Greenpeace, Inc. v. State, Office of Management & Budget, Division of Governmental Coordination & Alaska Coastal Policy Council

OPINION

BRYNER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Greenpeace Inc. appeals a determination by the State of Alaska that the Northstar Project-a plan to develop an offshore oilfield in the Beaufort Sea near Prudhoe Bay-is consistent with the Alaska Coastal Management Program. Greenpeace challenges the state's consistency ruling on two legal grounds, arguing that it is deficient as a matter of law because it fails to conduct an analysis of the Northstar Project's cumulative impacts and because it improperly "phases" the project. We reject these arguments, holding that Alaska law did not require a formal…