Oil Patch Bits: ASRC responds to BLM strategic cleanup plan

ASRC said May 9 that it is pleased that the longstanding need for the cleanup of the U.S. Navy exploration program on the North Slope continues to be addressed by the Bureau of Land Management.

The 2013 Strategic Plan carries a significant work commitment by the BLM. All North Slope residents will be grateful when the most hazardous and pressing remnants of more than 40 years of Navy-sponsored explorations are remediated to make the lands safe and clean.

ASRC firmly believes that the cost of the cleanup of the Navy exploration program should come from the federal government itself, as it is with all formerly used defense sites, for example, and not from any federal funds that would have otherwise been allocated directly to North Slope communities.

Arctic Slope Regional Corp. is owned by and represents the business interests of the Arctic Slope Inupiat. Corporate headquarters are based in Barrow, Alaska, with administrative and subsidiary offices in Anchorage and throughout the United States. ASRC, along with its family of companies, is the largest Alaskan-owned company, employing approximately 10,000 people worldwide. The company has five major business segments: petroleum refining and marketing, energy support services, construction, government services and resource development.