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blm alaska news

News tagged with “blm alaska”. Found: 6 tagged news reports.

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BLM releases plan to address abandoned wells

Juneau :: AK :: USA | 11 days ago

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Bureau of Land Management released a plan Wednesday identifying 50 abandoned wells in the Alaska arctic that it believes require clean-up by the agency. The draft plan prioritizes the remediation of the first 16 of those sites in the National

Murkowski: Plan to have AK aid cleanup is dead

Juneau :: AK :: USA | 12 days ago

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Alaska (AP) A proposal to have the state help pay to clean up abandoned federal well sites in the Alaska arctic is "dead on arrival," U.S...During a subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C., Murkowski said the responsibility for dealing with the so-

BLM, state agree to plug abandoned well but need funding

Anchorage :: AK :: USA | 11 months ago

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Earlier this year, the state Legislature passed a resolution urging BLM to properly plug and reclaim the well sites as soon as possible, saying they pose "significant risk to surface vegetation, groundwater, fish, land mammals and sea mammals." BLM

BLM hopes for early plan to address legacy wells

Anchorage :: AK :: USA | 1 year ago

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This comes as both the Alaska House and Senate have passed a resolution urging BLM to properly plug and reclaim the so-called legacy wells to protect the environment. The House will be asked to agree to changes made to the resolution in the Senate.

Murkowski to Salazar: Clean up legacy wells

Anchorage :: AK :: USA | 1 year ago

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The federal government drilled dozens of exploratory wells decades ago and now most of them "sit without attention," falling into the landscape, Murkowski, the committee's top-ranking Republican, said. "It's an environmental scar. And we in Alaska

BLM defends its work on NPR-A 'legacy wells'

Anchorage :: AK :: USA | over 1 year ago

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The comments come in response to an Alaska state legislator's charge that the BLM has neglected the dozens of so-called legacy wells. Rep. Charisse Millett, R-Anchorage, is sponsoring House Joint Resolution 29, which urges the BLM "to plug legacy