News – Alaska Division of Mining, Land, and Water

On August 4, 2025, Governor Dunleavy issued Administrative Order (AO) 360 addressing regulatory reform in Alaska and requiring stakeholder engagement. Per the AO:

Stakeholder feedback is essential and required at all stages of regulatory reform. Accordingly, each agency shall:

Solicit written and oral input from the public, affected industries, and community organizations regarding which regulations are the most burdensome and should be prioritized for reform, and how the agency’s regulatory system could be reorganized or simplified.
Document and publish stakeholder and public feedback and agency responses.

The full AO can be found here: Order 360

The Division of Mining, Land and Water (the Division) is undertaking this solicitation process to ask the public for ideas, suggestions, and input before the Division drafts or proposes any specific regulation amendments or repeals for public review.

Please see the notices below for information. Comments are due by ~~October 31~~ November 7, 2025.

10/06/2025

Online Public Notice Regarding Water Online Public Notice Regarding Statewide Abatement of Impaired Lands Online Public Notice Regarding Resource Assessment and Development Online Public Notice Regarding Mining Online Public Notice Regarding Land Online Public Notice Regarding Land Conveyances (Meeting rescheduled for 10/15) Online Public Notice Regarding Appraisals and Surveys Online Public Notice Regarding Appeals

Announcements

Northeast Alaska Area Plan - Project Scoping

Sterling Highway Realignment Project - Temporary Water Use Applications (TWUAs)

Ambler Road Site-Specific Plan

Public Notices

Public Notice: Request for Public Input on the Management of Relinquished Cabins within the Susitna Flats State Game Refuge

Public Notice: Pogo Mine Renewal Application and Draft State Decisions

Call for Information: Land Use Authorizations for Large-Scale Renewable Energy Development

Request for Public Input on the Management of Relinquished Cabins within the Susitna Flats State Game Refuge

Notice of Pogo Mine Renewal Application and Draft State Decisions

Regulations

Public Scoping

Notice of Public Scoping for Aquatic Farmsite Leasing Reulations

Revisions to Water Management Regulations - Scoping Period Extended

Notice of Public Scoping for Leasing Regulations for the Division of Mining, Land and Water

Notice of Scoping - Surface Coal Mining Regulations 11 AAC 90

Proposed Regulations

Proposed Revisions to Regulations Regarding Material Sales and Conveyances to State Agencies

Proposed Revisions to Regulations on Surface Coal Mining

Adopted Regulations

Notice of Adoption of Derelict Vessels Regulations

Carbon Offset Regulations Adopted

Notice of Adoption of Water Regulations

Notice of Adoption of Revisions to Regulations on Surface Coal Mining Part One

Public Comments

Administrative Order 360

Solicitation for Public Input of Regulatory Revisions per Administrative Order 360