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OPMP supports private industry, regulators, and the Alaska public by leading and implementing multi-agency permit coordination to ensure consistent, defensible, transparent, and timely permit decisions for a range of responsible natural resource and infrastructure development projects.

OPMP furthers Alaskan interests by creating carbon-reducing projects, coordinating State responses to proposed Federal actions, and pursuing funding opportunities.

The goal of the Mining (multi-agency permit coordination) Program is to keep mining (including conventional and critical minerals), associated transportation, and other projects on schedule, avoid increased costs, create certainty, resolve challenges, and generate potential State and public revenue and investment in Alaska.

The goal of the Energy (multi-agency permit coordination) Program is to keep energy (including oil and gas), associated transportation, and other projects on schedule, avoid increased costs, create certainty, resolve challenges, and generate potential State and public revenue and investment in Alaska.

The goal of the Broadband (multi-agency permit coordination) Program is to keep broadband, associated transportation, and other projects on schedule, avoid increased costs, create certainty, resolve challenges, and generate potential State and public revenue and investment in Alaska.

The goal of the Carbon Offset Program is to use the State’s natural resources and lands to create sustainable carbon-reducing projects that generate State revenue and provide co-benefits to the Alaska public, to State and local economies, and to existing resource-based industries, while helping meet free-market demand for decarbonization.

The goal of the Federal Program is to further Alaskan interests in job growth and employment; domestic production of conventional and critical minerals, energy (including oil and gas); economic activity; State and public revenue increases; and public land use and access.

OPMP coordinates State responses to proposed Federal actions (rules, plans, and policies) to ensure they are consistent with all Federal laws and Statehood guarantees, including the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA).

The goal of the Grants Management Program is to identify and pursue funding opportunities for the benefit of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

The U.S. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also known as the U.S. Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), and the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), are availing extensive Federal funding and incentives for infrastructure development projects in Alaska.

OPMP’s success requires close coordination and collaboration with technical and regulatory experts across the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR); Alaska Departments of Fish and Game (DFG) and Environmental Conservation (DEC); and a variety of other State and local government agencies.