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special interest environmental groups to the detriment of our Na- tion’s economy and security. “Beyond unraveling the years of progress President Trump achieved, the Biden Administration went further to effectively block the State’s ownership and manage- ment of its navigable waterways and submerged lands; to impede on the State’s Clean Water Act prima- cy; to advance divisive and dubious legal theories and policies to drive a wedge between Alaska’s Native and non-Native citizens; and to usurp State management of its fish and game upon which Alaskans unique- ly rely. The Biden Administration’s actions were accomplished without Congress, rather, through a series of Presidential Executive Orders, Department of Interior (DOI) Secre - tarial Orders and Solicitor Opinions, rulemakings, and policy pronounce- ments. “The majority of the actions requested below are Alaska specific, but several are matters of nation- al concern which have an outsized impact on Alaska. First, the prop- er scope of the Clean Water Act (CWA) must be clearly outlined for the whole Nation. Second, EPA has overstepped its authority in every state that has CWA primacy. Finally, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) have been weapon- ized by the Biden Administration in several states. The requested ac- tions in these areas will benefit not just Alaska, but the entire Nation. These three reforms will be laud- ed by states like Alaska that are continually frustrated by develop- ment-stopping federal overreach.” Alaska Specific Executive Order “Alaska requests a single Ex- ecutive Order, issued on the first day of President Trump’s second term, that puts the agencies to work rectifying these issues and creates a cabinet-level task force and six sub-cabinet positions to ensure efficient and effective implementa - tion, and a continued dialogue with the State to keep Alaskans involved in their own future. The request- ed actions in the Executive Order and laid out in this document all fall within the exclusive discretion of the Executive Branch, allowing
Photo Courtesy Ambler Metals Gov. Mike Dunleavy pointed to federal overreach on the proposed Ambler Road project that would support the Ambler Mining District.
Commerce (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to coordinate their efforts of accomplishing the President’s Alas- ka policy goals. The new Schedule C positions should be Alaska Policy Coordinators placed within the crit- ical implementing agencies to carry out the directives of the President’s Executive Order and task force, in- cluding the: Bureau of Land Man - agement (BLM); US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); National Park Ser - vice (NPS); Army Corps of Engineers (Corps); National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Alaska Region; and EPA Alaska Operations Office. These Alaska Policy Coordinators should report directly to their respective Secretary or Administrator on the cabinet level task force and form a working-group that meets regu- larly to coordinate the expeditious implementation of the President’s policies outlined in the Alaska Spe- cific Executive Order. “Alaskans look forward to work- ing with President Trump’s Admin- istration to rectify the four years of disingenuous and partisan infringe- ments.”
President Trump to take this de- cisive step without any reliance on Congress. “It is essential that the Alaska specific Executive Order be issued as soon as President Trump takes office. The Biden Administration’s assault on Alaska was carried out through a multitude of official agency actions; reversal of these ac - tions must comply with time-con- suming administrative procedures. The federal agencies will need suf- ficient time to complete their pro - cedures and litigate any legal chal- lenges. The agency actions Alaska requests are much more likely to survive a future administration if they have been formally issued and successfully defended in court. Directing agency action on day one is the best way to achieve Alaska’s priorities with a lasting impact. “Alaska also requests that the Alaska Specific Executive Order form a cabinet level task force and create six Schedule C positions to oversee the implementation of each action directed by the Execu- tive Order. The task force provision would require DOI, Department of the Army (DOA), Department of
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