TAPS TO DRAW CLOSER GOVERNMENT SCRUTINY

The Bureau of Land Management is toughening its oversight of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS). Jim Baca, BLM director, said, "There has been a long history of problems at the pipeline and numerous investigations which have failed to produce significant reform. The new administration is going to take responsibility to correct the problems and get people working together. "We're going to work with all parties in a cooperative manner, but make no mistake about it, I intend to get to