Notice2026-03784
Notice of Availability of the 2025 Record of Decision for the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, Integrated Activity Plan
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Published
February 25, 2026
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Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Alaska State Office, announces the availability of the record of decision (ROD) for the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska, Integrated Activity Plan (NPR-A IAP).
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2026)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-03784]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[A2407-014-004-065516, #O2509-014-004-
125222;LLAK930000.L13100000.EI0000]
Notice of Availability of the 2025 Record of Decision for the
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the National Petroleum
Reserve--Alaska, Integrated Activity Plan
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Alaska State Office,
announces the availability of the record of decision (ROD) for the
final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the National Petroleum
Reserve--Alaska, Integrated Activity Plan (NPR-A IAP).
DATES: The Secretary of the Interior signed the ROD on December 22,
2025.
ADDRESSES: The ROD is available on the BLM ePlanning website at <a href="https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/117408/510">https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/117408/510</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Serena Sweet, BLM Alaska State Office
Planning and Project Management Branch, phone 907-271-4543 or email,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d0a3a3a7b5b5a490b2bcbdfeb7bfa6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="88fbfbffededfcc8eae4e5a6efe7fe">[email protected]</span></a>. Individuals in the United States who are deaf,
deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711
(TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services
for contacting Ms. Sweet. Individuals outside the United States should
use the relay services within their country to make international calls
to the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act
(NPRPA) of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.), as amended, and its
implementing regulations, require oil and gas leasing in the NPR-A and
the protection of surface values to the extent consistent with the
exploration, development, and transportation of oil and gas. The NPRPA,
a dominant-use statute, excludes the NPR-A from the application of
section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43
U.S.C. 1712), as amended, which provides the statutory authority for
the BLM to develop resource management plans to guide management of the
public lands. Because of this exemption, the BLM conducts planning of
all BLM-managed lands within the NPR-A with an IAP, which is not
developed as a resource management plan and does not implement the
multiple use mission otherwise applicable on BLM lands.
The ROD being noticed here completes the priorities set forth in
sections 3(b)(xii) and (xiv) of Executive Order 14153, ``Unleashing
Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential.'' In the ROD, the Secretary
adopted alternative E as described and analyzed in the 2020 IAP EIS and
the 2025 IAP environmental assessment. The ROD, effective immediately
as the Department's operative decision for the NPR-A IAP, is consistent
with section 50105 of Public Law 119-21 (known as the One Big Beautiful
Bill Act), enacted July 4, 2025, and Public Law 119-47, enacted
December 5, 2025, a joint resolution providing for congressional
disapproval of the 2022 NPR-A IAP ROD under the Congressional Review
Act, 5 U.S.C. 801-808.
(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.)
Kevin J. Pendergast,
State Director, Alaska.
[FR Doc. 2026-03784 Filed 2-24-26; 8:45 am]
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