Call for New Information State of Alaska Oil and Gas Lease Sales 2022 and 2023 Cook Inlet Areawide 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 oil and gas lease sales area, tentatively scheduled for the December 2022 and the Spring of 2023.

DO&G requests 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 the findings or decisions of no substantial new information for these lease sales (AS 38.05.035(e)(6)(F)).

The most recent Cook Inlet Areawide final best interest finding was issued in 2018 and a supplement was issued in 2019.

A copy of the Call for New Information Document is attached to this Public Notice

The findings and supplements are located at:

http://dog.dnr.alaska.gov/Services/BIFAndLeaseSale

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.

How to Submit Information to DO&G:

Please refer to the Call for New Information Document, attached below

Please 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

Or by email: dog.bif@alaska.gov

Information must be received by 5:00 pm September 23, 2022.

The State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, complies with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. This publication will be made available in alternative formats upon request. If you are a person with a disability who needs a special accommodation to participate in this process, please contact the Division of Oil & Gas at 907-269-8800 no later than September 6, 2022, to ensure that any necessary accommodations can be provided.