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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · S. 2408 (Introduced in Senate) — To authorize the exploration, leasing, development, and production of oil and gas in and from the western portion of... · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Definitions

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In this Act: The term Coastal Plain means the area described in appendix I to part 37 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations. The term Final Statement means the final legislative environmental impact statement on the Coastal Plain, dated April 1987, and prepared pursuant to— section 1002 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 3142 ); and section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C) ). The term map means the map entitled Arctic National Wildlife Refuge , dated September 2005, and prepared by the United States Geological Survey.
The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior or the designee of the Secretary. The term Western Coastal Plain means that area of the Coastal Plain— that borders the land of the State of Alaska to the west and State of Alaska offshore waters of the Beaufort Sea on the north; and from which oil and gas can be produced through the use of horizontal drilling or other subsurface technology from sites outside or underneath the surface of the Coastal Plain.
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