BLM Launches Unified Planning Process For National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska

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The Bureau of Land Management has launched a new planning process for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, announcing July 28 it is developing the first integrated activity plan and environmental impact statement covering the entire federal reserve (75 Fed. Reg. 44,277).rnUntil now, there have been separate management plans for different areas of the 23 million-acre petroleum reserve, according to Ruth McCoard, spokeswoman for the BLM's Alaska state office.rnNow there will be a single management plan "instead of having different plans for different areas," she told BNA Aug. 2. The goal is to get "consistent management across the entire NPR-A." she said.