More time for air permit comments - August 28, 2011

Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industryAugust 2011

Vol. 16, No. 35

Week of August 28, 2011

More time for air permit comments

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has extended the deadline for comments on its draft air quality permit for ConocoPhillips’ planned exploration drilling in the Chukchi Sea from Sept. 6 to Sept. 21, EPA announced Aug. 25. ConocoPhillips plans to drill in the Chukchi Sea during the open water season of 2013 and needs an air quality permit for its drilling operation. The company has applied for the permit well ahead of when the permit is needed, to allow plenty of time for permit reviews, the company has said.

EPA has also published a draft air quality permit for Shell’s planned exploration drilling in the Beaufort Sea, starting in 2012. The closing date for public comments on that permit remains unaltered at Sept. 6, EPA says.

—Alan Bailey

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