HCR  2-IN-STATE NATURAL GAS NEEDS                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR WAGONER announced HCR 2 to be up for consideration.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE RALPH  SAMUELS said  this resolution  simply urges                                                               
the Governor to move quickly on  the gas needs study that must be                                                               
done before an open season can happen.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  SEEKINS  moved  to  pass   HCR  2  from  committee  with                                                               
individual recommendations  and attached zero fiscal  note. There                                                               
were no objections and it was so ordered.                                                                                       
               HCR  2-IN-STATE NATURAL GAS NEEDS                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
HAROLD  HEINZE, CEO,  Alaska  Natural  Gas Development  Authority                                                               
(ANGDA), supported  HCR 2.  He thought it  was important  for the                                                               
state to continue the momentum  that had been started through the                                                               
first hearing process.