BLM-Alaska Overview Bud C. Cribley BLM-Alaska State Director Western Interstate Region Board of Directors Meeting Board of Directors Meeting May 21, 2014

At 586,400 square miles (365 million acres), Alaska is larger than these eastern states combined Alaska-Lower 48 Size Comparison

Field Offices in Alaska Boundaries BLM Jurisdictional

BLM-Alaska Programs Monitoring Permitting Restoration National Landscape Conservation System Management of public land records Mining

BLM-Alaska Programs Programs Unique to Alaska: ⎻Land Conveyance & Survey ⎻Subsistence ⎻Alaska Fire Service ⎻National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska ⎻Trans-Alaska Pipeline Oversight

Land Conveyance & Survey Program BLM’s largest land transfer program – 150 million acres Conveyed area size of CA to State of Alaska Area roughly size of State of Washington to Native Corps

BLM Oversight Trans-Alaska Pipeline Trans-Alaska Pipeline/utility corridor Oversees and monitors one of the largest, longest pipelines in world 48-inch diameter, 800 miles long

NPR-A 22.8 million acres Largest contiguous block of federally managed land in US Roughly size of Indiana High profile – oil reserve, rich environmental landscape

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Legacy Wells Natural oil seeps near Simpson Core Test #31

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National Issues Hydraulic Fracturing Rule Venting and Flaring Mitigation Fire Sage Grouse

Hydraulic Fracturing Rule Hydraulic Fracturing Rule After dozens of meetings, thousands of comments, new path forward ⎻More than a million comments received About 90% of wells on federal and Indian land fracked nationwide Proposed rule: ⎻Updated regs ⎻Establish baseline environmental safeguards ⎻Requires public disclosure of chemicals used ⎻Improves assurances of wellbore integrity ⎻Requires water mgmt plans

Venting and Flaring Capturing natural gas from oil & gas projects ⎻Reduce greenhouse gas ⎻Capture for productive use, economics (GAO estimated $2 million lost per year in royalties) New rulemaking needed - regs date back to 1979 DOI and BLM reaching out now to state and tribal governments, others for input on new regs New regs would establish appropriate standards to prevent waste and promote conservation of produced oil & gas

Mitigation BLM’s new approach to mitigation for renewable energy development – landscape perspective Regional approach: ⎻Identify priority opportunities across landscapes ⎻Achieve highest mitigation benefit Released draft Regional Mitigation manual section last June – interim policy guiding mitigation planning for land use authorizations

Fire Fire season severity has increased: ⎻Decreased snow pack ⎻Increased temperatures ⎻Longer droughts Longer fire seasons, bigger fires (doubled in acreage over last 3 decades) 2014 Budget (CR) - $36 million to DOI for fire suppression 2015 Admin budget proposal – special disaster relief cap adjustment for use when firefighting costs exceed budgets

Greater Sage Grouse Planning Greater Sage Grouse Planning March 2010 – FWS “warranted but precluded” finding BLM’s Planning Strategy – complete land use plans by end of 2014, give FWS time to evaluate before court-ordered final listing decision in 2015 In effort to prevent listing, BLM evaluating SG conservation across 68 planning areas Stakes are high – hundreds of thousands of sqare miles of sagebrush habitat throughout West

Greater Sage Grouse Impacts Greater Sage Grouse Impacts Impacts to Energy development, Recreation, Livestock grazing, Fire management Proactive approach with Forest Service to maintain wide range of options, reduce regulatory burdens Ultimate goal to eliminate need to list Appreciate the work of many of you here as we implement conservation measures into plans Strong partnerships with counties, states, including Western Gov’s Task Force

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