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National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska FINAL Integrated Activity Plan/ Environmental Impact Statement Volume 6 Appendices, Glossary, Bibliography Prepared by: U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Anchorage, Alaska In cooperation with: North Slope Borough U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service November 2012 How the IAP/EIS is Organized VOLUME 1 Chapter 1 – Introduction: Summarizes the purpose of and need for this IAP/EIS and decisions to be made. Chapter 2 – Alternatives: Describes and compares proposed management alternatives. Chapter 3 – Affected Environment: Presents existing natural and socioeconomic resources in the NPR-A and trends, including those associated with climate change. VOLUME 2 Chapter 4 – Environmental Consequences (sections 4.1 – 4.4): Provides the assumptions upon which the impact analysis rests and evaluates impacts of Alternatives A and B-1 on resources and uses in the NPR-A relevant to making a decision among the alternatives. VOLUME 3 Chapter 4 – Environmental Consequences continued (sections 4.5 – 4.7): Evaluates impacts of Alternatives B-2 (preferred alternative), C, and D on resources and uses in the NPR-A relevant to making a decision among the alternatives. VOLUME 4 Chapter 4 – Environmental Consequences continued (sections 4.8 – 4.13): Evaluates the cumulative impacts on resources and uses in the NPR-A and other effects relevant to making a decision among the alternatives. VOLUME 5 Chapter 5 – Consultation and Coordination: Describes public and government (including tribal) consultation undertaken for this plan and the development of alternatives and lists the plan’s preparers. Chapter 6 – Comments and Responses: Presents public comments on the Draft IAP/EIS and responses to the comments. VOLUME 6 Appendix A: ANILCA Section 810 Analysis of Subsistence Impacts Appendix B: Federal, State, and Local Permits and/or Approvals for Oil and Gas Exploration, Development, and Production Activities Appendix C: NPR-A Climate Change Analysis: An Assessment of Climate Change Variables in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Appendix D: Essential Fish Habitat Appendix E: Common, Scientific and Iñupiaq Names of Species Listed in the IAP/EIS Appendix F: BLM Sensitive Species List for Alaska Appendix G: Information, Models, and the Assumptions Used to Analyze the Effects of Oil Spills Appendix H: Air Quality Related Values and Dispersion Modeling Results Glossary and Bibliography VOLUME 7 Maps Contents of Volume 6 Appendix A: Alaska National Interest Land Conservation Act (ANILCA) Section 810 Analysis of Subsistence Impacts .............................................................................. 1 Appendix B: Federal, State, and Local Permits and/or Approvals for Oil and Gas Exploration, Development, and Production Activities ......................................... 31 Appendix C: NPR-A Climate Change Analysis: An Assessment of Climate Change Variables in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska ..................................... 35 Appendix D: Essential Fish Habitat .......................................................................................... 65 Appendix E: Common, Scientific and Iñupiaq Names of Species Listed in the IAP/EIS ...... 73 Appendix F: BLM Sensitive Species List for Alaska ................................................................ 79 Appendix G: Information, Models, and the Assumptions Used to Analyze the Effects of Oil and Saline Spills and Gas Releases ............................................................. 81 Appendix H: Air Quality Related Values and Dispersion Modeling Results ....................... 103 Glossary ................................................................................................................................ 111 Bibliography .............................................................................................................................. 129 Tables Table B–1. Federal, State and local requirements, permits and approvals for oil and gas exploration, development and production activities ...................................... 31 Table D–1. Pacific salmon life history characteristics ............................................................. 66 Table D–2. Stream and river systems in the NPR-A with freshwater essential fish habitat based on the Anadromous Waters Catalog .............................................. 67 Table E–1. Common, scientific and Iñupiaq names of species listed in this document ........ 73 Table F–1. Scientific and common names of BLM Sensitive Species in Alaska .................... 79 Table G–1. Spill scenario for the alternatives .......................................................................... 82 Table G–2. Alaska North Slope facility and pipeline crude oil spills 1985-2010 (greater than or equal to 500 barrels) ................................................................... 84 Table G–3. The Trans-Alaska Pipeline crude oil spills 1977-2010 (greater than or equal to 500 barrels) ............................................................................................... 86 Table G–4. Large crude oil spills estimated over the exploration, development, and production life of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska ................................. 89 Table G–5. Alaska North Slope facility and pipeline saline spills 1995-2009 (greater than or equal to 500 barrels) .................................................................................. 90 Table G–6. Large saline spills estimated over the exploration, development, and production life of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska ................................. 90 Table G–7. Small crude-oil spills: Estimated spill rates for the Alaska North Slope ............ 92 Table G–8. Small crude oil spills estimated over the exploration, development, and production life of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska ................................. 93 Table G–9. Small refined-oil spills: Estimated spill rates for the Alaska North Slope ......... 93 Table G–10. Small refined oil spills less than 500 barrels estimated over the exploration, development, and production life of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska ........................................................................................................ 94 National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Final Integrated Activity Plan/Environmental Impact Statement i Contents Table G–11. Historical very large oil spills from onshore well control incidents 1910- 2010 ......................................................................................................................... 95 Table G–12. Fate and behavior of a hypothetical 5,100-barrel oil spill from lagoon pipelines1 ................................................................................................................. 96 Table G–13. Fate and behavior of a hypothetical 900-barrel oil spill from a lagoon facility1 .................................................................................................................... 97 Table G–14. Future production of conventional oil used in the cumulative impact analysis, 2012-2100 .............................................................................................. 100 Table G–15. Oil spill rates and spill-size categories used to estimate large crude oil spills for the cumulative analysis ........................................................................ 101 Table G–16. Cumulative oil-spill-occurrence estimates greater than or equal to 500 barrels and greater than or equal to 1,000 barrels out to 2100 of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska ................................................................... 102 Table H–1. Background concentrations and NAAQS ............................................................ 106 Table H–2. AERMOD modeling results – Nuiqsut meteorological data; all scenarios ....... 107 Table H–3. AERMOD modeling results – Atqasuk meteorological data; all scenarios....... 107 Table H–4. Final visibility results for 3 years of partial meteorological data ..................... 110 Table H–5. Final visibility results for 1 full year of meteorological data............................. 110 Table H–6. Final deposition* results for 3 years of partial meteorological data ................. 110 National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska ii Final Integrated Activity Plan/Environmental Impact Statement Appendices Appendix A: ANILCA Section 810 Analysis of Subsistence Impacts Appendix A: Alaska National Interest Land Conservation Act (ANILCA) Section 810 Analysis of Subsistence Impacts This Integrated Activity Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (IAP/EIS) is a comprehensive land use plan for the over 22 million acres of land managed by the BLM in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A). The BLM completed a plan for the Northeast NPR-A (4.6 million acres) in 1998. The BLM amended this plan from 2003-2005 and completed a Final Supplemental Plan for the Northeast NPR-A in May 2008. A proposal by Conoco-Philips Alaska, Inc., for oil development in the Northeast NPR-A and the Colville River Delta resulted in the completion of the Alpine Satellite Development Plan in 2004. The BLM also completed a plan for the Northwest NPR-A in 2004, and in 2005, the BLM initiated a plan for South NPR-A that was discontinued in 2007. Chapters 3 (Affected Environment) and 4 (Environmental Consequences) of the NPR-A Integrated Activity Plan/Environmental Impact Statement provide detailed descriptions of the affected