(17) Avoidance of significant adverse effects 
upon subsistence hunting, fishing, and trapping by 
subsistence users. 
(18) Compliance with applicable air and water 
quality standards. 
(19) Appropriate seasonal and safety zone des-
ignations around well sites, within which subsistence 
hunting and trapping shall be limited. 
(20) Reasonable stipulations for protection of 
cultural and archeological resources. 
(21) All other protective environmental stipula-
tions, restrictions, terms, and conditions determined 
necessary by the Secretary. 
(e) CONSIDERATIONS.—In preparing and promul-
gating regulations, lease terms, conditions, restrictions, 
prohibitions, and stipulations under this section, the Sec-
retary shall consider— 
(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 
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program under parts 37.31 to 37.33 of title 50, 
Code of Federal Regulations; and 
(3) the land use stipulations for exploratory 
drilling on the KIC–ASRC private land that are set 
forth in appendix 2 of the August 9, 1983, agree-
ment between Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and 
the United States. 
(f) FACILITY CONSOLIDATION PLANNING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, after 
providing for public notice and comment, prepare 
and update periodically a plan to govern, guide, and 
direct the siting and construction of facilities for the 
exploration, development, production, and transpor-
tation of Coastal Plain oil and gas resources. 
(2) OBJECTIVES.—The plan shall have the fol-
lowing objectives: 
(A) Avoiding unnecessary duplication of fa-
cilities and activities. 
(B) Encouraging consolidation of common 
facilities and activities. 
(C) Locating or confining facilities and ac-
tivities to areas that will minimize impact on 
fish and wildlife, the habitat of fish and wildlife, 
and the environment. 
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(D) Using existing facilities wherever prac-
ticable. 
(E) Enhancing compatibility between wild-
life values and development activities. 
(g) ACCESS
TO
PUBLIC
LAND.—The Secretary 
shall— 
(1) manage public land in the Coastal Plain 
subject to section 811 of the Alaska National Inter-
est Lands Conservation 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. 5008. EXPEDITED JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
(a) FILING OF COMPLAINT.— 
(1) DEADLINE.—Subject to paragraph (2), any 
complaint seeking judicial review of— 
(A) any provision of this subtitle shall be 
filed by not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act; or 
(B) any action of the Secretary under this 
subtitle shall be filed— 
(i) except as provided in clause (ii), 
during the 90-day period beginning on the 
date on which the action is challenged; or 
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(ii) in the case of a complaint based 
solely on grounds arising after the period 
described in clause (i), not later than 90 
days after the date on which the complain-
ant knew or reasonably should have known 
of the grounds for the complaint. 
(2) VENUE.—Any complaint seeking judicial re-
view of any provision of this subtitle or any action 
of the Secretary under this subtitle may be filed only 
in the United States Court of Appeals for the Dis-
trict of Columbia. 
(3) LIMITATION
ON
SCOPE
OF
CERTAIN
RE-
VIEW.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Judicial review of a de-
cision by the Secretary to conduct a lease sale 
under this subtitle, including an environmental 
analysis, shall be— 
(i) limited to whether the Secretary 
has complied with this subtitle; and 
(ii) based on the administrative record 
of that decision. 
(B) PRESUMPTION.—The identification by 
the Secretary of a preferred course of action to 
enable leasing to proceed and the analysis by 
the Secretary of environmental effects under 
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this subtitle is presumed to be correct unless 
shown otherwise by clear and convincing evi-
dence. 
(b) LIMITATION ON OTHER REVIEW.—Actions of the 
Secretary with respect to which review could have been 
obtained under this section shall not be subject to judicial 
review in any civil or criminal proceeding for enforcement. 
(c) LIMITATION ON ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COURT 
COSTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Sections 504 of title 5 and 
2412 of title 28, United States Code (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Equal Access to Justice Act’’), shall 
not apply to any action under this subtitle. 
(2) COURT
COSTS.—A party to any action 
under this subtitle shall not receive payment from 
the Federal Government for the attorneys’ fees, ex-
penses, or other court costs incurred by the party. 
SEC. 5009. 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 produced under leases under 
this subtitle— 
(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-
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