United States v. Alaska, 530 U.S. 1021, 5 (2000)

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Cite as: 530 U. S. 1021 (2000)

Decree

its lessees or third parties, whether arising from the § 7 Agreements or otherwise. This Decree shall not affect any rights or obligations arising under present or future unitization, operating, enhanced recovery, commingling, or other similar agreements between the parties or with others.

D. The Coastal Boundary of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

The coastal boundary of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska is a continuous line, as described in Executive Order No. 3739-A (1923), in Presidential Executive Orders (1980) (microform, reel 6), that begins at the western bank of the Colville River and follows the highest highwater mark west-erly, extending across the entrances of small lagoons, including Peard Bay, Wainwright Inlet, the Kuk River, Kugrua Bay and River, and other small bays and river estuaries, and following the ocean side of barrier islands and sandspits within three miles of shore and the ocean side of the Plover Islands, to the northwestern extremity of Icy Cape, approximately 70° 21[H11541] N., 161° 46[H11541] W.

E. The Coastal Boundary of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

The coastal boundary of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a continuous line, as described in Public Land Order No. 2214, 25 Fed. Reg. 12598 (1960), that begins at the intersection of the International Boundary line between the State of Alaska and Yukon Territory, Canada, with the line of extreme low water of the Arctic Ocean in the vicinity of Monument 1 of said International Boundary line, and follows the line of extreme low water westerly, extending across the entrances of lagoons such that all offshore bars, reefs and islands, and lagoons that separate them from the mainland, are part of the Refuge, to Brownlow Point, at approximately 70° 10[H11541] N., 145° 51[H11541] W.

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