FERC chairman says federal law not needed for Alaska gas line

Pat Wood III, the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission chairman, Thursday said federal legislation isn't needed to accelerate construction of a pipeline to deliver Alaskan gas to the Lower 48 states. He said an existing interagency task force would be able to speed the permitting process.

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