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 _______________ TO: SB 70 Page 1, line 9 following "parcels": 1 Insert ", including land that would lie within the described parcels but for any U.S. 2 Survey," Page 1, line 13: Delete "SW1/2" Insert "SW1/4" Page 2, line 1: Delete ": N1/2, SW1/4" Page 2, line 7: Delete "SW1/4;" Insert "W1/2;" Page 2, following line 10: Insert "Section 8: E1/2" Page 2, line 12: Delete "NW1/4" Insert "W1/2" Page 2, line 13: Delete "NW1/4" Insert "W1/2" Page 2, line 17: Delete ": W1/2" Page 2, line 20, following "NW1/4": Insert ", N1/2NE1/4" Page 2, line 21: Delete ": N1/2, SW1/4" Page 2, line 27: Delete "NE1/4" Insert "N1/2" Page 2, line 28: Delete ": N1/2, SW1/4" Page 2, line 29: Delete "SE1/4" Insert "S1/2" Page 3, line 1: Delete "NW1/4;" Insert "N1/2;" Page 3, line 4: Delete ": N1/2, SW1/4" 30 Page 3, line 5: 1 Delete "SE1/4" Insert "E1/2" Page 3, line 7, following section "Section 35": Delete the semicolon. Page 3, following line 7: 8 Insert "Section 36: NW1/4;" Insert "(5) Township 32 North, Range 2 West, Seward Meridian" Section 6: NW1/4" Page 3, line 8: Delete "(5)" Insert "(6)" Page 3, line 14, following "SW1/4": Insert ", N1/2SE1/4" Page 3, line 16: Delete "NW1/4" Insert "N1/2" Page 3, line 19, following "SW1/4": Insert ", N1/2SE1/4" Page 3, following line 19: Insert "Section 29: NW1/4" Page 3, line 21" Delete "N1/2;" Insert "N1/2, SW1/4;" Page 3, line 22: Delete "(6)" Insert "(7)" Page 3, line 25: Delete "(7)" Insert "(8)" Page 3, following line 26: Insert "Section 17: SE1/4" Page 3, line 27, following "S1/2": Insert ", S1/2NW1/4" Page 3, line 30, following "S1/2": Insert ", NE1/4" Page 4, line 1: Delete "(8)" Insert "(9)" Page 4, line 26, following "parcels": Insert ", including land that would lie within the described parcels but for any U.S. 26 Survey," Page 5, following line 1: Insert "Section 15: W1/2W1/2" Page 5, line 2: Delete ": N1/2, SW1/4" Page 5, line 3, following "S1/2": Insert ", S1/2NE1/4." Page 5, line 29, following "parcels": Insert ", including land that would lie within the described parcels but for any U.S. 8 Survey," Page 7, line 3, following "parcels": Insert ", including land that would lie within the described parcels but for any U.S. 12 Survey," 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.