OCS Mining Program, Norton Sound Lease Sale


Book Description

Discusses a proposal for hard mineral leasing in the Norton Sound lease sale area off the Seward Peninsula near Nome in northwest Alaska, for the recovery of gold and minerals. Includes assessment of potential environmental impacts on Nome, and on subsistence and commercial fishing.













Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale, Norton Sound


Book Description

"The leasing proposal consists of a total of 988,416 hectares (2.4 million acres) of OCS lands. The 249 blocks are located in Norton Sound 14.4 to 99.2 kilometers (9 to 62 mi) offshore in waters that are from 5 to 27 meters (16 to 89 ft) deep. If implemented, this sale is tentatively scheduled to be held in November 1982"--Page i.