKF01000-2009-0005-EA	FF095089 (3152.00)	PGS Onshore	Seismic exploration	Northeast NPR-A T 1N, R 10W, Umiat et al.	Project cancelled
DOI-BLM-LLAKF01000-2009-0004-EA (pdf 1 MB)	AA081785, AA081799, (3132.00)FF092931(2884.01)	ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.	Winter oil and gas exploration and right-of-way	Northeast NPR-A T 9N, R 1E, Umiat et al.	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAKF01000-2009-0003-EA	FF953999	Olgoonic Development	Mineral material sale	Northwest NPR-A T 14N, R 32W, Sec. 10; T 15N, R 31W, Secs. 31-32; T 14N, R 31W, Secs. 3-4, Umiat	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAKF01000-2009-0002-CX	FF095473	Olgoonic Development	Bathymetric survey	Northwest NPR-A T 14N, R 31 & 32W; T 15N, R 31 & 32W, Umiat	Completed
DOI-BLM-LLAKF01000-2009-0001-EA (pdf 706 kb)	AA086604, FF095158 (2884.01)	Anadarko	Exploration well and ROW	Northeast NPR-A T 1S, R 6W, et al., Umiat	Completed