MMS sets Anchorage meeting for Cook Inlet sales

By Petroleum News • Alaska Staff

The Minerals Management Service said Jan. 29 that it will hold an Anchorage scoping meeting Feb. 5 to discuss issues to be evaluated in a multi-sale environmental impact statement for proposed Cook Inlet oil and gas lease sales.

The meeting will be 7-9 p.m. in the third floor conference room at the MMS Regional Office, 949 E. 36th Ave.

Scoping meetings were held in Kenai-Soldotna, Ninilchik, Homer, Kodiak, Port Graham and Seldovia in late January.

Two sales are proposed for the Cook Inlet planning area between 2002 and 2007 under the draft proposed five-year plan currently being reviewed. Scoping gives MMS the opportunity to answer questions about the proposed sales, gather information and hear what people have to say about the proposal. MMS said it is also asking for information from the oil and gas industry about their interest in exploring in the area.