; or (ii) analyze the environmental effects of those courses of action. (C) Identification of preferred action Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall identify only a preferred action and a single leasing alternative for the second lease sale authorized under this Act. (D) Effect of compliance Notwithstanding any other provision of law, compliance with this paragraph shall be considered to satisfy all requirements for the analysis and consideration of the environmental effects of proposed leasing under this Act. (d) Relationship to state and local authority Nothing in this Act expands or limits any State or local regulatory authority. (e) Limitation on closed areas The Secretary shall not close land within the Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing or to exploration, development, or production except in accordance with this Act. (f) Regulations Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, in consultation with the State of Alaska, North Slope Borough, Alaska, the City of Kaktovik, Alaska, and the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, the Secretary shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry out this Act. (g) Authorization on KIC–ASRC private land Exploratory drilling, leasing, development, and production of oil and gas resources are authorized on the private land owned by the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation and the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation described in Appendix 2 of the agreement between the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and the United States, dated August 9, 1983. 4. Lease sales (a) In general Land may be leased pursuant to this Act to any person qualified to obtain a lease for deposits of oil and gas under the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq. ). (b) Procedures The Secretary shall, by regulation, establish procedures for— (1) receipt and consideration of sealed nominations for any area in the Coastal Plain for inclusion in a lease sale