[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11385-11386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03971]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[19X.LLAK930100 L510100000.ER0000]
Notice of Extension of Time To Prepare the Ambler Road
Environmental Impact Statement, Alaska
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of extension of time.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is preparing the
Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Ambler Road
project. By this notice, BLM is announcing an extension of time to
complete the Final EIS in accordance with Alaska National Interest
Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) section 1104(e).
DATES: Completion of the Final EIS for the Ambler Road Project is
extended, to occur no later than March 31, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tina McMaster-Goering, Ambler Road EIS
Project Manager, telephone: 907-271-1310; address: 222 West 7th Avenue,
#13, Anchorage, AK 99513. You may also request to be added to the
mailing list for the EIS. Documents pertaining to the EIS may be
examined at https://www.blm.gov/AmblerRoadEIS.
Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to contact the
above individual during normal business hours. The FRS is available 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message or question with the
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above individual. You will receive a reply during normal business
hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Alaska Industrial Development and Export
Authority (AIDEA), a public corporation of the State of Alaska,
submitted an application for an industrial road right-of-way (ROW) in
north-central Alaska across federal public lands and other lands. The
road would run from the existing Dalton Highway to the Ambler Mining
District. The area involved lies south of the Brooks Range, north of
the Yukon River, west of the Dalton Highway and east of the Purcell
Mountains. The BLM is the lead Federal agency in the preparation of the
EIS. According to ANILCA Section 1104(e), Federal agencies have one-
year from Notice of Intent to complete the EIS.
The Notice of Intent published in the Federal Register on February
28, 2017, initiating a 90-day public scoping period and indicating a
completion date for the Final EIS of December 30, 2019. On April 7,
2017, the BLM extended the public scoping period through January 31,
2018 to accommodate subsistence activities in rural Alaska.
The Notice of Availability for the Draft EIS was published in the
Federal Register on August 30, 2019, initiating a comment period, which
closed on Oct. 29, 2019. The BLM held public hearings on subsistence
resources and activities in conjunction with the public meetings on the
Draft EIS in 19 affected rural Alaskan communities. In order to
thoroughly review and respond to the public comments and prepare the
Final EIS, a time extension through March 31, 2020, is necessary.
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6(b).
Chad B. Padgett,
State Director, Alaska.
[FR Doc. 2020-03971 Filed 2-26-20; 8:45 am]
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