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Appeals court clarifies its decision on Alaskan OCS

08/10/2009
By Nick Snow
Alaska state officials and environmental organizations each claimed victory following a federal appeals court’s clarification late last month that its earlier order vacating the current federal offshore oil and gas leasing program applies only to the Alaska portion of the plan.A second clarification allows for continued data gathering for oil and gas development in the Chukchi Sea while the US Minerals Management Service conducts more comprehensive environmental impact studies there and in the Beaufort and Bering Seas, Alaska Att. Gen. Dan Sullivan said.He said that the ruling followed one on July 14 by another federal court that refused to rescind dozens of Chukchi Sea oil and gas ...
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