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DOCKET NO. PF14-21-000 DRAFT RESOURCE REPORT NO. 5 SOCIOECONOMICS PUBLIC VERSION Document Number: USAKE-PT-SRREG-00-0005 DOCKET NO. PF14-21-000 DOC NO: USAI-EX-SRREG-00-0005 DRAFT RESOURCE REPORT NO. 5 DATE: FEBRUARY 2, 2015 ALASKA LNG SOCIOECONOMICS REVISION: 0 PROJECT PUBLIC VERSION SUMMARY OF FILING INFORMATION RESOURCE REPORT No. 5 SUMMARY OF FILING INFORMATION Filing Requirement Found in Section 1. For major aboveground facilities and major pipeline projects that require an EIS, describe 5.2 and 5.3 existing socioeconomic conditions within the project area. (18 C.F.R. § 380.12(g)(1)) 2. For major aboveground facilities, quantify impact on employment, housing, local government services, local tax revenues, transportation, and other relevant factors within 5.4 through 5.9 the project area. (18 C.F.R. § 380.12(g)(2-6)) Additional Information Often Missing and Resulting in Data Requests Evaluate the impact of any substantial immigration of people on governmental facilities 5.4 and services and describe plans to reduce the impact on local infrastructure. Describe on-site manpower requirements, including the number of construction personnel who currently reside within the impact area, would commute daily to the site from outside 5.4 the impact area, or would relocate temporarily within the impact area. Estimate total worker payroll and material purchases during construction and operation. 5.4 Determine whether existing housing within the impact area is sufficient to meet the needs 5.4 of the additional population. Describe the number and types of residences and businesses that would be displaced by the project, procedures to be used to acquire these properties and types and amounts of TBD relocation assistance payments. Conduct a fiscal impact analysis evaluating incremental local government expenditures in relation to incremental local government revenues that would result from construction of 5.4 the project. Incremental expenditures include, but are not limited to, school operating costs, road maintenance and repair, public safety and public utility costs. 5-i DOCKET NO. PF14-21-000 DOC NO: USAI-EX-SRREG-00-0005 DRAFT RESOURCE REPORT NO. 5 DATE: FEBRUARY 2, 2015 ALASKA LNG SOCIOECONOMICS REVISION: 0 PROJECT PUBLIC VERSION TABLE OF CONTENTS 5.0 RESOURCE REPORT NO. 5 – SOCIOECONOMICS ........................................................ 5-1 5.1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 5-1 5.1.1 Purpose ............................................................................................................. 5-1 5.1.2 Agency and Organization Consultations .......................................................... 5-3 Federal Agencies ................................................................................. 5-3 State Agencies ..................................................................................... 5-4 Other Interested Parties ........................................................................ 5-5 5.2 SOCIOECONOMIC STUDY AREA ......................................................................... 5-6 5.2.1 Area of Interest ................................................................................................. 5-6 5.2.2 Potentially Affected Communities .................................................................... 5-7 5.2.3 Out-of-State Area ............................................................................................ 5-10 5.3 EXISTING CONDITIONS ....................................................................................... 5-10 5.3.1 Demographics ................................................................................................. 5-11 Population Size and Density .............................................................. 5-11 Age Characteristics ............................................................................ 5-14 Race and Ethnicity ............................................................................. 5-16 5.3.2 Economy ......................................................................................................... 5-22 Employment and Income ................................................................... 5-22 Economic Drivers .............................................................................. 5-29 Rural Alaska and the Alaska Native Population ................................ 5-37 5.3.3 Housing ........................................................................................................... 5-46 5.3.4 Infrastructure and Services ............................................................................. 5-51 Schools ............................................................................................... 5-52 Health Care ........................................................................................ 5-56 Police and Fire Protection Services ................................................... 5-59 Utilities .............................................................................................. 5-63 5.3.5 Revenue and Expenditures .............................................................................. 5-66 State of Alaska ................................................................................... 5-66 Local Government Finances .............................................................. 5-69 5.3.6 Transportation ................................................................................................. 5-73 Highways ........................................................................................... 5-73 Railroads ............................................................................................ 5-79 Ports, Harbors, and Marine Shipping ................................................. 5-80 Air Transportation ............................................................................. 5-84 5.4 POTENTIAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES ...................................................................................... 5-86 5.5 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ................................................................................. 5-86 5.6 SUBSISTENCE ............................................................................................................ 5-87 5.7 HEALTH ...................................................................................................................... 5-87 5.8 TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE ............................................................................... 5-87 5.9 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS ........................................................................................ 5-88 5.10 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................. 5-88 5-ii DOCKET NO. PF14-21-000 DOC NO: USAI-EX-SRREG-00-0005 DRAFT RESOURCE REPORT NO. 5 DATE: FEBRUARY 2, 2015 ALASKA LNG SOCIOECONOMICS REVISION: 0 PROJECT PUBLIC VERSION LIST OF TABLES TABLE 5.1.2-1 Summary of Consultations with Federal Agencies ........................................... 5-3 TABLE 5.1.2-2 Summary of Consultations with Alaska State Agencies ................................... 5-4 TABLE 5.1.2-3 Summary of Consultations with Other Interested Parties ................................. 5-5 TABLE 5.2.2-1 Alaska Boroughs, Census Areas, Cities, Census Designated Places, and Alaska Native Village Statistical Areas in the Area of Interest ........................ 5-8 TABLE 5.3.1-1 Population and Population Density in the Study Area .................................... 5-12 TABLE 5.3.1-2 Age Characteristics in the Study Area, 2010 .................................................. 5-14 TABLE 5.3.1-3 Race and Ethnicity in the Study Area, Average 2008-2012 ........................... 5-19 TABLE 5.3.2-1 Average Annual Employment and Top Three Industries in the Study Area, 2012 ....................................................................................................... 5-22 TABLE 5.3.2-2 Average Per Capita Income and Unemployment Rate in the Study Area ...... 5-25 TABLE 5.3.2-3 Oil and Gas Industry Employment, Income, and Output in the Study Area, 2012 ....................................................................................................... 5-31 TABLE 5.3.2-4 Construction Industry Employment, Income, and Output in the Study Area, 2012 ............................................................................................ 5-33 TABLE 5.3.2-5 Air Transportation Industry Employment, Income, and Output in the Study Area, 2012 ...................................................................................... 5-33 TABLE 5.3.2-6 Water Transportation Industry Employment, Income, and Output in the Study Area, 2012 ...................................................................................... 5-34 TABLE 5.3.2-7 Truck Transportation Industry Employment, Income, and Output in the Study Area, 2012 ...................................................................................... 5-35 TABLE 5.3.2-8 Average Poverty Rate in the Study Area ........................................................ 5-39 TABLE 5.3.2-9 Poverty Rate in Alaska by Race/Ethnicity, Average 2008-2012 .................... 5-41 TABLE 5.3.2-10 Cost of Living Index in the Area of Interest, 2014 ......................................... 5-42 TABLE 5.3.2-11 ANCSA Corporations in the Area of Interest ................................................. 5-44 TABLE 5.3.3-1 General Housing

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