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Welcome to the website for the Office of the Federal Coordinator (OFC). We want to share as much information as possible about the Alaska natural gas pipeline project. Featured topics are shown below. Click on the topic headline to access the full story. We have also provided links to other sites of interest. Click on the flags to see our government partners. To reach the OFC, click on Contact Us page. Thank you for visiting our website, we hope you come back often!
Upcoming Speaking Engagements and Conferences
- August 18-20, 2009 Advisory Council on Historic Preservation 2009 Section 106
Essentials Course, Anchorage, AK
Federal Coordinator Delighted By ExxonMobil TransCanada Partnership
June 11, 2009, Washington, D.C. – Federal Coordinator Drue Pearce is delighted by today's news that ExxonMobil has agreed to join TransCanada in its effort to construct a pipeline to commercialize Alaska North Slope gas. She is in Ottawa meeting with senior Canadian government officials about this major North American project and the processing of the two competing proponents' applications. The two federal governments continue to coordinate efforts to cooperatively process the thousands of permits, certificates and licenses that will be issued. The newly announced partnership between these two international companies represents a significant milestone for the project.
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Deputy Federal Coordinator Pleased With New Canadian Research Commitment
June 11, 2009, Washington, D.C. – The Government of Canada announced it is sponsoring a research project that will help identify job opportunities related to an Alaska natural gas pipeline. The project will involve over a thousand miles of Canadian pipeline construction.
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Federal Coordinator Releases the First Phase Consolidated Federal Implementation Plan for Denali
Drue Pearce, Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects, released today the First Phase Consolidated Implementation Plan specific to Denali, a joint venture between ConocoPhillips and BP. Related to permitting the pipeline project, this first phase identifies 22 attention items and the roles of all the federal agencies involved in the project. The project Consolidated Implementation Plan (Plan) is part of the Federal Coordinator’s mandate to streamline the process of pipeline permitting for the major North American pipeline infrastructure project.
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Federal Coordinator Delighted with Governor’s Attorney General Selection
June 16, 2009, Anchorage, AK – Drue Pearce, Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects, commended the Governor’s selection of Dan Sullivan as the next Alaska Attorney General.
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2010 Congressional Budget Justification
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Federal Coordinator
On December 13, 2006, Drue Pearce was sworn in as the first Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects by Vice President Dick Cheney. The Fiscal Year 2005 Military Construction Appropriations Bill established the position of Federal Coordinator to coordinate activities by federal agencies with respect to the permitting and construction of a pipeline to bring North Slope gas to markets in the Lower 48.
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