Make your own comments or choose what is most important or compelling from the talking points below.

- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) have failed to provide adequate public notice and opportunity for meaningful participation.

- Notices were posted just days before construction could begin, leaving little time for public review or comment.

- Critical documents, such as ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc.’s (CPAI) application, were not made available, limiting transparency.

- The agencies are bypassing proper NEPA analysis by using a Determination of NEPA Adequacy (DNA) for significant project changes.

- A DNA is insufficient for evaluating the environmental impacts of expanding the airstrip by 9.1 acres (a 20% increase in footprint) and adding new access roads.

- NEPA requires a "hard look" at direct, indirect, and cumulative environmental impacts, which has not been done.

- The proposed expansion will increase habitat fragmentation, disturb wildlife (e.g., birds, caribou, polar bears), and further encircle the community of Nuiqsut.

- Gravel infrastructure for the airstrip and roads will harm hydrology, vegetation, and permafrost, with long-term ecological consequences.

- The project will add to the already massive footprint of the Willow project, the largest oil and gas development on federal lands in recent history.

- The Corps failed to consider the expanded airstrip and access roads in its original CWA Section 404 permit analysis.

- The Corps must evaluate the "least environmentally damaging practicable alternative" (LEDPA), which it did not do for the expanded airstrip.

- Wetlands, which are valuable public resources, will be unnecessarily altered or destroyed, contrary to the public interest.

- CPAI’s request for airstrip expansion comes after the permitting process, raising concerns about whether the company intentionally concealed the full scope of the project.

- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has required 1,000-foot runway safety areas for over 20 years, yet CPAI did not include this in its original design, suggesting either negligence or intentional omission.

- The agencies must halt the approval process until they conduct a full NEPA analysis and provide adequate public notice and engagement.

- The Corps should deny the permit modification unless it can demonstrate compliance with NEPA and the CWA, including a proper LEDPA analysis.

- The public deserves transparency and accountability in decisions affecting Alaska’s sensitive ecosystems and Indigenous communities.

- The Willow project will produce over 600 million barrels of oil, adding at least 280 million metric tons of CO2 to the atmosphere over 30 years.

- The expansion further threatens the subsistence practices and well-being of the Nuiqsut community, which is already surrounded by industrial development.