This submission serves as the comments of the Office of Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects (OFC) in response to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposed rule and request for comment regarding Endangered and Threatened Species; Designation of Critical Habitat for Cook Inlet Beluga Whale [Docket No. 090224232-91321-03] published in the Federal Register on December 2,2009.
The Office of Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation...
Anchorage, AK - Acting Federal Coordinator Tom Barrett made the following statement today about the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) open season package submittal by the Alaska Pipeline Project, a joint partnership of TransCanada and Exxon Mobil:
"Today's FERC filing of an open season package by the Alaska Pipeline Project (APP) further advances the Alaska natural gas pipeline project. The APP package included the FERC required In-State Gas Demand Study which provides a...
This submission serves as the comments of the Office of Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects in response to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (“Service’s”) proposed rule designating critical habitat for the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in the United States (the “Proposed Rule”) pursuant to Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), 16 U.S.C. § 1533. See 74 Fed. Reg. 56058-86 (Oct. 29, 2009).
I appreciate your expressed strong support for the...
WASHINGTON, DC -- You may not find rare auction items or streaming video of reality television shows, but the newly launched website of the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects [OFC] promises to provide timely and transparent information about what is potentially North America’s largest private construction project.
The website, which can be found at...
Delegations from the United States and Canada met this month at the annual Energy Consultative Mechanism [ECM] meeting in Ottawa. The meeting provides a forum for both countries to review bilateral energy trade and to explore mechanisms for strengthening and deepening the largest bilateral energy relationship in the world.
For the past three years, the Department of State has requested that the Office of the Federal Coordinator (OFC) present the Alaska natural gas pipeline update at...
WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key administration posts:
Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Project Federal Coordinator Drue Pearce today issued the following statement:
"Today I announce my intention to step down as the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects effective January 3, 2010. The President requested my resignation.
"It has been an honor to stand up a new federal agency and to serve as the first Federal Coordinator. I am a...
Washington, D.C. – Deputy Federal Coordinator Tom Barrett this week received the Secretary of Transportation’s Gold Medal for his exemplary contributions and leadership to the Department of Transportation (DOT) during his tenure as DOT Deputy Secretary.
WASHINGTON, DC – Alaska's natural gas pipeline is a critical part of the national energy picture. It, along with other domestic sources of natural gas, ensures the domestic supply of natural gas is abundant.
"Alaska's natural gas pipeline will be part of the supply that the United States needs", according to Rod Lowman, President and CEO of America's Natural Gas Alliance. Lowman highlighted the Alaska project while speaking Thursday in Washington, D.C. about the future of...
Washington, D.C. – The Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline project received a major boost today at the AFL-CIO convention in Pittsburgh, PA. Tagged as the "important project to our nation’s economic future," the project was endorsed in three resolutions unanimously passed by AFL-CIO convention delegates.
Drue Pearce, federal coordinator for the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects (OFC) said, “Today the Alaska natural gas pipeline project...
Our Mission is to advance our Nation’s energy, environmental and economic security by expediting the delivery of clean natural gas from the North Slope of Alaska to North American markets.
