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Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline Project

Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Scoping Meeting

Scoping Meeting Agenda

Welcome & Introductions

■ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Lead Agency ■ Cooperating Federal & State Agencies

Difference between ASAP and Alaska LNG Project Steps in the NEPA Process Why is a Supplemental EIS Needed? Project Description Project Comparison – Old Versus New Route Scoping Comment Period and Process for Submitting Comments Scoping Meeting Schedule Next Steps

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Welcome and Introductions

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Lead Agency Cooperating Agencies

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ASAP Project Purpose

“…to make North Slope natural gas available to residents in Fairbanks, the Southcentral region, and

• ther communities in the state, as directed by the

Alaska State Legislature (Alaska Statute [AS] 31.25.005). Alaskan communities served by the ASAP project will be provided access to a stable, long-term supply of natural gas to serve as a primary fuel source for heating and electrical power generation.”

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ASAP and Alaska LNG are Different Projects

AGDC is currently advancing both efforts on the State’s behalf

ASAP Alaska LNG

Project Sponsors

State of Alaska (AGDC) State of Alaska (AGDC), BP, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil & TransCanada

Design Objective

Utility grade “lean” gas for in-state markets Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) for export markets

Facilities

Gas Conditioning Facility

• GCF at Prudhoe (~70 acres)
• Compressor at Prudhoe
• Gas Treatment Plant (GTP) at Prudhoe

(150-250 acres)

• 8 Compressor Stations (30kHP)

Mainline 727 mile, 36” mainline 800 mile, 42” mainline Lateral Line 29 mile, 12” lateral to Fairbanks N/A LNG Plant N/A LNG plant, storage tanks and 2 tanker berths at Nikiski (400-500 acres)

Terminus

Near Big Lake Nikiski (Kenai Peninsula)

Design Capacity / Limit

500 million cubic feet/day design capacity ~ 3.5 billion cubic feet/day

Cost

~ $8.0 bill (+/- 30% 2012) ~ $45 - $65 bill

Workforce

Peak: 8,000 Operations: ~150 Peak: 9,000-15,000 Operations: ~1,000

Construction

3 years 5-6 years

ASAP is the subject of this SEIS

Why is a Supplemental EIS Needed?

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U.S. National Environmental Policy Act requires a Supplemental EIS if: Significant new circumstances or new information relevant to environmental concerns; or Substantial changes in the proposed action (40 C.F.R. § 1502.9(c)). The ASAP Supplemental EIS will: Evaluate significant changes to the proposed project; Build on 2012 Final EIS analysis; Focus on re-route, reduced pipeline length, reduced river and stream crossings, work at West Dock, and new information since October 2012

Notice of Intent (NOI) to Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) *Scoping

75-day Comment Period

Analysis of Alternatives *Draft SEIS Issued

Available for 60-day Public Review

*Public Meeting on Draft SEIS Public Comment Review and Synthesis

Comment Analysis Report Available

Responses to Comments/Prepare Final SEIS Selection of Preferred Alternative *Final SEIS Issued

Available for 120-day “cooling-off” Period

*Record of Decision

Public Statements of Agency Decisions *Indicates steps where there is an opportunity to provide public input

Steps in the NEPA Process

You are Here Spring 2015 Spring 2015 Fall 2015 Fall 2015 Early 2016 Early 2016

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August 1, 2014 August 1, 2014

ASAP Project Description

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■ Utility-grade natural gas with design capacity

• f 500 million cubic feet per day

■ Buried pipeline except at fault crossings, elevated bridge stream crossings, and pigging and valve facilities ■ Gas conditioning facility (GCF) near Prudhoe Bay ■ 36-inch, 727-mile long pipeline with 1480 psig ■ 12-inch, 29-mile long lateral line connecting to Fairbanks ■ Generally parallels Trans-Alaska Pipeline System and Dalton Highway to NW of Fairbanks. At Livengood continues on west side of Fairbanks and Nenana. ■ Bypasses Denali National Park and Preserve (east) and generally parallels Parks Highway to Willow ■ Southwest of Big Lake, connects to ENSTAR’s distribution system at MP 39 of the Beluga Pipeline

