WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following press release:
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management will provide the public an additional week to comment on a proposed 30-year right-of-way renewal for Alaska's famed Trans Alaska Pipeline System. With this extension, the scoping period, which began on Aug. 26, 2026, now closes on Sept. 17, 2026.
This scoping period is a key step in the environmental review process analyzing the potential renewal of the 800-mile pipeline's right-of-way. Earlier this summer, the BLM received a 30-year right-of-way renewal application from Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, which operates the pipeline on behalf of its three owner companie...