The US Bureau of Land Management said it will publish a notice of intent to begin development of a new integrated activity plan and associated environmental impact statement for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. BLM’s Nov. 20 announcement came in response to Secretarial Order 3352 which called for a new IAP and EIS in June 2017 for the 22.1 million-acre reserve originally set aside in 1923 as an emergency oil supply for the US Navy.

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