Consultation is Essential

• Many Stakeholders

  • Industry
  • Federal Agencies
  • State and Local Governments
  • Domestic and international NGO’s
  • North Slope Borough government
  • Affected North Slope villages
  • Inupiat Community of Arctic Slope
  • Traditional village governing bodies (IRA)
  • Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission
  • Other Native Tribal organizations

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• One of the paramount efforts by MMS if this proposal goes forward will be to consult with all concerned parties, such as those listed here.

• The MMS has built a reputation for working closely with its many stakeholders to assure that their concerns are addressed in our decisions.

• The MMS staff in our Alaska regional office regularly meets with local and borough governments, and native tribal organizations to discuss environmental justice concerns and to foster good government-to-government relations. These relations guide the consultation process with tribal governments on policies and decisions that directly affect them.