Discusses a proposal for hard mineral leasing in the Norton Sound lease sale area off the Seward Peninsula near Nome in northwest Alaska, for the recovery of gold and minerals. Includes assessment of potential environmental impacts on Nome, and on subsistence and commercial fishing.

This draft report considers the potential environmental impact on water and air quality, marine mammals, sea birds, local economics and fisheries, of several possible levels of exploration for offshore oil and natural gas in the Navarin Basin (Bering Sea) on the outer Continental Shelf off southwest Alaska.