An application package for an Oil Discharge Prevention and Contingency Plan, under Alaska Statute 46.04.030 and in accordance with 18 AAC 75, has been received by the Department of Environmental Conservation.  The details are as follow:

Applicant:                   
Finnex Operating LLC
301 Calista Court, Suite 103
Anchorage, AK 99518

Proposed Activity:      
Review of a new plan application package for an Oil Discharge Prevention and Contingency Plan that is required to commit adequate resources to meet all planning requirements for prevention and response for a realistic maximum discharge from the operations of the Southern Miluveach Unit, Alaska. This program includes onshore drilling and production operations that will occur at Mustang Pad on the North Slope of Alaska. Facilities associated with the project include wellhead facilities, on-pad and off-pad piping and manifolds, process facilities, and a trucking terminal. Activities associated with the project consists of routine well work and daily operation and maintenance of the process facilities and trucking terminal.

Location:                    
North Slope, Alaska onshore production leases within the Southern Miluveach Unit on state of Alaska lands. The Mustang Pad is a 17-acre gravel production pad approximately 17 miles east of Nuiqsut and 4.5 miles west of the Kuparuk River Unit Drill Site 2M, located just off the Mustang Road adjacent to the Miluveach River.

Potential Results:        
A potential risk exists of oil spills entering the lands or waters of the state as a result of this operation.

Activity identified as:  
State Contingency Plan Number 23-CP-5274

Any person wishing to submit a request for additional information or provide comments regarding this application may do at this link https://spar.alaskadec.commentinput.com/?id=DiJh5 .  If you are unable to submit comments via this site, you may submit them in writing to Terra Meares, Department of Environmental Conservation, SPAR/PPRP, 610 University Avenue, Fairbanks, AK, 99709-3643, 907-451-2116 (phone), 907-451-2175 (fax), or terra.meares@alaska.gov . The full contents of all submitted comments are considered public records and will be posted online in full during the public comment period. Comments submitted in writing directly to the Plan Reviewer will be uploaded to the public comment site. It is preferable for commenters to submit directly through the public comment site.

The public comment period for this application begins on February 9, 2023 and ends at 11:59 p.m. on March 10, 2023. Requests for additional information and comments must be received by 11:59 pm on March 10, 2023. It is the responsibility of the commenter to verify that facsimile and email submissions are received by the deadline. An additional comment period may be provided in accordance with 18 AAC 75.455(d). 

Copies of the application package are available for public review at the following locations: the department's office at 610 University Avenue, Fairbanks, AK 99709-3643; the department’s office at 555 Cordova Street, Anchorage, AK 99501-2617; and the department’s website at http://dec.alaska.gov/Applications/SPAR/PublicMVC/IPP/CPlansUnderReview .

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 February 24, 2023. 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 an accommodation in order to participate in this public process, please contact Nancy Sutch at (907) 465-3794 or TDD Relay Service 1-800-770-8973/TTY or dial 711 prior to March 1, 2023 to ensure that any necessary accommodations can be provided.