05/07/2007 04:00 PM Senate RESOURCES

             SJR  4-NATURAL GAS FOR STATE RESIDENTS                                                                         
                                                                                                                              
4:45:38 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR HUGGINS announced SJR 4 to be up for consideration.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI,  sponsor of SJR  4, said he  presented this                                                               
bill a  week or so ago  and Senator Wagoner raised  a concern and                                                               
prepared an amendment to address it, which he didn't object to.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
4:46:17 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR WAGONER  moved Amendment  1 as follows:  on page  2, line                                                               
14,  following  "economy"  to delete  "employs  approximately  58                                                               
residents," and  to insert "directly and  indirectly employs many                                                               
Alaskans,"                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR WAGONER  then objected for  an explanation. He  said that                                                               
originally the  sponsor used  58 residents,  which is  just about                                                               
right for the Phillips  side of it. But this is  not just about a                                                               
ConocoPhillips  plant,  it  is  about  a  ConocoPhillips/Marathon                                                               
plant and  affects many more jobs  including pipeline operations,                                                               
the  drilling  of wells,  and  the  operation  of the  Kenai  and                                                               
Swanson River gas fields than  just the original 58 mentioned. He                                                               
then withdrew his objection.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR HUGGINS  found no  further objections  and Amendment  1 was                                                               
adopted.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
4:47:25 PM                                                                                                                    
KEVIN  BANKS,   Acting  Director,   Division  of  Oil   and  Gas,                                                               
Department of Natural  Resources (DNR), supported SJR  4. He said                                                               
it would positively contribute to  discussions in Washington D.C.                                                               
about authorizing the license for the LNG plant.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
4:48:11 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR STEVENS  moved to pass CS  for SJR 4 from  committee with                                                               
individual recommendations  and attached fiscal note.  There were                                                               
no objections and CSSJR 4(RES) moved from committee.