( November 7, 2024, 2:44 PM EST) -- ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) on Nov. 6 released the final supplemental environmental impact statement (EIS) for hydraulic fracturing in the Coastal Plain of Alaska, which calls for 400,000 acres, the minimum required under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017(Tax Act), to be offered for fracking in the northwest portion of the Coastal Plain....