OFC to have Alaska office at JPO

The Office of the Federal Coordinator will have a temporary office at the Joint Pipeline Office in Anchorage beginning in February, Federal Coordinator Drue Pearce said Jan. 23 at the Alaska Support Industry’s annual “Meet Alaska” conference.

A search is under way for permanent space, she said.

Pearce also said the OFC has hired its first employee for the Alaska office, an environmental engineer who will work in the permit, schedule and compliance division of OFC; that employee will begin work Feb. 17.

The Office of the Federal Coordinator coordinates the 22 federal agencies that have permitting roles in an Alaska gas pipeline project.

—Petroleum News