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Norwegian Bliss Launches NCL’s 2022 Alaska Cruise Season
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Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) kicked off the 2022 Alaska cruise season with Norwegian Bliss from the Port of Seattle.
NCL mentioned the ship is the primary to go to Alaska this season. 4 extra NCL ships additionally will discover Alaska this yr, via October 2022.
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On its cruises, the vessel will move via the 25-million-acre Glacier Bay Nationwide Park, a World Heritage Website, Mendenhall Glacier close to Juneau, and the Misty Fiords Nationwide Monument close to Ketchikan.
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Norwegian Cruise Line pioneered Alaska cruises from Seattle in 2001. Together with Port of Seattle, NCL dad or mum firm Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings invested $30 million to improve Pier 66, the place Norwegian Bliss was christened in 2018. The twin funding expanded the check-in space by 300 % to greater than 150,000 sq. toes. It additionally expanded two new passenger boarding bridges.
NCLH additionally has partnered with and invested in Ward Cove Dock Group, LLC, reworking land, previously designated as a contaminated superfund cleanup by the Environmental Safety Company (EPA), right into a sustainable, environmentally pleasant and entertaining website for the neighborhood and cruise guests.
By a partnership with the Alaska Native-owned Huna Totem Company, the corporate was capable of full a second cruise pier at Icy Strait Level, in addition to broaden the vacation spot’s Wilderness Touchdown. Enhancements featured upgraded retail and eating places, in addition to a zipper line, and experiences highlighting the tradition of the native Huna Tlingit folks.
All through the 2022 cruise season, NCL will provide five-, seven-, nine-, and 10-day itineraries on Norwegian Bliss, Encore, Solar, Spirit, and Jewel.
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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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