02/06/2001 10:05 AM House O&G

                   ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                   
            HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON OIL AND GAS                                                                            
                       February 6, 2001                                                                                         
                          10:05 a.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
FOOTHILLS PIPE LINES LTD. / ALASKA HIGHWAY GAS PIPELINE PROJECT                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
01-10, SIDES A & B                                                                                                              

01-11, SIDE A                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  SCOTT  OGAN,  Chair,   called  the  House  Special                                                              
Committee on Oil and Gas meeting to order at 10:05 a.m.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee  members  present  were   Representatives  Ogan,  Dyson,                                                              
Chenault,  Fate, Kohring,  Guess, and  Joule.    Also present  was                                                              
Representative James.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
JOHN  ELLWOOD,   Vice  President,   Engineering  and   Operations,                                                              
Foothills  Pipe Lines  Ltd, presented  an overview  on the  Alaska                                                              
Highway Gas Pipeline Project.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
Additional testimony was given by:                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
ROB  COHEN, General  Counsel  for Foothills  Pipe  Lines Ltd.  and                                                              
CURT  MOFFATT, Van  Ness Feldman,  Washington,  D.C., Counsel  for                                                              
Foothills Pipe Lines Ltd.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Testifiers  informed members  that  Foothills Pipe  Lines Ltd.  is                                                              
jointly owed  by Westcoast Energy  Ltd. and TransCanada  PipeLines                                                              
Limited.   Their  discussion  focused on  the  Alaska North  Slope                                                              
Natural Gas  Project and  the Lower-48  market, including  permits                                                              
and status.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
Handouts were  provided, and questions  were taken  throughout the                                                              
presentation.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
There were no announcements.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIRMAN OGAN  adjourned the  House Special  Committee on  Oil and                                                              
Gas meeting at 12:00 p.m.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:   The meeting  was recorded and  handwritten log  notes were                                                              
taken.   A copy of the  tape(s) and log  notes may be  obtained by                                                              
contacting  the House  Records Office  at State  Capitol, Room  3,                                                              
Juneau,  Alaska   99801  (mailing  address), (907)  465-2214,  and                                                              
after  adjournment  of the  second  session of  the  Twenty-Second                                                              
Alaska  State Legislature  this  information  may  be obtained  by                                                              
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.