Legislature(2015 - 2016)BUTROVICH 205
03/30/2015 03:30 PM Senate RESOURCES
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| Confirmation Hearing: Alaska Gasline Development Corporation: Board of Directors | |
| SB70 | |
| SB50 | |
| Adjourn |
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SB 70-GAS PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY;PARKS;REFUGES
4:33:59 PM
CHAIR GIESSEL announced consideration of SB 70.
SENATOR COSTELLO moved Amendment 1.
AM-1
3/27/2015
Hutchins
AMENDMENT 1
OFFERED IN THE SENATE RESOURCES
COMMITTEE BY
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TO: SB 70
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SENATOR STOLTZE objected for an explanation.
4:34:40 PM
BEN ELLIS, Director, Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation,
Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Juneau, Alaska, explained
that SB 70 is needed to open up four corridors through four
state legislatively designated areas - the Denali State Park,
Willow Creek, Nancy Lake, and Captain Cook Recreational areas -
to the Right-Of-Way Leasing Act for the purpose of construction
of a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope of Alaska. The
corridor suffices for both the ASAP and the AKLNG lines.
He explained that the amendment makes sure that enough land is
within the corridor to not have to come back and ask for more.
The amendment expands certain areas adding 1,060 acres to the
proposed corridor through Denali State Park and 180 acres to the
corridor proposed for Captain Cook State Recreational Area. The
effect of these additions is to ensure the corridor through
those areas is sufficiently wide to lay the final placement of a
natural gas pipeline once permitting and environmental review
are completed. No additional lands were proposed for the Willow
Creek or the Nancy Lake Recreational Area as they were
determined to be sufficiently wide enough as originally
described in SB 70.
Additionally, the amendment clarifies that the leasing corridor
is intended to include in its NTRS descriptions of land that may
also need to be described by U.S. survey number.
4:37:29 PM
The only part the two lines would be in is Denali State Park.
The line splits where it goes through Nancy Lake and Willow
Creek for the ASAP line and the one in the Captain Cook State
Park is for the AKLNG line. They were so focused on making sure
the legals were correct that they failed to capture it on the
map in their packets.
4:39:50 PM
SENATOR COSTELLO asked him to explain why this is a conservative
path that it is actually wider than he thinks will eventually be
needed.
MR. ELLIS explained they wanted to make sure that for reasons of
wetlands or ground studies that it would be better to have a
pipeline move slightly over one way or the other, and they
didn't want to have come back to the legislature. The AKLNG is
looking for a corridor of 2,000 feet to start out with; ASAP is
looking for 750 feet. Those corridors become smaller as the line
becomes more defined and are released back to State Park
management if they are not needed.
DON PERRIN, Acting Director, State Pipeline Coordinator's
Office, Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Anchorage,
Alaska, apologized for inadvertently sending the erroneous map
to the governor and the committee. He clarified that all the
maps now match up with the legal descriptions. In terms of the
corridor, he noted that this bill does not change the management
of the lands within the corridor. For instance, if this bill
passes, the Captain Cook State Recreation area will still be
managed under Title 41 as state recreational lands. They thought
it would be better to widen the corridor just a little bit
knowing that those lands will still be managed as state
recreational area lands that at which time a right-of-way would
be issued, it would be a very narrow strip.
SENATOR STOLTZE removed his objection and asked him to continue
being diligent with the land descriptions.
CHAIR GIESSEL, finding no further objections, announced that
Amendment 1 was adopted.
CHAIR GIESSEL, referring to the Denali State Park map that
clearly shows where the right-of-way is, asked what happened
when the boxes on it got real narrow.
4:44:10 PM
MR. ELLIS answered that he believed that the 2,000 foot corridor
fell within those subsections and that wider wasn't needed.
MR. PERRIN explained because that particular location jumps the
Chuitna River at the Parks Highway and has been studied
thoroughly by both ASAP and AKLNG engineers, and with that level
of confidence it was felt the corridor didn't need to be widen
in that area.
SENATOR COGHILL asked if they are talking about access for ATVs,
too.
