ALASKA NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

OVERSIGHT HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-SIXTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

ALASKA NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
OCTOBER 15 AND 16, 1979

Serial No. 96-22

Printed for the use of the

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MORRIS K. UDALL, Arizona, Chairman

CHARLES CONKLIN, Staff Director
LEE MCELVAIN, General Counsel
STANLEY SCOVILLE, Special Counsel for Legislation
GARY G. ELLSWORTH, Minority Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS

HAROLD RUNNELS, New Mexico, Chairman

TIMOTHY W. GLIDDEN, Staff Director-Counsel

JAMES C. ROGERS, Jr., Minority Counsel on Oversight and Investigations

NOTE.-The first listed minority member is counterpart to the subcommittee chairman.

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Statements:

Loeffler, Robert H., counsel, on behalf of the Governor and State of Alaska..
Panel consisting of:

John G. McMillian, chairman and chief executive officer, Northwest
Energy Co., Northwest Pipeline Corp., Northwest Alaskan Pipeline
Co., and chairman of the board of partners of the Transportation
Co
Mark J. Millard, chairman and senior managing director, Loeb
Rhoades Shearson

Frank P. Moolin, Jr., president, Frank Moolin & Associates, and
former senior project manager for the pipeline portion of the trans-
Alaska pipeline project

Pierce, Robert L., president and chief executive officer, Foothills Pipe Lines (Yukon) Ltd..

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Pyle, J. Conrad, project manager, Northern Border Pipeline Co
Sproul, John A., executive vice president, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., and
chairman of the board and chief executive officer, Pacific Gas Transmis-
sion Co.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1979

Statements:

Curlin, Hon. James W., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Water
Resources, U.S. Department of the Interior...

Curtis, Hon. Charles B., Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, U.S. Department of Energy

Robinson, Brig. Gen. Hugh G., Deputy Director of Civil Works, Office of the
Chief of Engineers, U.S. Department of the Army

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Rhett, Hon. John T., Jr., Federal Inspector, Officer of the Federal Inspector, Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System

APPENDIX

Additional material submitted for the hearing record from:

ubcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs:

1. Report entitled, "Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System: Status Report" (with appendixes)..

2. Appendix I: Section 301 of Public Law 93-153

3. Appendix II: Public Law 94-586

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4. Appendix III: Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1979 5. Appendix IV: Executive Order No. 12142 (EPB).

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6. Appendix V: Agreement on Principles

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7. Prepared statement of J. Dexter Peach, Director, Energy and Minerals Division, U.S. General Accounting Office.

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8. Alaska study entitled, "Perspectives on Major Issues Impacting the Alaska Gas Pipeline," dated October 17, 1979, prepared by the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress.

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9. Report entitled, "Issues Relating to the Proposed Alaska Highway Gas Pipeline Project"

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