NGP Readers: please review this PN article The Bureau of Land Management is extending the nomination and application period for the Alaska Resource Advisory Council. BLM said June 10 that a 30-day extension period closes July 8. BLM is seeking qualified individuals to fill five RAC positions in the following categories: representatives of transportation or rights-of-way, off-highway vehicle use, or commercial recreation (two positions); representatives of nationally or regionally recognized environmental organizations, archaeological and historical organizations, and dispersed recreation activities (two positions); and a representative of the public-at-large, employees, or academic institutions who are involved in natural resources (one position). Applicants must be Alaska residents. 1708x1707.jpg)
From Senator Mark Begich’s (NGP Photo) office: In his ongoing effort to promote oil and gas development in Alaska’s Arctic, U.S. Sen Mark Begich has cosponsored legislation to improve the permitting process for offshore oil and gas exploration and development. Begich has joined Sen. Lisa Murkowski and a dozen other senators in cosponsoring The Offshore Energy and Jobs Permitting Act. The legislation is designed to have the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) air permit process for offshore development more closely align with the standard used for decades by the Department of Interior in the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico, where most OCS development has occurred. In addition, it provides timelines to keep an unwieldy administrative appeals process from unreasonably delaying development.
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