MR. ELLIS answered yes; all access including ATV will be
available, except during construction when there will be some
temporary closures.
4:46:17 PM
CHAIR GIESSEL opened public testimony. Finding no comments, she
closed public testimony.
SENATOR COSTELLO moved to report SB 70, as amended, from
committee with individual recommendations and attached zero
fiscal note. There were no objections and CSSB 70(RES) was
reported from the Senate Resources Standing Committee.
| Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
|---|---|---|
| Resume-AGDC Board - Paskvan #6.pdf |
SRES 3/30/2015 3:30:00 PM |
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| SB 70 Briefing Paper .pdf |
SRES 3/30/2015 3:30:00 PM |
SB 70 |
| SB 70 DNR Responses to Senator Coghill 03-17-2015.pdf |
SRES 3/30/2015 3:30:00 PM |
SB 70 |
| SB 70 Amendment 1 03-30-2015.pdf |
SRES 3/30/2015 3:30:00 PM |
SB 70 |
| Fiscal Note-SB0070-1-2-030615-DNR-N.PDF |
SRES 3/30/2015 3:30:00 PM |
SB 70 |
| SB 70 Supporting Document- (LAS 30116 AGDC Geotech State Parks Permit final signed 2015).pdf |
SRES 3/30/2015 3:30:00 PM |
SB 70 |
| SB 70-Supporting Document-MapCaptainCookSRA_11x17_150224.pdf |
SRES 3/30/2015 3:30:00 PM |
SB 70 |
| SB 70-Supporting Document-Map-Denali_11x17_150225r.pdf |
SRES 3/30/2015 3:30:00 PM |
SB 70 |
| SB 70-Supporting Document-Map-Nancy_Lake_SRA_11x17_150224.pdf |
SRES 3/30/2015 3:30:00 PM |
SB 70 |
| SB 70-Supporting Document-Map-WillowCreek_11x17_150224.pdf |
SRES 3/30/2015 3:30:00 PM |
SB 70 |
| SB50 CS NRG Version W 03-27-2015.PDF |
SRES 3/30/2015 3:30:00 PM SRES 4/3/2015 3:30:00 PM |
SB 50 |
| SB50 Fiscal Note-DCCED-AIDEA-Zero-2-11-15.pdf |
SRES 3/30/2015 3:30:00 PM SRES 4/3/2015 3:30:00 PM |
SB 50 |
| SB50 Governor's transmittal letter.pdf |
SRES 3/30/2015 3:30:00 PM SRES 4/3/2015 3:30:00 PM |
SB 50 |
| SB50 Summary of Changes ver A to ver W.pdf |
SRES 3/30/2015 3:30:00 PM SRES 4/3/2015 3:30:00 PM SRES 4/10/2015 3:30:00 PM |
SB 50 |
| SB50 Supporting Documents-Fbks Chamber of Commerce-Letter 03-09-2015.pdf |
SRES 3/30/2015 3:30:00 PM SRES 4/3/2015 3:30:00 PM |
SB 50 |
| SB50 Supporting Documents-FEDCO Ltr.pdf |
SRES 3/30/2015 3:30:00 PM SRES 4/3/2015 3:30:00 PM |
SB 50 |
| SB50 Supporting Documents-FNSB Resolution 2015-08 02-26-2015.pdf |
SRES 3/30/2015 3:30:00 PM SRES 4/3/2015 3:30:00 PM |
SB 50 |
| SB50 Supporting Documents-Furie LLC letter 3-2015.pdf |
SRES 3/30/2015 3:30:00 PM SRES 4/3/2015 3:30:00 PM SRES 4/10/2015 3:30:00 PM |
SB 50 |
| SB 50 Letter of Support Merrick Peirce.pdf |
SRES 3/30/2015 3:30:00 PM SRES 4/3/2015 3:30:00 PM SRES 4/10/2015 3:30:00 PM |
SB 50 |
| SB 50 NRG ver W fact sheet.pdf |
SRES 3/30/2015 3:30:00 PM SRES 4/3/2015 3:30:00 PM |
SB 50 |