Susitna-Watana.

• Author: Slaten, Russ
• Position: INSIDE ALASKA BUSINESS

Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI), six Cook Inlet village corporations, and the Alaska Energy Authority (AEA) collectively reached agreement on a complex land-use permit to support Susitna-Watana Hydro environmental study. Susitna-Watana Hydro is in the midst of a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licensing effort and implementing fifty-eight -Commission approved environmental studies. A land access permit is necessary for AEA to implement the studies and conduct field work on private lands.

As part of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, Chickaloon Moose Creek Native Association; Knikatnu, Inc.; Ninilchik Natives Association, Inc.; Salamatof Native Association, Inc.; Seldovia Native Association, Inc.; and Tyonek Native Corporation own surface rights to some...