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EMD-81-69 1 (1981-04-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabbtj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 2 UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHI.NGTON. D.C. 20548 ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION APRIL 8, 1981 B- 202090 The Honorable James D. Watt The Secretary of the Interior 114861 Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: Environmental and Other Problems along the -laska Pipeline Corridof3 (EMD-81-69) This report discusses the results of our review of envi- ronmental impacts on Federal lands which contain the State of Alaska haul road, parts of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), and a portion of the proposed route of the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System. It supplements our report entitled Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline Operations: More Federal Monitoring Needed (EMD-81-11, January 6, 1981) which identified the need for additional moni- toring of TAPS activities. It addresses the need for additional Department of the Interior action to assure that the State of Alaska complies with haul road right-of-way provisions. The letter also discusses the probability that the Department will not, unless additional action is taken, be able to control adverse impacts when the haul road is subjected to increased industrial use and opened to the public--which may occur as early as this summer. The objectives of our review were twofold--to determine what negative environmental impacts, if any, have occurred on Federal lands traversed by the State of Alaska's haul road; and to assess the adequacy of Federal and State efforts to mitigate present environmental damage and prevent unnecessary environ- mental degradation in the future. We analyzed documents and interviewed officials from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the State of Alaska, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Office of the Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System. An environmental group and a transpor- tation expert were also contacted. Additionally, we drew upon information provided by our consultant, an expert in Arctic environmental issues, who assisted us in evaluating environ- mental impacts in the area crossed by the haul road. (008962)

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