Kodiak Airport EIS Update – May

We received the following update on the Kodiak Airport EIS project from Leslie Grey a FAA Environmental Protection Specialist.

Mitigation Draft Stakeholder Message No. 1 of 2

We have been developing a mitigation plan for the unavoidable adverse impacts that could result from the project.  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) have been working with agencies, tribes and other interested parties on how to best mitigate these impacts from the proposed projects.  Mitigation is a fairly complex and lengthy topic. Instead of trying to cover all of the details in a single message, I think breaking the topic up into two parts works best.  This letter will focus on providing background on mitigation and how it applies to this project.  In my next letter, I will continue with specific information on how we developed the specific mitigation plan for this project.

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Floating Liquified Natural Gas Projects

We received the following information on floating liquified natural gas projects, please take a moment to look at the report found on the link below.

FLNG drops anchor as industry moves production offshore

Billions of dollars are being committed to what could be the liquefied natural gas industry’s next big trend: Floating LNG projects, or FLNG.

Three projects are under way, and the whole LNG world is watching to see how they work out. First production could come in 2014 or 2015.

Can producing LNG aboard giant floating factories really cut costs and development time? Can the production vessels really withstand the worst fury an ocean can churn up? Can they really bring to market gas from hundreds of remote offshore fields that would be too expensive to develop otherwise?

Major oil and gas producers, multinational engineering firms and the world’s biggest shipyards all are trying to position themselves for breakout growth of FLNG.

The Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska natural gas pipeline projects prepared the following report on the development of floating LNG projects: http://www.arcticgas.gov/flng-drops-anchor-industry-moves-production-offshore

 

 

Department of Education & Early Childhood Development Proposed Changes in Early Literacy Screening

The Department of Education & Early Development (DEED) proposes to adopt regulation changes in Title 4 of the Alaska Administrative Code, 4AAC 06.713, Early Literacy Screening, which may include issues such as the following:

Amending the chapter to add a new subsection that addresses effective literacy screening measures for K- third grades.

You may comment on the proposed regulation changes, including the potential costs to private persons of complying with the proposed changes, by submitting written comments to the Commissioner’s Office, Department of Education & Early Development, Attn: Regulations Review, 801 West Tenth Street, Suite 200, PO Box 110500, Juneau, Alaska 99811-0500. Comments may also be submitted via fax, (907) 465-4156, or via the Internet, at http://education.alaska.gov.  Comments must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. May 21, 2013.

Oral comments may be submitted at a hearing to be held on June 6, 2013, at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Administration Building, Assembly Chambers, Basement Level,144 N. Binkley Street, Soldotna, AK 99669. This hearing will begin at 8:10 a.m. and might be extended to accommodate those present before 7:55 a.m. who did not have an opportunity to comment. Persons may also comment at the oral hearing via the following Legislative Information Offices:

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