Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential

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Executive Order 14153 of January 20, 2025

Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource

Potential

By the authority vested in me as President by the

Constitution and the laws of the United States of

America, it is hereby ordered:

Section 1. Background. The State of Alaska holds an

abundant and largely untapped supply of natural

resources including, among others, energy, mineral,

timber, and seafood. Unlocking this bounty of natural

wealth will raise the prosperity of our citizens while

helping to enhance our Nation's economic and national

security for generations to come. By developing these

resources to the fullest extent possible, we can help

deliver price relief for Americans, create high-quality

jobs for our citizens, ameliorate our trade imbalances,

augment the Nation's exercise of global energy

dominance, and guard against foreign powers weaponizing

energy supplies in theaters of geopolitical conflict.

es to the fullest extent possible, we can help

deliver price relief for Americans, create high-quality

jobs for our citizens, ameliorate our trade imbalances,

augment the Nation's exercise of global energy

dominance, and guard against foreign powers weaponizing

energy supplies in theaters of geopolitical conflict.

Unleashing this opportunity, however, requires an

immediate end to the assault on Alaska's sovereignty

and its ability to responsibly develop these resources

for the benefit of the Nation. It is, therefore,

imperative to immediately reverse the punitive

restrictions implemented by the previous administration

that specifically target resource development on both

State and Federal lands in Alaska.

Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States

to:

(a) fully avail itself of Alaska's vast lands and

resources for the benefit of the Nation and the

American citizens who call Alaska home;

(b) efficiently and effectively maximize the

development and production of the natural resources

located on both Federal and State lands within Alaska;

(c) expedite the permitting and leasing of energy

and natural resource projects in Alaska; and

d the

American citizens who call Alaska home;

(b) efficiently and effectively maximize the

development and production of the natural resources

located on both Federal and State lands within Alaska;

(c) expedite the permitting and leasing of energy

and natural resource projects in Alaska; and

(d) prioritize the development of Alaska's

liquified natural gas (LNG) potential, including the

sale and transportation of Alaskan LNG to other regions

of the United States and allied nations within the

Pacific region.

Sec. 3. Specific Agency Actions. (a) The heads of all

executive departments and agencies, including but not

limited to the Secretary of the Interior; the Secretary

of Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary of

Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; and the Secretary

of the Army acting through the Assistant Secretary of

the Army for Public Works, shall exercise all lawful

authority and discretion available to them and take all

necessary steps to:

(i) rescind, revoke, revise, amend, defer, or grant exemptions from any and

all regulations, orders, guidance documents, policies, and any other

similar agency actions that are inconsistent with the policy set forth in

section 2 of this order, including but not limited to agency actions

promulgated, issued, or adopted between January 20, 2021, and January 20,

2025; and

(ii) prioritize the development of Alaska's LNG potential, including the

permitting of all necessary pipeline and export infrastructure related to

the Alaska LNG Project, giving due consideration to the economic and

national security benefits associated with such development.

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to agency actions

promulgated, issued, or adopted between January 20, 2021, and January 20,

2025; and

(ii) prioritize the development of Alaska's LNG potential, including the

permitting of all necessary pipeline and export infrastructure related to

the Alaska LNG Project, giving due consideration to the economic and

national security benefits associated with such development.

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(b) In addition to the actions outlined in

subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary of the

Interior shall exercise all lawful authority and

discretion available to him and take all necessary

steps to:

(i) withdraw Secretarial Order 3401 dated June 1, 2021 (Comprehensive

Analysis and Temporary Halt on All Activities in the Arctic National

Wildlife Refuge Relating to the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program);

(ii) rescind the cancellation of any leases within the Arctic National

Wildlife Refuge, other than such lease cancellations as the Secretary of

the Interior determines are consistent with the policy interests described

in section 2 of this order, initiate additional leasing through the Coastal

Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program, and issue all permits, right-of-way

permits, and easements necessary for the exploration, development, and

production of oil and gas from leases within the Arctic National Wildlife

Refuge;

(iii) rescind the final supplemental environmental impact statement

entitled ``Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement,'' which is referred to in ``Notice of

Availability of the Final Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program

Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, Alaska'' 89 Fed. Reg. 88805

