Supplemental EIS for in-state gas line

The Alaska Gasline Development Corp. said Aug. 5 that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will prepare a draft supplemental environmental impact statement for the ASAP, Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline Project. ASAP is the in-state gas line to bring North Slope natural gas to Fairbanks and Southcentral. AGDC is pursuing ASAP as a backup to the Alaska LNG Project, the export liquefied natural gas project which is being pursued by ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, BP, TransCanada and the state.

The initial 75-day scoping period for the SEIS runs through Oct. 14.

The Corps prepared a final EIS for ASAP in October 2012.

“Since then,” AGDC said in a statement, “the project has undergone a number of design modifications which require additional public comment and analysis, and which necessitate an SEIS.”

Fourteen public scoping meetings are scheduled: Aug. 18, Healy; Aug. 19, Nenana; Aug. 20, Cantwell; Aug. 21, Talkeetna; Aug. 25, Willow; Aug. 26, Anchorage; Aug. 27, Kenai; Aug. 28, Seward; Sept. 2, Fairbanks; Sept. 3, Wiseman; Sept. 4, Minto; Sept. 10, Anaktuvuk Pass; Sept. 17, Barrow; and Sept. 18, Nuiqsut.

AGDC submitted a revised application July 21; a copy is available at http://asapgas.agdc.us/ and on the Corps’ SEIS website www.asapeis.com.

- Kristen Nelson