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National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska DRAFT Integrated Activity Plan/Environmental Impact Statement I Contents National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska DRAFT Integrated Activity Plan/ Environmental Impact Statement Volume 4 Chapter 5, Appendices, Glossary, Bibliography Prepared by: U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Anchorage, Alaska In cooperation with: North Slope Borough State of Alaska U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service March 2012 How the Draft IAP/EIS is Organized The format of this IAP/EIS follows guidance provided by the Council on Environmental Quality and the BLM NEPA Handbook H-1790-1 (USDOI BLM 2008). Below is a list of the types of information found in each volume of the IAP/EIS. 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 – 4.6): Evaluates impacts of the alternatives on resources and uses in the NPR-A and the cumulative and other effects relevant to making a decision among the alternatives. VOLUME 3 Chapter 4 – Environmental Consequences (continued: sections 4.7 – 4.12). VOLUME 4 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. Appendices 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 Glossary and Bibliography VOLUME 5 Maps Contents CHAPTER 5: Consultation and Coordination ............................................................................ 1 5.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 1 5.2 Scoping................................................................................................................................. 1 5.2.1 Formal Scoping ............................................................................................................. 1 5.2.2 Tribal Consultation ...................................................................................................... 2 5.2.3 Coordination and Consultation with Local, State, and Federal Agencies ............... 2 5.2.4 Consultation with Non-Governmental Entities ......................................................... 3 5.3 List of Preparers ................................................................................................................. 4 Appendix A: Alaska National Interest Land Conservation Act (ANILCA) Section 810 Analysis of Subsistence Impacts ..................................................................................... 9 Appendix B: Federal, State, and Local Permits and/or Approvals for Oil and Gas Exploration, Development, and Production Activities................................................. 33 Appendix C: NPR-A Climate Change Analysis: An Assessment of Climate Change Variables in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska ............................... 37 Appendix D: Essential Fish Habitat .......................................................................................... 67 Appendix E: Common, Scientific and Iñupiaq Names of Species Listed in the IAP/EIS ...... 75 Appendix F: BLM Sensitive Species List for Alaska ................................................................ 81 Appendix G: Information, Models, and the Assumptions Used to Analyze the Effects of Oil Spills ......................................................................................................... 83 Glossary ..................................................................................................................................... 105 Bibliography .............................................................................................................................. 123 Tables Table A–1. Federal, State and local requirements, permits and approvals for oil and gas exploration, development and production activities ........................................................... 33 Table D–1. Pacific salmon life history characteristics .................................................................... 68 Table D–2. Stream and river systems in the NPR-A with freshwater essential fish habitat based on the Anadromous Waters Catalog ......................................................................... 69 Table E–1. Common, scientific and Iñupiaq names of species listed in this document ................ 75 Table F–1. Scientific and common names of BLM Sensitive Species in Alaska ............................ 81 Table G–1. Spill scenario for the alternatives ................................................................................. 84 Table G–2. Alaska North Slope facility and pipeline crude oil spills 1985-2010 (greater than or equal to 500 barrels) ......................................................................................................... 86 Table G–3. The Trans-Alaska Pipeline crude oil spills 1977-2010 (greater than or equal to 500 barrels) ........................................................................................................................... 88 Table G–3. Large crude oil spills estimated over the production life of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska ................................................................................................... 91 Table G–4. Alaska North Slope facility and pipeline saline spills 1995-2009 (greater than or equal to 500 barrels) ............................................................................................................. 92 National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska DRAFT Integrated Activity Plan/Environmental Impact Statement i Contents Table G–5. Large saline spills estimated over the production life of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska ..................................................................................................................... 92 Table G–6. Small crude-oil spills: Estimated spill rates for the Alaska North Slope ................... 94 Table G–7. Small crude oil spills estimated over the production life of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska ................................................................................................... 95 Table G–8. Small refined-oil spills: Estimated spill rates for the Alaska North Slope ................ 95 Table G–9. Small refined oil spills less than 500 barrels estimated over the exploration and development life in National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska .................................................. 96 Table G–10. Historical very large oil spills from onshore well control incidents 1910-2010 ........ 97 Table G–12. Fate and behavior of a hypothetical 5,100-barrel oil spill from lagoon pipelines1 ... 98 Table G–13. Fate and behavior of a hypothetical 900-barrel oil spill from a lagoon facility1 ...... 99 Table G–14. Future production of conventional oil used in the cumulative impact analysis, 2012-2100 ............................................................................................................................ 102 Table G–15. Oil spill rates and spill-size categories used to estimate large crude oil spills for the cumulative analysis ..................................................................................................... 103 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 ................................................................................................................... 104 National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska ii DRAFT Integrated Activity Plan/Environmental Impact Statement CHAPTER 5: Consultation and Coordination 5.1 Introduction This section summarizes the public and agency outreach the BLM has engaged in as it has developed the NPR-A IAP/EIS. This outreach included keeping the public and agencies informed of the process and offered opportunities for the public and agencies to express their concerns and suggest how the BLM should proceed. The section also identifies the individuals who prepared the IAP/EIS. 5.2 Scoping 5.2.1 Formal Scoping Formal scoping began on July 28, 2010, with the publication in the Federal Register of a Notice of Intent to prepare an Integrated Activity Plan and Environmental Impact Statement. The Notice of Intent notified the public of the beginning of the scoping process, described that process, identified preliminary issues for analysis in the planning process, and provided information on means to submit scoping comments. The BLM launched a website for the plan on July 28 on which it furnished the public with background information on NPR-A, past planning efforts in NPR-A, and additional information on how to submit scoping comments. The agency also mailed
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