Confidentiality is confidentiality and for whatever reason the company obtaining this data wants it to remain so.  I worked as an interviewer for the census bureau in the last go-around and there is no way I would ever say anything - no matter how much someone asked.  The price I would have to pay?  Anyone violates this confidentiality law (and it is to be kept confidential for life), it is a federal crime; they will face severe penalties, including a federal prison sentence of up to five years, a fine of up to $250,000, or both.

Directional drilling has been in use for YEARS, heck decades.  If area 1002 has oil, directional drilling could likely reach it and there wouldn't be any surface disturbance.  I did some research in Prudhoe in about 2001 and the caribou herds had increased from 200,000 +/- to over 400,000 +/- with the oil development and the size of area 1002 in relationship to ANWR is like throwing a dime on a football field.

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