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September 2013
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Vol. 18, No. 39 Week of September 29, 2013

Obama signs Denali act allowing gas line

President Obama on Sept. 18 signed the Denali National Park Improvement Act (S. 157), which allows a natural gas pipeline to pass through the eastern fringe of the popular park.

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, sponsored the legislation. Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, was co-sponsor.

Among other provisions, the law says the interior secretary may issue right-of-way permits for a high-pressure natural gas transmission line to run along the seven-mile stretch of the George Parks Highway that passes through the national park.

The law doesn’t mean a gas line will be built. Rather, proposals are under consideration that could involve routing a trans-Alaska gas line through Denali park. Murkowski and others say such a route might be less disruptive to the Alaska landscape than other alternatives.

—Wesley Loy






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