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HCR 2                                                                                                                         
A message dated April 5, 2010, was read stating the Senate passed:                                                              
                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 2(RES)                                                                              
     am                                                                                                                         
     Requesting the governor to provide energy security for all                                                                 
     Alaskans first by pursuing development of a natural gas bullet                                                             
     pipeline from the North Slope to the Cook Inlet region; and                                                                
     requesting the governor to identify and negotiate where                                                                    
     appropriate with one or more persons capable of producing natural                                                          
     gas from the Gubik area, and other areas on the North Slope if                                                             
     necessary, in sufficient quantities to support the energy needs of                                                         
     Alaskans and a bullet pipeline project.                                                                                    

2010-04-06                     House Journal                      Page 2039
with the following amendment, and it is transmitted for consideration:                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE CONCURRENT                                                                                      
     RESOLUTION NO. 2(FIN)                                                                                                      
     Urging the Governor to commit to providing energy security for                                                             
     all Alaskans by supporting the in-state gas pipeline project and                                                           
     assisting the project in its efforts to secure needed permits, rights-                                                     
     of-way, engineering specifications, and other approvals necessary                                                          
     or desirable, to bundle the approvals for sale on the market to                                                            
     interested private sector pipeline companies, and in all other ways                                                        
     to act in due haste to move the in-state natural gas pipeline to a                                                         
     construction phase; urging the Governor to support the persons                                                             
     working on the in-state gas pipeline project in discussions with                                                           
     and obtaining of letters of intent from potential industrial users of                                                      
     natural gas, including the Agrium U.S., Inc., facility, the                                                                
     ConocoPhillips/Marathon facility, mining companies, and other                                                              
     businesses interested in value-added processing of petroleum                                                               
     gases transported in a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope or                                                        
     Brooks Range foothills for the purpose of providing jobs for                                                               
     Alaskans and ensuring the economic viability of the pipeline;                                                              
     urging the Governor to pursue the renewal of the license issued by                                                         
     the United States Department of Energy to export natural gas                                                               
     produced on the North Slope or in the Brooks Range foothills that                                                          
     exceeds the needs and demands of Alaskans for affordable natural                                                           
     gas; urging the Governor to continue negotiations with one or                                                              
     more entities capable of producing and supplying natural gas from                                                          
     the North Slope or Brooks Range foothills to Southcentral and                                                              
     Interior Alaska on commercially reasonable terms and in                                                                    
     sufficient quantities to support the energy needs of Alaskans and                                                          
     the economic viability of a pipeline; urging the Governor to                                                               
     expedite the permits necessary or desirable to construct and                                                               
     operate a gas-to-liquids facility at Point Mackenzie if a feasibility                                                      
     document shows that it is economically viable; and urging the                                                              
     Governor to take the actions requested in this resolution, as                                                              
     necessary and appropriate, immediately and with all reasonable                                                             
     speed and effort.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CSHCR 2(RES) am is under Unfinished Business.