(November 8, 2024);

ic National Wildlife

Refuge;

(iii) rescind the final supplemental environmental impact statement

entitled ``Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement,'' which is referred to in ``Notice of

Availability of the Final Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program

Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, Alaska'' 89 Fed. Reg. 88805

(November 8, 2024);

(iv) place a temporary moratorium on all activities and privileges granted

to any party pursuant to the record of decision signed on December 8, 2024,

entitled ``Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision,''

which is referred to in ``Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision

for the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Coastal

Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program, Alaska,'' 89 Fed. Reg. 101042 (December

13, 2024), in order to review such record of decision in light of alleged

legal deficiencies and for consideration of relevant public interests, and,

as appropriate, conduct a new, comprehensive analysis of such deficiencies,

interests, and environmental impacts;

(v) reinstate the final environmental impact statement entitled ``Final

Environmental Impact Statement for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing

Program,'' which is referred to in ``Notice of Availability,'' 84 Fed. Reg.

50472 (September 25, 2019);

(vi) reinstate the record of decision signed on August 21, 2020, entitled

``Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision,'' which is

referred to in ``Notice of 2021 Coastal Plain Alaska Oil and Gas Lease Sale

and Notice of Availability of the Detailed Statement of Sale,'' 85 Fed.

Reg. 78865 (December 7, 2020);

(vii) evaluate changes to, including the potential recission of, Public

Land Order 5150, signed by the Assistant Secretary of the Interior on

December 28, 1971, and any subsequent amendments, modifications, or

corrections to it;

n ``Notice of 2021 Coastal Plain Alaska Oil and Gas Lease Sale

and Notice of Availability of the Detailed Statement of Sale,'' 85 Fed.

Reg. 78865 (December 7, 2020);

(vii) evaluate changes to, including the potential recission of, Public

Land Order 5150, signed by the Assistant Secretary of the Interior on

December 28, 1971, and any subsequent amendments, modifications, or

corrections to it;

(viii) place a temporary moratorium on all activities and privileges

granted to any party pursuant to the record of decision signed on June 27,

2024, entitled ``Ambler Road Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

Record of Decision,'' which is referred to in ``Notice of Availability of

the Ambler Road Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement,

Alaska,'' 89 Fed. Reg. 32458 (April 26, 2024), in order to review such

record of decision in light of alleged legal deficiencies and for

consideration of relevant public interests and, as appropriate, conduct a

new, comprehensive analysis of such deficiencies, interests, and

environmental impacts; and reinstate the record of decision signed on July

23, 2020, by the Bureau of Land Management and United States Army Corps of

Engineers entitled ``Ambler Road Environmental Impact Statement Joint

Record of Decision,'' which is referred to in ``Notice of Availability of

the Record of Decision for the Ambler Mining District Industrial Access

Road Environmental Impact Statement,'' 85 Fed. Reg. 45440 (July 28, 2020);

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(ix) rescind the Bureau of Land Management final rule entitled ``Management

and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska,'' 89 Fed. Reg.

38712 (May 7, 2024);

cision,'' which is referred to in ``Notice of Availability of

the Record of Decision for the Ambler Mining District Industrial Access

Road Environmental Impact Statement,'' 85 Fed. Reg. 45440 (July 28, 2020);

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(ix) rescind the Bureau of Land Management final rule entitled ``Management

and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska,'' 89 Fed. Reg.

38712 (May 7, 2024);

(x) rescind any guidance issued by the Bureau of Land Management related to

implementation of protection of subsistence resource values in the existing

special areas and proposed new and modified special areas in the National

Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, as published on their website on January 16,

2025;

(xi) facilitate the expedited development of a road corridor between the

community of King Cove and the all-weather airport located in Cold Bay;

(xii) place a temporary moratorium on all activities and privileges granted

to any party pursuant to the record of decision signed on April 25, 2022,

entitled ``National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan

Record of Decision,'' (NEPA No. DOI-BLM-AK-R000-2019-0001-EIS), in order to

review such record of decision in light of alleged legal deficiencies and

for consideration of relevant public interests and, as appropriate, conduct

a new, comprehensive analysis of such deficiencies, interests, and

environmental impacts;

(xiii) rescind the Bureau of Land Management final rule entitled

``Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska,''

