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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 146
115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session SENATE 115-109
AMENDING THE DENALI NATIONAL PARK IMPROVEMENT ACT TO CLARIFY
CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE NATURAL GAS PIPELINE AU-
THORIZED IN THE DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE
JUNE 14, 2017.-Ordered to be printed
Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 217]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 217) to amend the Denali Park Improvement
Act to clarify certain provisions relating to the natural gas pipeline
authorized in the Denali National Park and Preserve, having con-
sidered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment
and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 217 is to amend the Denali National Park Im-
provement Act to clarify certain provisions relating to the natural
gas pipeline authorized in the Denali National Park and Preserve.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
Electricity in south-central Alaska is largely generated by burn-
ing natural gas produced from the gas fields in Cook Inlet, just
south of Anchorage, although production in Cook Inlet is declining.
There are concerns regarding the region's ability to produce suffi-
cient gas to support the area's population in the future. Plans for
a large-volume natural gas pipeline to run from the Prudhoe Bay
oil fields to the Lower 48 States is underway, along with a smaller-
diameter pipeline, to provide natural gas to south-central Alaska to
meet medium-term demand.
The Denali National Park Improvement Act (Public Law 113-33)
authorized the Secretary of the Interior to issue right-of-way per-
mits for the natural gas pipeline to run through a small non-wil-
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