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MEMPHIS Tenn. - Aug. 13 2012 - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today a new strategic plan to manage the 22.8-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska NPR-A. Known as Alternative B-2 the new guidelines protect 11.8 million acres - roughly half of the reserve - as critical habitat area while allowing oil and gas development on the remaining half. Salazar made the announcement this morning in Anchorage Alaska hailing the plan as the most responsible and equitable approach to managing the reserve.
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