WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Office of the Secretary has issued a notice called: National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures: Wintertime Oil and Gas Exploration in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Categorical Exclusion.
The notice was published in the Federal Register on Oct. 9 by Troy Finnegan, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Exercising the Delegated Authority of the Assistant Secretary-Policy, Management and Budget.
Summary: This notice announces a revision to the Department of the Interior (Department)'s National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) procedures adding a new categorical exclusion (CE) for National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) wintertime oil and gas exploration activities to the DOI Handbook of NEPA Implement...