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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has scheduled seven meetings in Alaska between Jan. 18 and Feb. 8 at which the public can offer input on the environmental review of the proposed $34 billion to $41 billion Alaska natural gas pipeline project.

The Alaska Pipeline Project, a joint venture of TransCanada Corp. and ExxonMobil, is proposing to build a gas pipeline that would start at Prudhoe Bay and span 745 miles of Alaska before entering Canada en route to a terminus at the British Columbia-Alberta border. The proposal calls for construction to start in 2016, with pipeline startup in late 2020. The pipeline would carry 4.5 billion cubic feet a day of natural gas from North Slope fields, with target markets in the Lower 48.

In August, FERC announced it will prepare an environmental impact statement on the Alaska portion of the pipeline project. FERC staff members are holding the public scoping meetings in Alaska to help define what environmental effects the impact statement will consider. FERC will accept verbal and/or written comments through Feb. 27, 2012, when this public scoping process closes. FERC is working with other government agencies on the environmental review.

The Alaska meetings are as follows:

• Jan. 30, Fairbanks, 7 p.m., Carlson Center's Arthur Buswell Pioneer North Star Room, 2010 Second Ave.
• Jan. 31, Delta Junction, 7 p.m., Delta Community Center, 2287 Deborah St.
• Feb. 1, Tok, 7 p.m. Tok School Multipurpose Room, Jon Summar Way.
• Feb. 6, Barrow, 7 p.m., Inupiat Heritage Center Multipurpose Room, 5421 North Star St.
• Feb. 7, Nuiqsut, 7 p.m., Kisik Community Center, 2230 Second Ave.
• Feb. 8, Kaktovik, 4:30 p.m., Kaktovik Community Center, 2051 Barter Ave.
• Feb. 13, Anchorage, 7 p.m., Dena'ina Center's Kahtnu Room, 600 W. Seventh Ave.

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