1. (a) To be eligible for funding under the NPR-A impact program, a project must be related to present, continuing, or reasonably foreseeable impact on the applicant or the applicant's residents from oil or gas exploration, production, or transportation activities in the NPR-A under 42 U.S.C. 6508.

2. (b) To be eligible for funding, a project also must be for the purpose of

   1. (1) planning;
   2. (2) construction, maintenance, and operation of essential public facilities; or
   3. (3) other necessary public services.

3. (c) In this section, "impact" means an effect reasonably attributable to NPR-A oil and gas activities under 42 U.S.C. 6508 on

   1. (1) population;
   2. (2) employment;
   3. (3) finances;
   4. (4) social and cultural values;
   5. (5) air and water quality;
   6. (6) fish and wildlife habitats;
   7. (7) the ability to provide essential public services, including health care, public safety, education, transportation, utilities, and government administration; and
   8. (8) other things of demonstrable importance to the applicant or the applicant's residents.

4. (d) Examples of needs that eligible projects may address include the following:

   1. (1) resource protection to ensure the continued viability of fish, wildlife, and other natural resources on which the applicant's residents rely for subsistence needs;
   2. (2) alleviation or mitigation of adverse social or cultural impacts;
   3. (3) health needs, including hospitals, clinics, emergency medical facilities, alcohol and drug abuse facilities, mental health facilities, waste disposal systems, and water quality improvement systems;
   4. (4) public safety needs, including police protection, search and rescue, and fire protection;
   5. (5) utility needs, including electric generating plants and distribution systems, water supply systems, telephone systems, and other fuel distribution systems;
   6. (6) housing needs;
   7. (7) recreational needs.

(Eff. 7/30/86, Register 99)

Authority: AS 44.33.020