The Department of the Interior (United States) has authorised the cancellation of the remaining seven oil and gas leases issued by the previous administration to the Alaska Industrial and Export Authority (AIDEA) in the Coastal Plain based on legal deficiencies. In addition, new regulations were proposed for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) that would ensure maximum protection for the more than 13 million acres (5.2 m hectares) of Special Areas in the reserve.
The previous Administration held an oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic Refuge’s Coastal Plain on 6 January 2021, and issued 10-year leases on nine tracts covering more than 430,000 acres (174,000 hectares). Since that time, two of the issued leases have been cancelled and refunded at the request of the lessees. The remaining seven leases held by AIDEA covered 365,000 acres (148,000 hectares) in the Coastal Plain.
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