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Giving it one more try in his last two years in office, AlaskaGov. Tony Knowles expects to introduce legislation this fall thatwould lower the tax barriers for potential stranded natural gasprojects — such as a possible natural gas pipeline — to bringgas from the North Slope to the Lower 48 and gas-to-liquidsfacilities.

The Department of Transportation’s Office of Pipeline Safetyreported yesterday that El Paso Natural Gas has submitted theresults of its tests on the one line (Line 1110) that was the leastaffected by the Aug. 19 explosion and fire on El Paso’s South Mainsystem, as well as a plan for returning the line back to operation.

The U.S. Transportation Department’s Office of Pipeline Safety(OPS) has ordered all three of the pipes comprising El Paso NaturalGas’ 1 Bcf/d South Mainline from Texas to California to remainclosed until extensive tests can be done to ensure they are safe tooperate.

FERC’s Office of Energy Projects (OEP) plans to hold a series ofpublic meetings throughout the nation to encourage interstate gaspipelines to develop “strategies for constructive publicparticipation in the earliest stages” of their project planning.

New Jersey’s Attorney General (AG) Office said yesterday it willfile by “no later than” Friday a petition seeking court review ofFERC’s decision awarding a certificate to Transcontinental GasPipeLine to proceed with the construction of a hotly-disputedpipeline expansion through the northern part of the state.

Daniel Adamson, FERC director of the Office of Energy Projects,fired off a letter of rejection to Millennium Pipeline earlier thismonth, regarding an amendment application for a proposed routechange along the highly controversial power transmission right ofway in Westchester County, NY. He also told Millennium officials toconsider substituting a proposed extension of the Iroquois GasTransmission system for the Millennium project.

Daniel Adamson, FERC director of the Office of Energy Projects,fired off a letter of rejection to Millennium Pipeline last week,regarding an amendment application for a proposed route changealong the highly controversial power transmission right of way inWestchester County, NY. He also told Millennium officials toconsider substituting a proposed extension of the Iroquois GasTransmission system for the Millennium project.

The Department of Transportation’s Office of Pipeline Safety(OPS) came under sharp attack last week on Capitol Hill, withcritics lashing out against the agency for its “poor record” ofensuring the safe operation of the hundreds of thousands of milesof natural gas and hazardous liquids pipelines that criss-cross thenation.

The Department of Transportation’s Office of Pipeline Safety(OPS) came under sharp attack yesterday on Capitol Hill, withcritics lashing out against the agency for its “poor record” ofensuring the safe operation of the hundreds of thousands of milesof natural gas and hazardous liquids pipelines that criss-cross thenation.