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HB 394                                                                       
The Finance Committee has considered:                                          
                                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 394                                                            
An Act authorizing a program of natural gas and coal bed                      
methane development licensing and leasing; relating to regulation              
of certain natural gas exploration facilities and coal bed methane             
exploration facilities for purposes of preparation of discharge                
prevention and contingency plans and compliance with financial                 
responsibility requirements; amending the duties of the Alaska Oil             
and Gas Conservation Commission as they relate to natural gas                  
                                                                               

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HB 394                                                                       
exploration activities and coal bed methane exploration activities;           
and amending the exemption from obtaining a waste disposal                     
permit for disposal of waste produced from coal bed methane                    
drilling.                                                                      
                                                                               
and recommends it be replaced with:                                            
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 394(FIN)                                                
An Act authorizing shallow natural gas leasing from sources                   
within 3,000 feet of the surface; relating to regulation of natural            
gas exploration facilities for purposes of preparation of discharge            
prevention and contingency plans and compliance with financial                 
responsibility requirements; addressing the relationship between               
shallow natural gas and other natural resources; and adding, in the            
exemption from obtaining a waste disposal permit for disposal of               
waste produced from drilling, a reference to shallow natural gas.              
                                                                               
The report was signed by Representatives Hanley and Foster, Co-                
chairs, with the following individual recommendations:                         
                                                                               
Do pass (7):  Hanley, Mulder, Martin, Kohring, Kelly, Therriault,              
Foster                                                                         
                                                                               
No recommendation (1):  Grussendorf                                            
                                                                               
The following fiscal notes apply to CSHB 394(FIN):                             
                                                                               
Fiscal note, Dept. of Natural Resources, 2/28/96                               
Zero fiscal note, Dept. of Environmental Conservation, 2/28/96                 
                                                                               
HB 394 is on today's calendar.