Governor signs extension for ACMP plans

Petroleum News

Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski signed Senate Bill 102 May 26, giving the state’s coastal districts an extra eight months to submit revised district coastal plans to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources.

The Alaska Legislature reformed and simplified the state’s Alaska coastal management program in 2003, and the state has been working with the federal Office of Coastal Resource Management to ensure federal approval of the state’s amended plan.

Under the 2003 bill, coastal districts had until the end of June 2005 to submit revised district plans.

Districts told the Legislature that they needed more time, and SB 102 extends by eight months the deadline for coastal resource districts to submit their revised plans to the state, and also extends by eight months the effective authority of existing district plans.