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NOAA opens up nearly $200 million in loans for six Western Alaska nonprofits
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Six Western Alaska nonprofits can now apply for a slice of almost $200 million in federal loans to pay for fishing vessels, quota and different trade bills to assist financial growth of their area.
The long-term loans are from the Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and are solely out there to the Western Alaska Neighborhood Growth Quota Program. The CDQ program is made up of six nonprofit teams which can be tasked with supporting financial growth and wellbeing in communities on the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands by means of fisheries revenues.
“This explicit mortgage program was form of a observe as much as the overall idea of the CDQ program,” mentioned NOAA fisheries administration specialist Stephanie Warpinski. “That is one other alternative for long-term direct loans for the CDQ teams to make use of to help villages with financial growth.”
Collectively, the six CDQ teams signify greater than 65 Alaska communities, stretching from the Norton Sound right down to the Aleutian Pribilof area.
Every of the teams will be capable of apply for almost $33 million in federal loans, Warpinski mentioned. That cash can be utilized to purchase new boats, processing amenities, or cooperative rights in any of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Island fisheries. The loans can’t be used for constructing a brand new vessel or towards something that would contribute to overfishing.
The teams have till April 25 to submit a mortgage utility.
Any leftover funding will likely be out there on a first-come, first-serve foundation, in accordance with Warpinski.
Teams that get a mortgage have 30 years to pay it again, she mentioned.
Discover extra info on the federal register’s web site.
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Alaska
Alaska Oil, Gas Rule Draws Lawsuit Alleging Agency Overreach (1)
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An organization of communities in Alaska’s far north sued the Bureau of Land Management Friday over a rule they said “turns a petroleum reserve into millions of acres of de facto wilderness.”
The lawsuit appears to be one of the first to be filed under the Administrative Procedure Act in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s Loper Bright decision dismantling the Chevron doctrine.
Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat alleges that BLM’s “NPR-A Rule” forbids oil and gas development in 10.6 million acres of Alaska, and effectively ends any further leasing and development in an additional 13.1 million acres.
The rule is “directly contrary” to Congress’s purpose in creating the Natural Petroleum Reserve in Alaska—to further oil and gas exploration and development, Voice said in its complaint filed in the US District Court for the District of Alaska. BLM “disingenuously” claims that the rule “speaks for Alaska Natives,” the group said.
The rule violates several federal laws, including the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. It is therefore arbitrary and capricious under the APA, the complaint says.
Voice is represented by Ashburn & Mason P.C.
The case is Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat v. Bureau of Land Mgmt., D. Alaska, No. 24-136, complaint filed 6/28/24.
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Interior Rejects Alaska Mine Road, Protects 28 Million Acres
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The Interior Department on Friday moved to prevent mining across Alaska by blocking a road to the copper-rich Ambler Mining District and protecting 28 million acres of federal land statewide from minerals development.
Ambler Road, a proposed 211-mile mining road across Alaska’s Brooks Range, was formally rejected by the Bureau of Land Management, setting up an expected legal clash with the state.
The Interior Department also took a step toward blocking mining and other development on 28 million acres of federal land known as “D-1″ lands under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. The Bureau of Land Management on Friday …
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