DECISION OF THE PRESIDENT DECISION ON AN ALASKA NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PREFACE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR A DECISION ON AN ALASKA NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM Section 7(a)(4) of the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Act of 1976 (ANGTA) states: If the President determines to designate for (A) describe the nature and route of the system (B) designate a person to construct and operate (C) identify those facilities, the construction (D) identify those provisions of law, relating (1) As part of these determinations, an Agreement on Principles concluded with the Government of Canada prescribes various terms and conditions applicable to the construction and operation of the pipeline. The Agreement on Principles is attached here to as Section 7 of this Decision and made an integral part of the Decision by this reference. With the incorporation of the aforesaid Agreement, and the finding that it is in the national interest to expeditiously undertake to construct an Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, the system designation and related statutory determinations are as follows: SECTION 1 DESIGNATION OF PERSON TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE The Alcan Pipeline Company, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Northwest Pipeline Corporation, or its successor, is hereby designated to construct and operate the portion of the system within the State of Alaska. The Northern Border Pipeline Company, a partnership consisting of subsidiaries or affiliates of Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation, Michigan-Wisconsin Pipeline Company, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, Northern Natural Gas Company, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, and Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, or its successor, is hereby designated to construct and operate the portion of the system from the United States-Canada border near Monchy, Saskatchewan, to a point near Dwight, Illinois. The Alcan Pipeline Company, or its successor, and the Northern Border Pipeline, or its successor, shall be publicly held corporations or general or limited partnerships, open to ownership participation by all persons 1/ Northwest Pipeline owns and operates a 4,300-mile pipeline system for transporting gas in the states of Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Northwest Pipeline is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Northwest Energy Company, a holding company whose principal asset is all the outstanding common stock of Northwest Pipeline. without discrimination, except producers of Alaskan natural gas. The Pacific Gas Transmission Company is hereby designated to construct and operate the portion of the system from the United States/Canada border near Kingsgate, British Columbia, to the border between the States of California and Oregon. The Pacific Gas and Electric Company is hereby designated to construct and operate the portion of the system from the border between the States of California and Oregon through the State of California. |