Public Comment for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Draft EIR (Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) is Now Open -- December 20, 2018 to February 11, 2019 [Extended to March 13, 2019]

New!  Public Overwhelmingly Opposes Drilling in Arctic Refuge
(Press Release, EarthJustice; March 13, 2019)
https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2019/public-overwhelmingly-opposes-drilling-in-arctic-refuge

Administration moves closer to opening Arctic refuge for oil
(Ellen KNICKMEYER, Associated Press/Washington Post; December 20, 2018)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/administration-moves-closer-to-opening-arctic-refuge-for-oil/2018/12/20/5e4d8468-049b-11e9-958c-0a601226ff6b_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.703aa0c628dc

An unexpected agency weighs in on offshore Arctic oil drilling:  NASA
(Elizabeth HARBELL, Alaska Public Media; November 21, 2018)
https://www.alaskapublic.org/2018/11/21/an-unexpected-agency-weighs-in-on-offshore-arctic-oil-drilling-nasa/

BLM projects "insignificant" impact from seismic work in ANWR
(Liz RUSKIN, Alaska Public Media; July 30, 2018)
https://www.ktoo.org/2018/07/30/blm-projects-insignificant-impact-from-seismic-work-in-anwr/


N. B.:  For more information on "Seismic Surveys", please refer to my June 6, 2017 blog post from
"'Page 2' - Scientific Topics of Interest" by clicking on the link provided below:

Seismic Surveys:  Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration, Airgun Blasting and Marine Life Disruption

Featured Documentation:

Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Environmental Impact Statement
[Bureau of Land Management (BLM); December 20, 2018]
https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/eplanning/planAndProjectSite.do?methodName=dispatchToPatternPage&currentPageId=152110

N. B.:  The Public Comment button is available via the above BLM Link!


Volume 1: Executive Summary, Chapters 1 - 3, References, Glossary
https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/projects/nepa/102555/164448/200585/Coastal_Plain_Draft_EIS_Volume_1.pdf

Volume 2:  Appendices
https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/projects/nepa/102555/164449/200586/Coastal_Plain_Draft_EIS_Volume_2.pdf

Volume 2:  Appendix A - Maps
https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/projects/nepa/102555/164447/200584/Coastal_Plain_Appendix_A_list_of_maps,_figures,_and_TOC.pdf

Volume 2:  Appendices B - O
https://eplanning.blm.gov/epl-front-office/projects/nepa/102555/164450/200587/Coastal_Plain_Draft_EIS,_Volume_2,_Appendices_B_through_O.pdf

N. B.:  Public Comment Period for DOI-BLM-AK-0000-2018-0002-EIS is now open and available from December 20, 2018 to February 11, 2019.

Public Comment Period EXTENDED to March 13, 2019

More on Arctic Oil & Gas Development may be found in my "Blog Archives" under the following titles and dates:

Shell Abandons Controversial Arctic Oil Drilling Project                                             9/2/2015

Additional Research Documentation and Recommendations - Oil & Gas Development within the Arctic Circle                                                                                                                6/11/2013

Arctic Oil & Gas Development in Three Countries - Russia, USA, an Greenland      6/9/2013