Tall stack of authorizations awaitThe Alaska LNG project faces formidable permitting; below is a primer on the federal agencies whose approvals would be required Bill White Researcher/writer for the Office of the Federal Coordinator
Army Corps of Engineers
The project would touch a variety of wetlands in the 800-mile span between the Nikiski port in southern Alaska and Point Thomson/Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic Coast:
•Forested wetlands whose disruption could affect nutrients, stream flows and water quality.
•Scrub-and-shrub wetla....
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Environmental Protection Agency Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Coast Guard Department of Energy
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