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Article: Alaska Legislature Considers Options Regarding Natural Gas Pipeline.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
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- January 30, 2001
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Jan. 27--An Alaska natural gas pipeline runs to the Lower 48 only on paper at this point, but that isn't stopping Alaskans from imagining possible spinoffs from the line.
A subcommittee of the House Special Committee on Oil and Gas will look at the possibility of sending gas from the pipeline to communities along the Yukon River. The panel will also check on the feasibility of a spur line to Haines or Skagway so gas could be barged to Southeast Alaska communities.
Some lawmakers also talk of sending North Slope gas to Southcentral Alaska to replace declining Cook Inlet supplies. And perhaps, Eagle River Republican Rep. Fred Dyson suggests, a long-term ...