ing program authorized by this subtitle, the Secretary 
shall prepare and promulgate regulations, lease terms, 
conditions, restrictions, prohibitions, stipulations, and 
other measures designed to ensure that the activities un-
dertaken on the Coastal Plain under this subtitle are con-
ducted in a manner consistent with the purposes and envi-
ronmental requirements of this subtitle. 
(d) COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE ENVI-
RONMENTAL LAWS AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—The 
proposed regulations, lease terms, conditions, restrictions, 
prohibitions, and stipulations for the leasing program 
under this subtitle shall require compliance with all appli-
cable provisions of Federal and State environmental law, 
and shall also require the following: 
(1) Standards at least as effective as the safety 
and environmental mitigation measures set forth in 
items 1 through 29 at pages 167 through 169 of the 
‘‘Final Legislative Environmental Impact State-
ment’’ (April 1987) on the Coastal Plain. 
(2) Seasonal limitations on exploration, develop-
ment, and related activities, where necessary, to 
avoid significant adverse effects during periods of 
concentrated fish and wildlife breeding, denning, 
nesting, spawning, and migration. 
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(3) Design safety and construction standards 
for all pipelines and any access and service roads, 
that— 
(A) minimize, to the maximum extent pos-
sible, adverse effects upon the passage of mi-
gratory species such as caribou; and 
(B) minimize adverse effects upon the flow 
of surface water by requiring the use of cul-
verts, bridges, and other structural devices. 
(4) Prohibitions on general public access and 
use on all pipeline access and service roads. 
(5) Stringent reclamation and rehabilitation re-
quirements, consistent with the standards set forth 
in this subtitle, requiring the removal from the 
Coastal Plain of all oil and gas development and 
production facilities, structures, and equipment upon 
completion of oil and gas production operations, ex-
cept that the Secretary may exempt from the re-
quirements of this paragraph those facilities, struc-
tures, or equipment that the Secretary determines 
would assist in the management of the Arctic Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge and that are donated to the 
United States for that purpose. 
(6) Appropriate prohibitions or restrictions on 
access by all modes of transportation. 
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(7) Appropriate prohibitions or restrictions on 
sand and gravel extraction. 
(8) Consolidation of facility siting. 
(9) Appropriate prohibitions or restrictions on 
use of explosives. 
(10) Avoidance, to the extent practicable, of 
springs, streams, and river system; the protection of 
natural surface drainage patterns, wetlands, and ri-
parian habitats; and the regulation of methods or 
techniques for developing or transporting adequate 
supplies of water for exploratory drilling. 
(11) Avoidance or minimization of air traffic-re-
lated disturbance to fish and wildlife. 
(12) Treatment and disposal of hazardous and 
toxic wastes, solid wastes, reserve pit fluids, drilling 
muds and cuttings, and domestic wastewater, includ-
ing an annual waste management report, a haz-
ardous materials tracking system, and a prohibition 
on chlorinated solvents, in accordance with applica-
ble Federal and State environmental law. 
(13) Fuel storage and oil spill contingency plan-
ning. 
(14) Research, monitoring, and reporting re-
quirements. 
(15) Field crew environmental briefings. 
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(16) Avoidance of significant adverse effects 
upon subsistence hunting, fishing, and trapping by 
subsistence users. 
(17) Compliance with applicable air and water 
quality standards. 
(18) Appropriate seasonal and safety zone des-
ignations around well sites, within which subsistence 
hunting and trapping shall be limited. 
(19) Reasonable stipulations for protection of 
cultural and archeological resources. 
(20) All other protective environmental stipula-
tions, restrictions, terms, and conditions deemed 
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 the following: 
(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 explo-
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ration program under parts 37.31 to 37.33 of title 
50, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(3) The land use stipulations for exploratory 
drilling on the KIC–ASRC private lands 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, their habitat, and the environ-
ment. 
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