HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND TOURISM                  
                         March 20, 1997                                        
                            3:40 p.m.                                          
                                                                               
                                                                               
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                             
                                                                               
OVERVIEW:  FUTURE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS             
           WITH SAKHALIN ISLAND.                                               
                                                                               
TAPE(S)                                                                        
                                                                               
97-5, SIDE(S) A & B                                                            
97-6, SIDE(S) A                                                                
                                                                               
CALL TO ORDER                                                                  
                                                                               
Representative Cowdery, Chairman, convened the House Special                   
Committee on International Trade and Tourism meeting at 3:40 p.m.              
                                                                               
PRESENT                                                                        
                                                                               
Committee members present at the call to order were Representatives            
Cowdery, Kott, Phillips, Joule and Elton.  Other legislators                   
present were Representative Sanders.                                           
                                                                               
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                         
                                                                               
STEVE SMIRNOFF, Special Assistant, Mayor of Anchorage; Member,                 
Board of Directors, Alaska World Trade Center; and Honorary Consul             
General, Russian Federation, provided information about Sakhalin               
Island.                                                                        
                                                                               
WILLIAM HENSLEY, Commissioner, Office of the Commissioner,                     
Department of Commerce and Economic Development, discussed Alaska's            
history of government to government relations with Sakhalin Island,            
the state's role of positioning their companies in Sakhalin Island             
and steps and strategies to met their goals.                                   
                                                                               
FRANK DUFFIELD, President, Sakhalin Energy Investment Company,                 
discussed the company's plans and answered questions.                          
                                                                               
DAVE HALL, Director, Marketing and Planning, Alaska Airlines,                  
discussed air flight schedules to Sakhalin and answered questions.             
                                                                               
CHUCK BECKER, Director, Alaska Export Systems Center; and Member,              
United States Commercial Service, discussed the center's mission               
and answered questions.                                                        
                                                                               
DENNIS MITCHELL, International Manager, Division of Lynden Air                 
Freight, Lynden International, discussed the company's operations              
in Sakhalin Island.                                                            
                                                                               
BILL STAMPS, Chairman, International Committee, Alaska Supporters              
Committee for Alliance, discussed the alliance's support for the               
project.                                                                       
                                                                               
DENNIS STEFFY, Director, Mining and Petroleum Training Services,               
University of Alaska, summarized his involvement of the project and            
answered questions.                                                            
                                                                               
LEE WAREHAM, International Pathfinder, discussed the timing of the             
project and answered questions.                                                
                                                                               
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                               
                                                                               
The committee took no action.                                                  
                                                                               
ADJOURNMENT                                                                    
                                                                               
The meeting was adjourned at 5:32 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 130 Seward Street, Suite 211, Juneau,                  
Alaska 99801-1182, (907) 465-2214, and after adjournment of the                
second session of the Twentieth Alaska State Legislature, in the               
Legislative Reference Library.