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B-174944 1 (1972-05-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkjw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RESTRICTED - Not to be released o f Je 3, 1972, I~ Acoctwith fce except on the basof te nrf Pt I by the oIterio's Usory o altrn of kept mCOMPTROLLER GENERAL OF TH AE WASHINGTON. D.C. U RELEASED B- 1749 44 MAY 9 1972 2 - Dear Mr. Aspin: Reference is made to your request of January 3, 1972, that we conduct an examination into and report on (1) the costs associated with the development of the environmental 199Pua . statemet 9on the proposed Alakan pipelineeandu the Department of the Interior's study of alternatives to the pro posed pipeline, including who selected the alternatives and who financed the study. Section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190, dated Jan. 1, 1970) requires that all Federal agencies prepare detailed environmental impact state- ments on proposals for legislation or other major Federal ac- tions involving their programs that will significantly affect the quality of the human environment. The act requires that the agencies, prior to making any detailed statements, consult with, and obtain comments from, other Federal agencies having jurisdiction over or special expertise regarding any environmental impact involved. The act requires also that agencies study, develop, and describe appropriate alternatives to recommended courses of action in any proposal which involves unresolved conflicts concerning alternative uses of available resources. The proposed Alaskan pipeline requires such an environmental impact statement. The draft environmental impact statement on the proposed Alaskan pipeline prepared by the Department of the Interior, dated January 1971, indicated that the Secretary of the Inte- rior was considering applications from a group of seven oil companies for an oil pipeline right-of-way across Federal lands in Alaska between a point south of Prudhoe Bay on the north slope and Valdez on the Gulf of Alaska. These companies formed the Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. to design, construct, operate, and maintain the pipeline system. The proposed pipe- line would be about 789 miles long, of which some 641 miles would be across Federal lands. Our examination of the available records maintained by the Department of the Interior concerning costs associated with developing the environmental impact statement showed that the Federal costs amounted to $7,320,245 for the period which began in fiscal year 1969 and which extended through

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