Beaufort Sea Planning Area. Oil and Gas Lease Sales 186, 195, and 202. Final Environmental Impact Statement. Volume II (Section VII, Bibliography, Index).

摘要

We received 4,911 written comments on the draft EIS during the public comment period from June 19, 2002, to September 20, 2002. A notice requesting comments appeared in the Federal Register on Wednesday, June 19, 2002. We received letters or e-mails from every State; some e-mails came from outside of the United States and from a wide spectrum of the population. Approximately 4,871 comments arrived via e-mail, and 40 individual letters were written. We held four public hearings in July/August 2002 in Nuiqsut, Kaktovik, Anchorage, and Barrow, at which 28 persons testified. We also held four government-to-government meetings with Native communities. We have responded and have revised th final EIS to address many of the concerns and incorporate additional information proveded in the public comments. We received numerous comments that did not suggest changes to the EIS but offered an opinion,a point of view, and/or a recommendation that decisionmaker(s) adopt specific alternative(s), specific mitigating measures, or take specific actions. These comments are included as part of the public record and are available to the decisionmakers during the deliberation process for the three proposed sales evaluated in this EIS.