Temporary withdrawal of Healy Clean Coal Plant operating permit
September 23, 2010
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation has temporarily withdrawn its proposed operating permit for the Healy Clean Coal Project, pending further discussions with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. A PDF copy of the state’s letter to EPA can be found at the link below.
Alaska DEC HCCP Permit Withdrawal
NPS News Release: EA for Improvements to Porcupine Forest Area of Denali Park Road
August 15, 2010
The National Park Service (NPS), in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), is considering a road rehabilitation project on the section of Park Road between milepost 50.8 – 52.4 (known as Porcupine Forest) in Denali National Park and Preserve.
This section of road has numerous structural problems and does not meet the park’s road design standards for intervisible passing pullouts. Read more
Public Notice from AMHT – Coal Gasification Licensing
June 24, 2010
Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority
Trust Land Office
Public Notice under 11 AAC 99.050
Decision to Conduct a Competitive Underground Coal Gasification Licensing Program Pursuant to AS 38.05.801 and 11 AAC 99
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the provisions of AS 38.05.801 and 11 AAC 99, the Executive Director of the Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Office (TLO) has determined that it is in the best interest of the Alaska Mental Health Trust and its beneficiaries to conduct a competitive underground coal gasification licensing program involving approximately 190,000 acres of unencumbered Trust land located on the northern Kenai Peninsula, the northern and western Cook Inlet Basin, and in the vicinity of Anderson, Healy, and Nenana. The basis for this determination is explained in a written best interest decision prepared by the Executive Director pursuant to 11 AAC 99.040. Acreage not licensed as a result of this offering may be offered again at a future date without additional public review, unless the terms and conditions of the subsequent offerings are significantly different than those described in the best interest decision. It is anticipated that the exploration program, if successful, will lead to a reduced land package that the licensee could lease for development without an additional public leasing process. Read more