ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
             HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON OIL AND GAS                                                                           
                         April 6, 2001                                                                                          
                           8:10 a.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
PRESENTATION BY BACKBONE:  "ALASKA'S GAS, ALASKA'S FUTURE"                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
01-25, SIDES A & B                                                                                                              
01-26, SIDE A                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE HUGH  FATE, Vice  Chair, called the  House Special                                                               
Committee on Oil and Gas meeting to order at 8:10 a.m.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee members  present were  Representatives Fate,  Ogan (via                                                               
teleconference), Chenault, Joule, and Dyson.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CHRISTY  McGRAW,   BACKBONE;  and   MIKE  METZ,  M.C.   Metz  and                                                               
Associates, gave a  summary presentation of a  report produced by                                                               
BACKBONE,   previously  distributed   to  all   members  of   the                                                               
legislature   early  in   the  session.     Offered   during  the                                                               
presentation   were   written    testimony   and   a   PowerPoint                                                               
presentation (hard  copy provided to members).   The presentation                                                               
included  study  objectives,  research  topics,  gas  development                                                               
objectives, markets, LNG [liquefied  natural gas], various routes                                                               
being considered, jobs,  the role of the  legislature, more areas                                                               
for investigation, and  recommendations.  This was  followed by a                                                               
question-and-answer period with committee members.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
There were no announcements.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
VICE CHAIR FATE adjourned the  House Special Committee on Oil and                                                               
Gas meeting at 9:55 a.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.