ted a status report on the project. The comment period ended on November 4, 2022, for the scoping process of Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, which is to further eval - uate subsistence impacts to fish and caribou habitat and address the desire for additional tribal consultation. The BLM is now evaluating the scoping comments and determining whether additional impacts should be more thoroughly assessed. A compi- lation of the substantive comments received will be assembled into a summary public scoping report. BLM currently anticipates pub - lishing a draft SEIS during the second quarter of calendar year 2023, which will be open for public comment upon publication. The agency also antic- ipates publishing a final SEIS, con - ducting final pre-decision consul - tation with Alaska Native Tribes and Corporations, and issuing a Record of Decision, all within the fourth quarter of calendar 2023.
— Tim Bradner
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