Alaska
Port of Alaska in ‘money-raising mode’ to fund modernization program
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – It’s a busy summer season on the Port of Alaska with its modernization program in full swing as they give the impression of being to safe funding to assist hold the five-phase venture transferring ahead.
This summer season, Port of Alaska Exterior Affairs Director Jim Jager mentioned they may start development on a brand new administrative workplace onshore in August permitting them to demolish the dock the place it beforehand stood.
The Port of Alaska Modernization Program is damaged down into 5 phases, and subsequent summer season the North Extension Stabilization venture will kick off section 2A of their five-phase plan. Jager mentioned the North Extension Stabilization goes to be within the neighborhood of $130 million and anticipates funding to come back from a mixture of locations.
“Proper now we’re in money-raising mode. We actually have a number of sources of cash that we’re pursuing. We all know how a lot bond functionality we have now,” Jager mentioned. “Now we have submitted functions for a variety of federal grants. We’ll in all probability discover out about whether or not we’ve gotten that cash this fall.”
Pending, Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s signature, the Port of Alaska is ready to obtain $200 million from the state, and $100 million of that’s depending on the town receiving matching federal funds.
In February, a federal decide with the U.S. Courtroom of Federal Claims awarded the Municipality of Anchorage greater than $367 million {dollars} in damages from the U.S. Division of Transportation’s Maritime Administration for failed development on the port.
The U.S. Division of Transportation’s Maritime Administration appealed the decide’s ruling anticipated by subsequent April. Town mentioned cash awarded from the case will go in direction of the modernization venture.
The complete Port of Alaska Modernization Program is anticipated to take 10 years and value $1.8 to $2.0 billion, in accordance with Jager.
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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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