(C) design safety and construction stand-
ards for all pipelines and any access and service 
roads that minimize, to the maximum extent 
practicable, adverse effects on— 
(i) the passage of migratory species 
(such as caribou); and 
(ii) the flow of surface water by re-
quiring the use of culverts, bridges, or 
other structural devices; 
(D) prohibitions on general public access 
to, and use of, all pipeline access and service 
roads; 
(E) stringent reclamation and rehabilita-
tion requirements in accordance with this title 
for the removal from the Coastal Plain of all oil 
and gas development and production facilities, 
structures, and equipment on completion of oil 
and gas production operations, except in a case 
in which the Secretary determines that those 
facilities, structures, or equipment— 
(i) would assist in the management of 
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; and 
(ii) are donated to the United States 
for that purpose; 
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(F) appropriate prohibitions or restrictions 
on— 
(i) access by all modes of transpor-
tation; 
(ii) sand and gravel extraction; and 
(iii) use of explosives; 
(G) reasonable stipulations for protection 
of cultural and archaeological resources; 
(H) measures to protect groundwater and 
surface water, including— 
(i) avoidance, to the maximum extent 
practicable, of springs, streams, and river 
systems; 
(ii) the protection of natural surface 
drainage patterns and wetland and ripar-
ian habitats; and 
(iii) the regulation of methods or tech-
niques for developing or transporting ade-
quate supplies of water for exploratory 
drilling; and 
(I) research, monitoring, and reporting re-
quirements; 
(3) that exploration activities (except surface 
geological studies) be limited to the period between 
approximately November 1 and May 1 of each year 
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and be supported, if necessary, by ice roads, winter 
trails with adequate snow cover, ice pads, ice air-
strips, and air transport methods (except that those 
exploration activities may be permitted at other 
times if the Secretary determines that the explo-
ration will have no significant adverse effect on fish 
and wildlife, fish and wildlife habitat, and the envi-
ronment of the Coastal Plain); 
(4) consolidation of facility siting; 
(5) avoidance or reduction of air traffic-related 
disturbance to fish and wildlife; 
(6) treatment and disposal of hazardous and 
toxic wastes, solid wastes, reserve pit fluids, drilling 
muds and cuttings, and domestic wastewater, includ-
ing, in accordance with applicable Federal and State 
environmental laws (including regulations)— 
(A) preparation of an annual waste man-
agement report; 
(B) development and implementation of a 
hazardous materials tracking system; and 
(C) prohibition on the use of chlorinated 
solvents; 
(7) fuel storage and oil spill contingency plan-
ning; 
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(8) conduct of periodic field crew environmental 
briefings; 
(9) avoidance of significant adverse effects on 
subsistence hunting, fishing, and trapping; 
(10) compliance with applicable air and water 
quality standards; 
(11) appropriate seasonal and safety zone des-
ignations around well sites, within which subsistence 
hunting and trapping shall be limited; and 
(12) development and implementation of such 
other protective environmental requirements, restric-
tions, terms, or conditions as the Secretary deter-
mines to be necessary. 
(e) CONSIDERATIONS.—In preparing and issuing reg-
ulations, lease terms, conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, 
or stipulations under this section, the Secretary shall take 
into consideration— 
(1) the stipulations and conditions that govern 
the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska leasing pro-
gram, as set forth in the 1999 Northeast National 
Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Final Integrated Activity 
Plan/Environmental Impact Statement; 
(2) the environmental protection standards that 
governed the initial Coastal Plain seismic exploration 
program under parts 37.31 through 37.33 of title 
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50, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regu-
lations); and 
(3) the land use stipulations for exploratory 
drilling on the KIC–ASRC private land described in 
appendix 2 of the agreement between Arctic Slope 
Regional Corporation and the United States dated 
August 9, 1983. 
(f) FACILITY CONSOLIDATION PLANNING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—After providing for public 
notice and comment, the Secretary shall prepare and 
periodically update a plan to govern, guide, and di-
rect the siting and construction of facilities for the 
exploration, development, production, and transpor-
tation of oil and gas resources from the Coastal 
Plain. 
(2) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of the plan 
shall be— 
(A) the avoidance of unnecessary duplica-
tion of facilities and activities; 
(B) the encouragement of consolidation of 
common facilities and activities; 
(C) the location or confinement of facilities 
and activities to areas that will minimize impact 
on fish and wildlife, fish and wildlife habitat, 
subsistence resources, and the environment; 
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(D) the use of existing facilities, to the 
maximum extent practicable; and 
(E) the enhancement of compatibility be-
tween wildlife values and development activities. 
(g) ACCESS
TO
PUBLIC
LAND.—The Secretary 
shall— 
(1) manage public land in the Coastal Plain in 
accordance with subsections (a) and (b) of section 
811 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Con-
servation Act (16 U.S.C. 3121); and 
(2) ensure that local residents shall have rea-
sonable access to public land in the Coastal Plain for 
traditional uses. 
