Letter requesting an extension of the scoping period on the Trans Alaska Pipeline System Right-of-Way Renewal Environmental Assessment

DESCRIPTION: Letter requesting an extension of the scoping period on the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) Right-of-Way (ROW) Renewal Environmental Assessment.
TO: Bureau of Land Management
FROM: Cooper Freeman, Alaska Director, Center for Biological Diversity; Tim Whitehouse, Executive Director, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility; Sarah Furman, Executive Director, Fairbanks Climate Action Coalition; Mike Scott, National Oil & Gas Campaign Manager, Sierra Club; Kay Brown, Arctic Policy Director, Pacific Environment; Nauriaq Simmonds, Executive Director, Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic
DATE: August 31, 2026
TAGS: Inspectors TAPS, Alaska, energy, oil & gas