The area known as Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 4, Alaska, established by Executive order of the President, dated February 27, 1923, except for tract Numbered 1 as described in Public Land Order 2344, dated April 24, 1961, shall be transferred to and administered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Effective on the date of transfer all lands within such area shall be redesignated as the “National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska” (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “reserve”). Subject to valid existing rights, all lands within the exterior boundaries of such reserve are hereby reserved and withdrawn from all forms of entry and disposition under the public land laws, including the mining and mineral leasing laws, and all other Acts; but the Secretary is authorized to (1) make dispositions of mineral materials pursuant to the Act of July 31, 1947 (61 Stat. 681), as amended [30 U.S.C. 601 et seq.], for appropriate use by Alaska Natives and the North Slope Borough, (2) make such dispositions of mineral materials and grant such rights-of-way, licenses, and permits as may be necessary to carry out his responsibilities under this Act, (3) convey the surface of lands properly selected on or before December 18, 1975, by Native village corporations pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act [43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.], and (4) grant such rights-of-way to the North Slope Borough, under the provisions of title V of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 [43 U.S.C. 1761 et seq.] or section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act, as amended [30 U.S.C. 185], as may be necessary to permit the North Slope Borough to provide energy supplies to villages on the North Slope. All other provisions of law heretofore enacted and actions heretofore taken reserving such lands as a Naval Petroleum Reserve shall remain in full force and effect to the extent not inconsistent with this Act.
Notes of Decisions
The Wilderness Soc'y v. Babbitt, 104 F. Supp. 2d 10 (D.D.C. 2000).
“Plaintiffs have since filed an amended complaint adding claims under the National Petroleum Reserves Production Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6502 et seq., the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, 43 U.”
Wilderness Soc'y v. Salazar, 603 F. Supp. 2d 52 (D.D.C. 2009).
“See 42 U.S.C. § 6502 . The NPRPA prohibited production of petroleum or development leading to such production in the NPR-A without prior authorization by Congress.”
Alaska Dep't of Fish & Game v. Fed. Subsistence Bd., 139 F.4th 773 (9th Cir. 2025).
“§ 3102 (4) (defining conservation system units); ANILCA, §§ 401, 403 (creating national recreation areas and national conservation areas in Alaska); 42 U.S.C. § 6502 (defining the National Petroleum Reserve).”
Burgum (D. Alaska 2026).
· cites it 4× “”17 The ROW states that the Department’s authority to grant the right-of-way is 42 U.S.C. § 6502 , which provides in relevant part that “the Secretary is authorized to .”
Wilderness Soc'y v. Babbitt (D.D.C. 2009).
“See 42 U.S.C. § 6502 . The NPRPA prohibited production of petroleum or development leading to such production in the NPR-A without prior authorization by Congress.”
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