OCS Mining Program, Norton Sound Lease Sale

Second Draft Environmental Impact Statement

• Author(s): United States. Minerals Management Service. Alaska OCS Region,
• Publisher: U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Alaska OCS Region
• Pages: 598
• Language: en

Description:... Discusses a proposal for hard mineral leasing in the Norton Sound lease sale area off the Seward Peninsula near Nome in northwest Alaska, for the recovery of gold and minerals. Includes assessment of potential environmental impacts on Nome, and on subsistence and commercial fishing.