89 Fed. Reg. 38712 (May 7, 2024), and rescind the Bureau of Land Management

notice entitled ``Special Areas Within the National Petroleum Reserve in

Alaska,'' 89 Fed. Reg. 58181 (July 17, 2024);

of such deficiencies, interests, and

environmental impacts;

(xiii) rescind the Bureau of Land Management final rule entitled

``Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska,''

89 Fed. Reg. 38712 (May 7, 2024), and rescind the Bureau of Land Management

notice entitled ``Special Areas Within the National Petroleum Reserve in

Alaska,'' 89 Fed. Reg. 58181 (July 17, 2024);

(xiv) reinstate Secretarial Order 3352 dated May 17, 2017 (National

Petroleum Reserve--Alaska), which is referred to in ``Final Report: Review

of the Department of the Interior Actions that Potentially Burden Domestic

Energy,'' 82 Fed. Reg. 50532 (November 1, 2017), and the record of decision

signed on December 31, 2020, entitled ``National Petroleum Reserve in

Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision,'' which is referred to

in ``Notice of Availability of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska

Integrated Activity Plan Final Environmental Impact Statement,'' 85 Fed.

Reg. 38388 (June 26, 2020);

(xv) reinstate the following Public Land Orders in their original form:

a. Public Land Order No. 7899, signed by the Secretary of the Interior on

January 11, 2021;

b. Public Land Order No. 7900, signed by the Secretary of the Interior on

January 16, 2021;

c. Public Land Order No. 7901, signed by the Secretary of the Interior on

January 16, 2021;

d. Public Land Order No. 7902, signed by the Secretary of the Interior on

January 15, 2021;

e. Public Land Order No. 7903, signed by the Secretary of the Interior on

January 16, 2021; and

f. any other such Public Land Order that the Secretary of the Interior

determines would further the policy interests described in section 2 of

this order.

retary of the Interior on

January 16, 2021;

d. Public Land Order No. 7902, signed by the Secretary of the Interior on

January 15, 2021;

e. Public Land Order No. 7903, signed by the Secretary of the Interior on

January 16, 2021; and

f. any other such Public Land Order that the Secretary of the Interior

determines would further the policy interests described in section 2 of

this order.

(xvi) immediately review all Department of the Interior guidance regarding

the taking of Alaska Native lands into trust and all Public Land Orders

withdrawing lands for selection by Alaska Native Corporations to determine

if any such agency action should be revoked to ensure the Department of the

Interior's actions are consistent with the Alaska Statehood Act of 1958

(Public Law 85-508), the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act

(ANILCA) (16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act

of 1971 (43 U.S.C. 1601, et seq.), the Alaska Land Transfer Acceleration

Act (Public Law 108-452), and the Alaska Native Vietnam-

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era Veterans Land Allotment Program under section 1629g-1 of title 43,

United States Code.

(xvii) rescind the record of decision ``Central Yukon Record of Decision

and Approved Resource Management Plan,'' signed on November 12, 2024, which

is referred to in ``Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision and

Approved Resource Management Plan for the Central Yukon Resource Management

Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, Alaska,'' 89 Fed. Reg. 92716 (November

22, 2024);

(xviii) reimplement the draft resource management plan and environmental

impact statement referenced in the National Park Service notice entitled

``Notice of Availability for the Central Yukon Draft Resource Management

Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, Alaska,'' 85 Fed. Reg. 80143 (December

11, 2020);

Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, Alaska,'' 89 Fed. Reg. 92716 (November

22, 2024);

(xviii) reimplement the draft resource management plan and environmental

impact statement referenced in the National Park Service notice entitled

``Notice of Availability for the Central Yukon Draft Resource Management

Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, Alaska,'' 85 Fed. Reg. 80143 (December

11, 2020);

(xix) rescind the National Park Service final rule entitled ``Alaska;

Hunting and Trapping in National Preserves,'' 89 Fed. Reg. 55059 (July 3,

2024), and reinstate the National Park Service final rule entitled

``Alaska; Hunting and Trapping in National Preserves,'' 85 Fed. Reg. 35181

(June 9, 2020), in its original form;

(xx) deny the pending request to the United States Fish and Wildlife

Service to an establish indigenous sacred site in the Coastal Plain of the

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge;

