An application for an Oil Discharge Prevention and Contingency Plan Renewal has been received by the Department of Environmental Conservation for review under Alaska Statute 46.04.030 and Alaska Administrative Code 18 AAC 75. The details are as follows:
Applicant:
Cook Inlet Energy, LLC
604 5th Ave, Suite 310
Anchorage, AK 99501
Proposed Activity: Renewal and combining of separate Cook Inlet Energy (CIE) Oil Discharge Prevention and Contingency Plans into a single plan for Cook Inlet Region exploration operations, supported by adequate resources, demonstrating the applicant's ability to address oil spill prevention and response measures for exploration drilling on CIE leaseholdings within the Cook Inlet region.
Potential Results: A potential risk of oil spills entering the lands or waters of the state exists from this operation.
Location of Activity: The potential exploration areas include onshore Cook Inlet Energy leaseholdings on the west and east side of Cook Inlet from as far south as the Iniskin Peninsula located on the west side of Cook Inlet across from Homer to northern Cook Inlet, and the Susitna Basin in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
Activity identified as: State Contingency Plan Number 15-CP-5115, Cook Inlet Region Exploration Operations, Renewal.
To provide comments regarding this application, write to Mike Evans; Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation; Division of Spill Prevention and Response; Prevention, Preparedness and Response Program; 555 Cordova Street, Anchorage, AK 99501; by facsimile to (907) 269-7687, or to mike.evans@alaska.gov. The comment period opens May 28, 2015 and will extend for 30 days to June 26, 2015. Requests for additional information must be received by June 22, 2015. The comment period may be extended in accordance with 18 AAC 75.455. Copies ofthe application and plan are available for public review at the department’s Anchorage and Kenai offices.
The department will hold a public hearing on the plan application if it determines that good cause exists. Residents in the affected area or the governing body of an affected municipality may request a public hearing by writing to the Department of Environmental Conservation at the above address prior to June 26, 2015. The State of Alaska, Department of Environmental Conservation complies with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If you are a person with a disability who may need a special accommodation in order to participate in this public process, please contact Natalie Wolfe at (907) 269-0291 or TDD Relay Service 1-800-770-8973/TTY or dial 711 prior to June 26, 2015 to ensure that any necessary accommodations can be provided.