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AK Stat § 31.05.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 31. Oil and Gas|Chapter 05. Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Act|Article 1. Administration.|Sec. 31.05.080. Reconsiderations.

(a) Within 20 days after written notice of the entry of an order or decision of the commission, or such further time as the commission grants for good cause shown, a person affected by it may file with the commission an application for reconsideration of the matter determined by the order or decision, setting out the respect in which the order or decision is believed to be erroneous. The commission shall grant or refuse the application in whole or in part within 10 days after it is filed, and failure to act on it within this period is a refusal of it and a final disposition of the application. If reconsideration is granted, the commission may enter a new order or decision after reconsideration as may be required under the circumstances. (b) [Repealed, § 82 ch 41 SLA 2009.]  (c) [Repealed, § 15 ch 54 SLA 2007.]  (d) [Repealed, § 15 ch 54 SLA 2007.]
AK Stat § 31.05.085 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 31. Oil and Gas|Chapter 05. Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Act|Article 1. Administration.|Sec. 31.05.085. Expenses of investigation or hearing.

(a) During a hearing or investigation held under this chapter, the commission may allocate the costs of the hearing or investigation among the parties, including the commission, as is just under the circumstances. In allocating costs, the commission shall consider the regulatory cost charge paid by a person under AS 31.05.093 and may consider the results, evidence of good faith, other relevant factors, and mitigating circumstances. The costs allocated may include (1) the costs of any time devoted to the investigation or hearing by hired consultants, whether or not the consultants appear as witnesses or participants; (2) any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the commission in the particular proceeding; and (3) when the investigation or hearing relates to a violation of a provision of this chapter, a regulation adopted under this chapter, or an order, stipulation, or term of a permit issued by the commission, the costs of any time devoted to the investigation or hearing by the commission staff. (b) The commission shall provide an opportunity for any person objecting to an allocation to be heard before the allocation becomes final.
AK Stat § 31.05.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 31. Oil and Gas|Chapter 05. Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Act|Article 2. Regulation of Operations.|Sec. 31.05.090. Permits to drill wells.

(a) A person shall apply for and receive a permit from the commission before drilling (1) a well in search of oil or gas; (2) a well in support of the recovery or production of oil or gas; (3) an underground injection well for the purpose of gas storage; or (4) an underground injection well for which the state has acquired primary enforcement responsibility under AS 31.05.030(h). (b) A person must submit a separate permit application for each well. The permit application must be in the form required by the commission and include all information required by the commission. (c) After receiving an application under (b) of this section, the commission shall promptly approve or deny the application for a permit to drill. (d) In making a determination under (c) of this section, the commission shall consider whether the (1) proposed well is contrary to law, a provision of this chapter, a regulation adopted under this chapter, or an order, stipulation, or term of a permit issued by the commission; or (2) applicant is in violation of a provision of this chapter, a regulation adopted under this chapter, or an order, stipulation, or term of a permit issued by the commission and the magnitude of such violation.
AK Stat § 31.05.093 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 31. Oil and Gas|Chapter 05. Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Act|Article 2. Regulation of Operations.|Sec. 31.05.093. Regulated well regulatory cost charge.

(a) Every person that on the first day of a state fiscal year is the operator of a well for which a permit to drill has been issued under AS 31.05.090 and that has not, before that day, been plugged and abandoned and reported as abandoned in accordance with regulations of the commission shall pay to the commission an annual regulatory cost charge for that fiscal year. A regulatory cost charge may not be collected from a person unless the operation for which the person is responsible is within the jurisdiction of the commission. (b) The commission shall annually determine regulatory cost charges under this section. The regulatory cost charge to be paid by a person for a state fiscal year must be based on the total volume during the most recently concluded calendar year for the wells described in (a) of this section of which the person was the operator on the first day of the fiscal year as a percentage of the total volume during the same calendar year for all wells described in (a) of this section. For purposes of this subsection, “total volume” means the sum of the volume of all oil and gas produced from a well and all oil, gas, water, and other fluids, including waste slurry, injected into the well. For purposes of determining volume under this subsection, 6,000 cubic feet of gas has a volume that is the equivalent of one barrel of oil. (c) The commission shall determine the regulatory cost charges levied under this section so that the total amount to be collected approximately equals the appropriations made for the operating costs of the commission under this chapter for the fiscal year. (d) The commission shall administer the collection of the regulatory cost charges imposed under this section. The Department of Administration shall identify the amount of the appropriations made for the operating costs of the commission under this chapter that lapses into the general fund each year. The legislature may appropriate to the commission for its operating costs under this chapter for the next fiscal year an amount that is at least equal to the lapsed amount. If the legislature makes an appropriation to the commission under this subsection that is at least equal to the lapsed amount, the commission shall reduce the total regulatory cost charge collected for that fiscal year by a comparable amount. (e) The commission may adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) necessary to administer this section, including regulations for investigation of the accuracy of reported information and for collecting required payments.
AK Stat § 31.05.095 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 31. Oil and Gas|Chapter 05. Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Act|Article 2. Regulation of Operations.|Sec. 31.05.095. Waste prohibited.

The waste of oil and gas in the state is prohibited.
AK Stat § 31.05.120 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 31. Oil and Gas|Chapter 05. Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Act|Article 2. Regulation of Operations.|Sec. 31.05.120. Use of gas from well to manufacture carbon products without permit is prima facie waste.

