Alaska Governor Asks Salazar to Expedite Point Thomson Decision
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Alaska Governor Sean Parnell asked U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to help expedite an Army Corps of Engineers decision on permits to develop the state’s Point Thomson oil and gas field after it was delayed.
The decision was delayed to as late as December from September, Parnell said in an Aug. 11 letter to Salazar, which was e-mailed yesterday, Sharon Leighow, an Anchorage-based spokeswoman for the governor, said in an e-mailed statement.