Biden administration delays Trump-era plans to open millions of acres of Alaska federal lands to mining
The decision affects 28 million acres.
The decision affects 28 million acres.
The company has a year to replace the subsea pipe, installed in 1965, the agency said in a 12-page order.
The city paid $1 million to settle with the developer and subcontractors for the project off East Tudor Road, but it retains design plans that could support a new development partnership.
The leak was cut off on Saturday, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation said. The incident occurred in the same 8-inch fuel line as Hilcorp’s natural gas leak in the Inlet in 2017.
The developer believes small redevelopment can be more affordable than large complexes.
Vi Waghiyi, who is Sivuqaq Yupik, will serve on a group that will advise the White House on environmental inequities.
Conservation groups sued the federal government in 2019 to stop the project.
Andrew Halcro had worked at the agency the agency for five years.
Some Kaktovik residents have expressed concern about tourism impacts to their community, but a polar bear guide asserted the order is based on “false information.”
The transition will impact 142 call center jobs in Alaska, but 84 people will be offered employment elsewhere in GCI, a spokeswoman said.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan indicated that Alaska could be the site of future visits, according to Alaska’s senators.
The meetings are low-key by design, and Anchorage, a relatively small city coming out of a long winter, offered a meeting spot without a lot of distractions, said Mead Treadwell, a former lieutenant governor.