National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Production Site Development

Open for public comment until Nov. 9, 2026. Comment on Regulations.gov

What it does

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to streamline its decision-making process for authorizing the construction and operation of qualifying oil and gas production sites and their associated rights-of-way (ROWs) in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (the Petroleum Reserve or NPR-A). This proposed rule would establish pre-defined criteria for defined and repeatable common activities with similar environmental effects that, when met by an applicant, would result in a streamlined permitting process for qualifying production sites.

The Land Management Bureau's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What it would change

1 part of Title 43 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

43 CFR 3130

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 1004-AF57 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

Send your comments on this proposed rule to the BLM on or before November 9, 2026. The BLM is not obligated to consider any comments received after this date in making its decision on the final rule.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket BLM-2026-0133 on Regulations.gov
• Title 43 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register