ASAP Project Description cont…

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■ 120 foot wide construction ROW ■ 53-foot-wide permanent ROW maintained for the mainline ■ Open-cut trenching techniques primarily used to install pipeline underground ■ Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) will be used for at least 10 large river crossings including the Yukon River to minimize in-water work ■ Mobile construction camps (8.5 – 10 acres) during construction ■ Material sites along route to provide 33.2 million cubic yards of material

ASAP 2014 Alignment

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ASAP Fairbanks Lateral Line

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ASAP Gas Conditioning Facility

ASAP West Dock Area

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■ Transport pre-built modules to West Dock

• n 23 barges

■ Modules offloaded at Dock Head 3 ■ Winter dredging to remove ~170,000 cubic yds of material ■ Need to widen road to Staging Area to create 75 ft. wide roadway ■ Most rehab work to occur during winter ■ Build a temporary bridge across existing causeway on West Dock ■ Work with ADFG to ensure fish passage

Modular Unit on Barge

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Project Revisions Driving Necessity for SEIS

Original Design 2012 Current Design 2014 Benefits / Rationale

Gas Composition

Enriched Natural Gas – w/Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs) Lean Natural Gas - Utility Grade, almost pure Methane

• Reduces costs & risk
• Increases in-state access &
• ff-take economics

Mainline Pipe

• 737 miles
• 24-in, 2500psi
• 727 miles (10 fewer miles)
• 36-in, 1480 psi
• Shortens & straightens
• Industry standard pipe
• Lower pressure

Fairbanks Lateral

• 34 miles
• Aligned primarily along

AK Railroad Right-of- Way

• 29 miles (5 fewer miles)
• Aligned primarily along

Murphy Dome Road

• Avoids AKRR & AKDOT right-
• f-way
• Maximizes existing fire breaks

& utility corridors

• Improves construction access

& maintenance

Support Facilities

• Multiple compressor

stations

• Straddle Plant at lateral
• NGL extraction facility

at Pt. Mackenzie

• Single compressor station

at Prudhoe Bay

• Improves safety & reliability
• Reduces footprint
• Reduces wetlands & carbon

impacts

West Dock Causeway at Prudhoe Bay

Conceptual designs and preliminary Plan of Development anticipated no modifications to currently permitted activities

• Modify Dock Head 3
• Winter channel dredging
• Dredge material disposal
• Temporary use of ballasted

barge bridge

• Facilitates off-site modular

construction

• Summer barging of materials

Submitting Comments on ASAP

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Sign up to provide verbal comments tonight Fill out a comment form to be collected during today’s meeting Submit comments on the website: www.asapeis.com Email comments to: asapeiscomments@usace.army.mil Mail to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers CEPOA-RD Mary Romero P.O. Box 6898 JBER, AK 99506-0898

Scoping comments will be accepted until the period ends October 14, 2014.

Scoping Meeting Dates & Locations

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Healy – August 18, Tri-Valley Community Center Nenana – August 19, Nenana’s Native Village Tribal House Cantwell – August 20, Cantwell Community Hall Talkeetna – August 21, Talkeetna Alaska Lodge Willow – August 25, Willow Community Center Anchorage – August 26, UAA Consortium Library Kenai – August 27, Quality Inn Seward – August 28, KM Rae Building on UAA Seward Campus Fairbanks – September 2, Westmark Hotel Wiseman – September 3, Community Center of Wiseman Minto – September 4, Minto Church Anaktuvuk Pass – September 10, Anaktuvuk Pass Community Center Barrow – September 17, Inupiat Heritage Center Nuiqsut – September 18, Kisik Community Center

Next Steps

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Scoping Comment Period Closes (October 14, 2014) Scoping Report Posted on Project Website (Fall 2014) Prepare Draft SEIS Publication of Draft SEIS (Spring 2015) Next Public Comment Period (Spring 2015)

Thank You for Participating!

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