September 15, 2017
CALL FOR SUBSTANTIAL NEW INFORMATION
State of Alaska
2018 Cook Inlet and Alaska Peninsula Areawide Oil & Gas Lease Sales
The State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas (DO&G), will offer all available state acreage in the Cook Inlet Areawide and the Alaska Peninsula Areawide oil and gas lease sales areas, tentatively scheduled for spring 2018.
DO&G requests comments and any substantial new information that has become available over the past year concerning these areas. Based on the information received, DO&G will either issue supplements to its final best interest findings or issue decisions that no substantial new information became available for these lease sale areas (AS 38.05.035(e)(6)(F)).
The most recent Cook Inlet Areawide final best interest finding was issued January 20, 2009, with the latest supplement issued February 8, 2011. The most recent Alaska Peninsula Areawide final best interest finding was issued November 26, 2014 (corrected on 12/1/2014), and no supplement has been issued. The findings and supplements can be found by searching by date and area name at: http://dog.dnr.alaska.gov/Information/DocumentLibrary
DO&G generally considers “substantial new” information to be published research, studies, or data directly relevant to the matters listed in AS 38.05.035(g) that has become publicly available over the last year.
Please refer to the attached document for more information and maps. Send substantial new information to:
Best Interest Findings
Alaska Department of Natural Resources
Division of Oil and Gas
550 W. 7th Ave., Suite 1100
Anchorage, AK 99501-35600
or by e-mail: dog.bif@alaska.gov
Information must be received by 5:00 pm October 20, 2017.
DO&G complies with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. This publication will be made available in alternative communication formats upon request. Please contact the Best Interest Findings group at (907) 269-8800 or dog.bif@alaska.gov no later than October 6, 2017 to make necessary arrangements.