STATE OF ALASKA

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

DIVISION OF OIL & GAS

STATE PIPELINE COORDINATOR’S SECTION

NOTICE OF RIGHT-OF-WAY LEASE AMENDMENT REQUEST

RIGHT-OF-WAY LEASE FOR THE

ALASKA STAND ALONE GAS PIPELINE/ASAP

ADL 418997

The Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources (Commissioner), pursuant to Alaska Statute (AS) 38.35.070, hereby gives notice that the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation has submitted a request to amend the Right-of-Way (ROW) lease for the Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline Pipeline/ASAP. 

The amendment request proposes several significant changes to the lease:

1. Addition of the Gas Conditioning Facility on the North Slope; approx. 91 acres.

2. Addition of roads, work pads, and other related facilities identified in the 2016 Mapbooks for future inclusion; approx. 119 acres.

3. Addition of material source areas identified in the 2016 Mapbooks for future inclusion; approx. 664 acres.

4. Addition of lands for project changes; approx. 199 acres.

The ROW lease is only applicable to state-owned lands managed by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).  It does not apply to privately owned lands.

The amendment request, line lists, links to various mapping programs, and other supporting documentation are available online: http://dog.dnr.alaska.gov/Home/Newsroom.  The public may obtain hard copies of any of the documents, at cost, from the State Pipeline Coordinator’s Section (SPCS) upon request (see address below).  Electronic copies of the documents are also available at the Anchorage, Wasilla, Fairbanks, and Barrow libraries.

AS 38.35.200 governs judicial review of a decision of the Commissioner:

AS 38.35.200 Judicial review of decisions of commissioner on application.

1. An applicant or competing applicant or a person who has direct financial interest affected by the lease who raises objections within 60 days of the publication of notice under AS 38.35.070 are the only persons with standing to seek judicial review of a decision of the commissioner under AS 38.35.100.

    

2. The only grounds for judicial review of a decision of the commissioner are

1. failure to follow the procedures set out in this chapter; or

2. abuse of discretion so capricious, arbitrary, or confiscatory as to constitute a denial of due process.

    

   Any objections pursuant to 38.35.200 must be submitted in writing to the address below by 5:00 p.m. on July 2, 2018.  Submittals must include how the commenter has standing under AS 38.35.200(a).  Please contact the SPCS with any inquiries.

    

   State Pipeline Coordinator’s Section

   3651 Penland Parkway

   Anchorage, AK 99508

   Phone: (907) 269-6403 Fax: (907) 269-6880

   Email: spco.records@alaska.gov

    

   DNR complies with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.  Individuals with disabilities who may need auxiliary aids, services or special modifications to participate in this review may call 269-8411 TTY/TDD.  Please provide sufficient notice in order for the department to accommodate your needs.

    

   DNR reserves the right to waive technical defects in this publication. 

    

   /s/ Jason Walsh                                                                                         Publish May 3, 2018

        State Pipeline Coordinator

        Department of Natural Resources