New coordinator’s office holds first meeting

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources’ Lease Monitoring and Engineering Integrity Coordinator’s Office held its first organizational meeting Nov. 29. The office, part of the Division of Oil and Gas, is charged with improving oversight of oil and gas production and transportation infrastructure. The first meeting, held in Anchorage, was organizational, and state and local agencies addressed the scope and limitations of their mutual regulatory authorities and their long-term plan of action.

At the meeting were the state departments of Fish and Game, Environmental Conservation, Labor and Workforce Development, Transportation & Public Facilities; the North Slope Borough; the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, DNR’s Division of Oil and Gas, State Pipeline Coordinator’s Office, Office of Project Management and Permitting and Office of Habitat Management & Permitting.