Urges

Rep. John Dingell of Michigan, the ranking Democrat on the HouseCommerce Committee, has called on Transportation Secretary RodneyE. Slater to undertake a “thorough review and restructuring” of thedepartment’s Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) in the wake of a newreport that contends the agency has become too cozy with thepipelines it is supposed to be regulating.

In the wake of the price spikes in heating oil, CommissionerCurt Hebert Jr. yesterday called on his FERC colleagues tocertificate the Northeast-bound gas pipeline projects that havebeen stalled at the Commission to reduce the region’s historicdependence on the higher priced heating fuel.

Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles last week called on a hesitant FederalTrade Commission (FTC) to swiftly approve BP Amoco’s proposedacquisition of Atlantic Richfield Co. (Arco), which has beenstalled at the agency due to antitrust concerns.

Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles last week called on a hesitant FederalTrade Commission (FTC) to swiftly approve BP Amoco’s proposedacquisition of Atlantic Richfield Co. (Arco), which has beenstalled at the agency due to antitrust concerns.

New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman has asked PresidentClinton to intercede on the state’s behalf to persuade the FederalEnergy Regulatory Commission to postpone action on the hotlycontested MarketLink expansion project for at least 60 days.

New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman has asked PresidentClinton to intercede to convince the Federal Energy RegulatoryCommission to postpone action on the hotly contested MarketLinkexpansion project for 60 days.

North American Energy Conservation Inc.’s (NAEC) complaintaccusing CNG Transmission Corp. of ignoring its claim to right offirst refusal (ROFR) for expiring capacity is a last-ditch effortto win the capacity back, the pipeline said.

North American Energy Conservation Inc.’s (NAEC) complaintaccusing CNG Transmission Corp. of ignoring its claim to right offirst refusal (ROFR) for expiring capacity is a last-ditch effortto win the capacity back, the pipeline said.

In a letter to U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt this weekSen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) urged Interior’s Minerals ManagementService to shutdown exploration on 40 offshore California leases,for which producers paid $1.25 billion initially.