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Public meetings on gas pipeline project environmental issues start Jan. 30

The public can offer input on the environmental impact statement for the proposed $32 billion to $41 billion Alaska natural gas pipeline project during seven meetings scheduled between Jan. 30 and Feb. 13. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff members are holding the public scoping meetings in the Alaska communities of Fairbanks, Delta Junction, Tok, Barrow, Nuiqsut, Kaktovik and Anchorage.

In August, FERC announced it will prepare an environmental impact statement on the 803-mile Alaska portion of the pipeline project that would run from the North Slope to Alberta. FERC staff members are holding the scoping meetings to help define what environmental effects the impact statement will consider.

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Lower 48 LNG exports would raise natural gas prices, EIA says

Export of liquefied natural gas from Texas and Louisiana would raise Lower 48 gas prices by 52 cents to $1.34 per thousand cubic feet, a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration concludes.

The degree of price increases would depend on how much LNG was exported and how quickly LNG plants ramped up, the EIA said. The Energy Department research arm estimated the Henry Hub natural gas benchmark price for the Lower 48 would range between $5.69 and $6.51 per thousand cubic feet on average between 2015 and 2025 if exports occur, compared to $5.17 if no exports are allowed. All prices are in 2009 dollars.

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Pipeline agency starts consultation with Alaska Natives

This month, a small team of federal officials will visit a handful of Alaska villages to discuss with local tribal leaders the proposed multibillion-dollar gas pipeline project – one government to another.

The meetings – or consultations, as they're called – stem from an 18-year-old presidential mandate for federal agencies to engage Native American tribes, and to listen and consider their concerns before taking actions that affect the tribes.

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