Palin calls June special session on gas line
Published Friday, March 28, 2008
JUNEAU -- Gov. Sarah Palin announced this morning she will hold a special legislative session in Juneau starting on June 3 to deal with the natural gas pipeline.
Palin also announced that her administration will present its decision on the TransCanada pipeline proposal to lawmakers the week of May 19. If the administration decides to go ahead with the TransCanada plan, the announcement in May will begin the 60-day review period allowed to lawmakers under the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act.
“Our plan is to complete the findings by the week of May 19, allow legislators time to read and absorb the materials, provide public gasline team briefings in Anchorage, and then move to special session in Juneau where they have requested to meet,” Palin said in a news release.
The proclamation calling the special session covers “any action” taken by the administration under AGIA, although it’s unclear what lawmakers would consider if the administration chose not to forward the TransCanada application.
In the news release, Palin noted that calling a special session did not indicate that her administration had already made a decision on TransCanada’s application.
“The gasline team faces a truly monumental effort in comprehensively analyzing TransCanada’s application, considering the public comments received and reviewing the all-Alaska LNG options for comparison purposes,” Palin said in the release.
The Canadian pipeline company’s application was the only one of the five submitted under AGIA that was deemed complete by the administration.
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