DNR extending ROW comments deadlines

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources is extending the public comment periods on a pair of right-of-way leases it plans to issue to separate small North Slope gas pipelines.

The department will now take comments for both the Spectrum LNG draft right-of-way lease and the Polar Natural Gas Pipeline draft right-of-way lease through Oct. 3.

Spectrum LNG is looking to build a 1,100-foot pipeline and an associated liquefied natural gas facility in Deadhorse. The pipeline would connect the LNG facility to the Prudhoe Bay Unit Central Gas Facility. The LNG from the system would supply a trucking operation distributing across the North Slope and along the highway system.

The original comment deadline was Sept. 3.

Polar LNG is looking to build a 3.54-mile pipeline connecting the Seawater Injection Plant feed gas line to a proposed LNG facility at the Fairbanks Natural Gas LLC pad in Prudhoe Bay. The proposed system would supply a trucking operation to the Interior.

The Polar LNG proposal also includes a draft Leasehold Location Order No. 37, which would allow DNR “to keep lands within the proposed pipeline right-of-way open to mining while retaining flexibility through the leasing process to ensure that proposed mining operations would not interfere with the location, construction and operation of the pipeline.” DNR said the proposed order would not affect existing mining operations.

The original comment deadline was Sept. 16.

—Eric Lidji