SEC. 207. EXPEDITED JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
(a) FILING OF COMPLAINTS.— 
(1) DEADLINE.—A complaint seeking judicial 
review of a provision of this title or an action of the 
Secretary under this title shall be filed— 
(A) except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), during the 90-day period beginning on the 
date on which the action being challenged was 
carried out; or 
(B) in the case of a complaint based solely 
on grounds arising after the 90-day period de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), by not later than 
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90 days after the date on which the complain-
ant knew or reasonably should have known 
about the grounds for the complaint. 
(2) VENUE.—A complaint seeking judicial re-
view of a provision of this title or an action of the 
Secretary under this title shall be filed in the United 
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 
Circuit. 
(3) SCOPE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Judicial review of a de-
cision of the Secretary relating to a lease sale 
under this title (including an environmental 
analysis of such a lease sale) shall be— 
(i) limited to a review of whether the 
decision is in accordance with this title; 
and 
(ii) based on the administrative record 
of the decision. 
(B) PRESUMPTIONS.—Any identification 
by the Secretary of a preferred course of action 
relating to a lease sale, and any analysis by the 
Secretary of environmental effects, under this 
title shall be presumed to be correct unless 
proven otherwise by clear and convincing evi-
dence. 
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(b) LIMITATION ON OTHER REVIEW.—Any action of 
the Secretary that is subject to judicial review under this 
section shall not be subject to judicial review in any civil 
or criminal proceeding for enforcement. 
SEC. 208. FEDERAL AND STATE DISTRIBUTION OF REVE-
NUES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, of the amount of adjusted bonus, rental, and 
royalty revenues from Federal oil and gas leasing and op-
erations authorized under this title for each fiscal year— 
(1) 50 percent shall be paid to the State of 
Alaska; and 
(2) except as provided in section 211(d), the 
balance shall be— 
(A) used to offset the provisions of this 
Act; and 
(B) after making the offsets under sub-
paragraph (A), transferred to the ANWR Alter-
native Energy Trust Fund established by sec-
tion 212. 
(b) PAYMENTS TO ALASKA.—Payments to the State 
of Alaska under this section shall be made semiannually. 
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SEC. 209. RIGHTS-OF-WAY ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall issue rights- 
of-way and easements across the Coastal Plain for the 
transportation of oil and gas— 
(1) except as provided in paragraph (2), under 
section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
185), without regard to title XI of the Alaska Na-
tional Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
3161 et seq.); and 
(2) under title XI of the Alaska National Inter-
est Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3161 et 
seq.), for access authorized by sections 1110 and 
1111 of that Act (16 U.S.C. 3170, 3171). 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Secretary shall 
include in any right-of-way or easement issued under sub-
section (a) such terms and conditions as may be necessary 
to ensure that transportation of oil and gas does not result 
in a significant adverse effect on the fish and wildlife, sub-
sistence resources, their habitat, and the environment of 
the Coastal Plain, including requirements that facilities be 
sited or designed so as to avoid unnecessary duplication 
of roads and pipelines. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall include in 
regulations under section 202(f) provisions granting 
rights-of-way and easements described in subsection (a). 
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SEC. 210. CONVEYANCE. 
Notwithstanding section 1302(h)(2) of the Alaska 
National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
3192(h)(2)), to remove any cloud on title to land, and to 
clarify land ownership patterns in the Coastal Plain, the 
Secretary shall— 
(1) to the extent necessary to fulfill the entitle-
ment of the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation under sec-
tions 12 and 14 of the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1611, 1613), as determined by 
the Secretary, convey to that Corporation the sur-
face estate of the land described in paragraph (1) of 
Public Land Order 6959, in accordance with the 
terms and conditions of the agreement between the 
Secretary, the United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice, the Bureau of Land Management, and the 
Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation, dated January 22, 
1993; and 
(2) convey to the Arctic Slope Regional Cor-
poration the remaining subsurface estate to which 
that Corporation is entitled under the agreement be-
tween that corporation and the United States, dated 
August 9, 1983. 
SEC. 211. LOCAL GOVERNMENT IMPACT AID AND COMMU-
NITY SERVICE ASSISTANCE. 
(a) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may use 
amounts available from the Coastal Plain Local Gov-
ernment Impact Aid Assistance Fund established by 
subsection (d) to provide timely financial assistance 
to entities that are eligible under paragraph (2). 
(2) ELIGIBLE
ENTITIES.—The North Slope 
Borough, the City of Kaktovik, and any other bor-
ough, municipal subdivision, village, or other com-
munity in the State of Alaska that is directly im-
pacted by exploration for, or the production of, oil 
or gas on the Coastal Plain under this title, as de-
termined by the Secretary, shall be eligible for finan-
cial assistance under this section. 
(b) USE
OF
ASSISTANCE.—Financial assistance 
under this section may be used only— 
(1) to plan for mitigation, implement a mitiga-
tion plan, or maintain a mitigation project to ad-
dress the potential effects of oil and gas exploration 
and development on environmental, social, cultural, 
recreational, and subsistence resources of the com-
munity; 
(2) to develop, carry out, and maintain— 
(A) a project to provide new or expanded 
public facilities; or 
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