Public Meeting on BLM Alaska's Draft Northwest NPR-A Integrated Activity Plan and EIS in Washington, DC

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will be holding a public meeting to obtain public comments on the Draft Northwest National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska (NPR-A) Integrated Activity Plan and Environmental Impact Statement released on January 10. The BLM report can be viewed online at http://www.ak.blm.gov/nwnpra. The location and time for this public meeting is as follows:

The Draft Northwest NPR-A Integrated Activity Plan and Environmental Impact Statement addresses four possible management alternatives for 8.8 million acres of public lands in the northwest portion of the NPR-A. According to BLM-Alaska State Director Henri Bisson, the BLM is addressing three major issues in the EIS:

• which lands should BLM offer for oil and gas leasing?
• what measures should be developed to protect important surface resources?
• what non-oil and gas land allocations should be considered for this portion of the NPRA?

The BLM, an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior, manages more land – 261 million surface acres -- than any other Federal agency. Most of this public land is located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The Bureau, with a budget of about $1.9 billion and a workforce of some 10,000 full-time, permanent employees, also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM’s multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on the public lands.

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