OCS Mining Program, Norton Sound Lease Sale. Second Draft Environmental Impact Statement

摘要

The second draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) examines: (1) a proposal for leasing submerged Federal lands in Norton Sound for the recovery of gold and any other mineral recovered with gold or other mineral recovered using technology similar to that used for recovering gold; (2) four alternatives to the proposal; (3) the major issues identified through the scoping process and through staff analysis; and (4) the mitigating measures considered as part of the proposal and additional potential mitigating measures for the analysis. The first DEIS was published in November 1988 (USDOI, MMS, 1988). In order that the results from the most current studies could be reported and integrated in the analysis of effects of the proposed lease sale on the environment, MMS began the NEPA process for a second time with the preparation of the publication of a second DEIS.