DNR holds Cook Inlet hearings

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Oil and Gas has scheduled public hearings on its proposed Cook Inlet areawide oil and gas lease sale preliminary best interest finding.

Staff from the division will be available before each hearing to answer questions about the proposed sale, DNR said Oct. 8. Formal public testimony will also be taken.

The informal question-answer session for each meeting will be from 6-7 p.m.; formal public testimony will be taken from 7-9 p.m.

Meeting dates and locations are as follows:

• Oct. 27, Anchorage, Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center, Kahtnu Meeting Room, second floor;

• Oct. 29, Wasilla, Multi-Use Sports Complex;

• Nov. 3, Kenai, Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association; and

• Nov. 6, Homer, Alaska Ocean and Islands Visitor Center.

The preliminary best interest finding is available at the division’s Web site at www.dog.dnr.state.ak.us.

Written comments are due Dec. 1.

—Petroleum News