(xxi) immediately conduct a review of waterways in the State of Alaska and

direct the Bureau of Land Management, in consultation with the State of

Alaska, to provide recommendations of navigable waterways subject to the

equal footing doctrine and the Submerged Lands Act of 1953, as amended, 43

U.S.C. 1301 et seq., and prepare Recordable Disclaimers of Interest

pursuant to section 315 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of

1976, 43 U.S.C. 1745, to restore ownership of said waterways to the State

as appropriate;

th the State of

Alaska, to provide recommendations of navigable waterways subject to the

equal footing doctrine and the Submerged Lands Act of 1953, as amended, 43

U.S.C. 1301 et seq., and prepare Recordable Disclaimers of Interest

pursuant to section 315 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of

1976, 43 U.S.C. 1745, to restore ownership of said waterways to the State

as appropriate;

(xxii) direct all bureaus of the Department of the Interior to consider the

Alaskan cultural significance of hunting and fishing and the statutory

priority of subsistence management required by the ANILCA, to conduct

meaningful consultation with the State fish and wildlife management

agencies prior to enacting land management plans or other regulations that

affect the ability of Alaskans to hunt and fish on public lands, and to

ensure to the greatest extent possible that hunting and fishing

opportunities on Federal lands are consistent with similar opportunities on

State lands; and

(xxiii) identify and assess, in collaboration with the Secretary of

Defense, the authorities and public and private resources necessary to

immediately achieve the development and export of energy resources from

Alaska--including but not limited to the long-term viability of the Trans-

Alaska Pipeline System and the associated Federal right-of-way as an energy

corridor of critical national importance--to advance the Nation's domestic

and regional energy dominance, and submit that assessment to the President.

resources necessary to

immediately achieve the development and export of energy resources from

Alaska--including but not limited to the long-term viability of the Trans-

Alaska Pipeline System and the associated Federal right-of-way as an energy

corridor of critical national importance--to advance the Nation's domestic

and regional energy dominance, and submit that assessment to the President.

(c) In addition to the actions outlined in

subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary of

Agriculture shall place a temporary moratorium on all

activities and privileges authorized by the final rule

and record of decision entitled ``Special Areas;

Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System

Lands in Alaska,'' 88 Fed. Reg. 5252 (January 27,

2023), in order to review such rule and record of

decision in light of alleged legal deficiencies and for

consideration of relevant public interests and, as

appropriate, conduct a new, comprehensive analysis of

such deficiencies, interests, and environmental

impacts. Further, the Secretary of Agriculture shall

reinstate the final rule entitled ``Special Areas;

Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System

Lands in Alaska,'' 85 Fed. Reg. 68688 (October 29,

2020).

duct a new, comprehensive analysis of

such deficiencies, interests, and environmental

impacts. Further, the Secretary of Agriculture shall

reinstate the final rule entitled ``Special Areas;

Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System

Lands in Alaska,'' 85 Fed. Reg. 68688 (October 29,

2020).

(d) In addition to the actions outlined in

subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary of the

Army, acting through the Assistant Secretary of the

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Army for Civil Works, shall render all assistance

requested by the Governor of Alaska to facilitate the

clearing and maintenance of transportation

infrastructure, consistent with applicable law. All

such requests for assistance shall be transmitted to

the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Interior,

and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy for

approval prior to initiation.

(e) The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil

Works, under the direction of the Secretary of the

Army, shall immediately review, revise, or rescind any

agency action that may in any way hinder, slow or

otherwise delay any critical project in the State of

Alaska.

(f) The Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with

the Secretary of the Interior, shall immediately

review, revise or rescind any agency action that may in

any way hinder, slow or otherwise delay any critical

project in the State of Alaska.

Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order

shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

with

the Secretary of the Interior, shall immediately

review, revise or rescind any agency action that may in

any way hinder, slow or otherwise delay any critical

project in the State of Alaska.

Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order

shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or

the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget

relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with

applicable law and subject to the availability of

appropriations.

(c) This order is not intended to, and does not,

create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,

enforceable at law or in equity by any party against

the United States, its departments, agencies, or

entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any

other person.

(Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

January 20, 2025.

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