Arctic & Western Alaska Area Plan Public Review
The public comment period for Arctic & Western Alaska Area Plan Public Review opens at 11:59 p.m. on May 16, 2025 and ends at 11:59 p.m. June 13, 2025.
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, are seeking public input on the proposed update of the Arctic & Western Alaska Area Plan Public Review. The public comment period for this plan will start at 11:59 p.m. on May 16, 2025, and end 11:59 p.m. June 13, 2025. The purpose of the Arctic & Western Alaska Area Plan is to provide guidance to area planners and Alaska Regional Response Team (ARRT) members.
You may comment on the draft plan by submitting written comments to: Julie Liford-Parker, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Northfork Professional Building, 1700 Bogart Rd #B103, Wasilla, AK 99654, and by electronic mail at: decsparplanning@alaska.gov.
If you have already submitted comments during the February to April comment period, you do not need to resubmit your comments, and they are currently being reviewed.
Documents and Links
- DEC Public Notice
- Public Comment Form
- Public Review Draft of Arctic & Western Alaska Area Plan
- Draft document for public review
- 2024.12.11 AWA NEW ACP Format Moved Tables
- 2024.10.07 Alaska ACP Crosswalks AWA Updates
- These do not require comment, they are posted so the reader will have two different ways of locating where the information has been moved during the plan restructure.
- Regional Stakeholder (RSC) job aid
- RSC Liaison (LOFR) job aids
- Although Job Aids are not typically sent out for public comment; the Regional Stakeholder (RSC) job aid and the RSC Liaison (LOFR) job aids will receive a lot of use, we welcome your public comment on these two job aids.
- Public Comment Form
- Compiled Comments
- List of compiled comments received so far.
For More Information
- Contact DEC: julie.parker@alaska.gov
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