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Conversation Contents North Slope funding status - memo to Bill Werkheiser 07-12-17 Attachments: /3. North Slope funding status - memo to Bill Werkheiser 07-12-17/1.1 North Slope funding status - memo to Bill Werkheiser 07-12-17.docx Walter Guidroz <wguidroz@usgs.gov> From: Sent: To: CC: Subject: Attachments: Walter Guidroz <wguidroz@usgs.gov> Wed Jul 12 2017 13:55:24 GMT-0600 (MDT) William Werkheiser <whwerkhe@usgs.gov> Murray Hitzman <mhitzman@usgs.gov>, David Applegate <applegate@usgs.gov>, Judy Nowakowski <jnowakowski@usgs.gov>, Cynthia Lodge <clodge@usgs.gov> North Slope funding status - memo to Bill Werkheiser 07-12-17 North Slope funding status - memo to Bill Werkheiser 07-1217.docx Bill et al., Attached is a one-page memo that provides an update on the funding status for proposed North Slope resource assessments that respond to the recent Secretarial Order. We thought the document would be helpful to have as a reference, especially given that Vincent DeVito will be visiting the USGS on Friday, July 21st (rescheduled from the original date of July 13th). Please feel free to let us know if you have any questions or need additional clarification. Thanks... Walter/Murray "Werkheiser, William" <whwerkhe@usgs.gov> From: Sent: To: CC: Subject: "Werkheiser, William" <whwerkhe@usgs.gov> Wed Jul 12 2017 14:13:31 GMT-0600 (MDT) Walter Guidroz <wguidroz@usgs.gov> Murray Hitzman <mhitzman@usgs.gov>, David Applegate <applegate@usgs.gov>, Judy Nowakowski <jnowakowski@usgs.gov>, Cynthia Lodge <clodge@usgs.gov> Re: North Slope funding status - memo to Bill Werkheiser 07-12 17 Thanks, Walter. Very helpful. -Bill On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 3:55 PM, Walter Guidroz <wguidroz@usgs.gov> wrote: Bill et al., Attached is a one-page memo that provides an update on the funding status for proposed North Slope resource assessments that respond to the recent Secretarial Order. We thought the document would be helpful to have as a reference, especially given that Vincent DeVito will be visiting the USGS on Friday, July 21st (rescheduled from the original date of July 13th). Please feel free to let us know if you have any questions or need additional clarification. Thanks... Walter/Murray William H. Werkheiser Acting Director, U.S. Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 100 Reston, VA 20192 703-648-7411 MEMORANDUM TO: William Werkheiser Acting Director FROM: Walter Guidroz Program Coordinator, Energy Resources Program Murray Hitzman Associate Director, Energy & Minerals Mission Area SUBJECT: STATUS OF FUNDING FOR ALASKA NORTH SLOPE RESOURCE ASSESSMENTS This memo provides an update on funding for a series of proposed oil and gas resource assessments that A funding table for your reference is provided below. Please note that this is an 'accelerated' schedule, which has been revised compared to the schedule previously submitted to the Department of the Interior (DOI) on July 7t9 (b) (5) National Petroleum Reserve -- Alaska (NPRA) ANWR -- 2-D ANWR -- 3-D Central North Slope West of NPRA T otai, ANS A:ssess ment *Note: (b) (5) FY 17 FY 18 (b) FY 19 FY 20 FY 21 (5) FY 22 We hope that you can bring up this topic in conversations you may have in the near future with Vincent DeVito, the DOI Counselor to the Secretary for Energy Policy. Our understanding is that he will be visiting the USGS on Friday, July 21st. We can arrange to bring him by your office if convenient. Should you have any questions or wish to discuss further, please feel free to contact either of us. Thank you.