The use of gas from a well producing gas only, or from a well which is primarily a gas well for the manufacture of carbon black or similar products predominantly carbon is declared to constitute waste prima facie, and the gas well may not be used for this purpose unless it is clearly shown at a public hearing held by the commission, on application of the person desiring to use the gas, that waste would not take place by the use of the gas for the purpose applied for, and that gas which would otherwise be lost is now available for such purpose, and that the gas to be used cannot be used for a more beneficial purpose, such as for light or fuel purposes, except at prohibitive cost, and that it would be in the public interest to grant the permit. If the commission finds that the applicant has clearly shown a right to use the gas for the purpose applied for, it shall issue a permit upon terms and conditions it finds necessary in order to permit the use of the gas and at the same time require compliance with the intent of this section.
AK Stat § 31.05.160 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 31. Oil and Gas|Chapter 05. Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Act|Article 3. General Provisions.|Sec. 31.05.160. Injunctive relief.

(a) Whenever it appears that a person is violating or threatening to violate any provision of this chapter, or any regulation or order of the commission, the commission shall bring suit against that person in the superior court of the judicial district where the violation occurs or is threatened, to restrain the person from continuing the violation or from carrying out the threat of violation. In the suit, the court shall have jurisdiction to grant to the commission, without bond or otherwise undertaking, such prohibitory and mandatory injunctions as the facts warrant. (b) If the commission fails to bring suit to enjoin a violation or threatened violation within 10 days after receipt of written request to do so by a person who is or will be adversely affected by the violation, the person making the request may bring suit to restrain the violation or threatened violation in the court in which the commission may bring suit. If the court finds that injunctive relief should be granted, the commission shall be made a party and shall be substituted for the person who brought the suit, and the injunction shall be issued as if the commission had at all times been the plaintiff.
AK Stat § 31.25.005 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 31. Oil and Gas|Chapter 25. Alaska Gasline Development Corporation|Article 1. Organization, Administration, and Powers.|Sec. 31.25.005. Purpose.

The corporation shall, for the benefit of the state, to the fullest extent possible, (1) develop and have primary responsibility for developing natural gas pipelines, an Alaska liquefied natural gas project, and other transportation mechanisms to deliver natural gas in-state for the maximum benefit of the people of the state; (2) when developing natural gas pipelines, an Alaska liquefied natural gas project, and other transportation mechanisms to deliver natural gas in-state, provide economic benefits in the state and revenue to the state; (3) assist the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Revenue to maximize the value of the state's royalty natural gas, natural gas delivered to the state as payment of tax, and other natural gas received by the state; (4) advance an in-state natural gas pipeline as described in the July 1, 2011, project plan prepared under former AS 38.34.040 by the corporation while a subsidiary of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, with modifications determined by the corporation to be appropriate to develop, finance, construct, and operate an in-state natural gas pipeline in a safe, prudent, economical, and efficient manner, for the purpose of making natural gas, including propane and other hydrocarbons associated with natural gas other than oil, available to Fairbanks, the Southcentral region of the state, and other communities in the state at the lowest rates possible; (5) advance an Alaska liquefied natural gas project by developing infrastructure and providing related services, including services related to transportation, liquefaction, a marine terminal, marketing, and commercial support; if the corporation provides a service under this paragraph to the state, a public corporation or instrumentality of the state, a political subdivision of the state, or another entity of the state, the corporation may not charge a fee for the service in an amount greater than the amount necessary to reimburse the corporation for the cost of the service; (6) endeavor to develop natural gas pipelines and other transportation mechanisms to deliver natural gas, including propane and other hydrocarbons associated with natural gas other than oil, to public utility and industrial customers in areas of the state to which the natural gas, including propane and other hydrocarbons associated with natural gas other than oil, may be delivered at commercially reasonable rates; and (7) endeavor to develop natural gas pipelines and other transportation mechanisms that offer commercially reasonable rates for shippers and access for shippers who produce natural gas, including propane and other hydrocarbons associated with natural gas other than oil, in the state.
AK Stat § 31.25.007 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 31. Oil and Gas|Chapter 25. Alaska Gasline Development Corporation|Article 1. Organization, Administration, and Powers.|Sec. 31.25.007. Expedited review and action by state agencies or entities.

A state agency or entity conducting a review or taking action relating to a project under this chapter shall expedite the review or action in a manner consistent with the timely completion of the project.
AK Stat § 31.25.010 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 31. Oil and Gas|Chapter 25. Alaska Gasline Development Corporation|Article 1. Organization, Administration, and Powers.|Sec. 31.25.010. Structure.

The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation is a public corporation and government instrumentality acting in the best interest of the state for the purposes required by AS 31.25.005, located for administrative purposes in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, but having a legal existence independent of and separate from the state. The corporation may not be terminated as long as it has bonds, notes, or other obligations outstanding. The corporation may dissolve when no bonds, notes, or other obligations of the corporation or a subsidiary of the corporation are outstanding and the corporation or a subsidiary of the corporation is no longer engaged in the development, financing, construction, or operation of an in-state natural gas pipeline or an Alaska liquefied natural gas project. Upon termination of the corporation, its rights and property pass to the state.
AK Stat § 31.25.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 31. Oil and Gas|Chapter 25. Alaska Gasline Development Corporation|Article 1. Organization, Administration, and Powers.|Sec. 31.25.020. Governing body.

(a) The corporation shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of (1) five public members; and (2) two individuals designated by the governor that are each the head of a principal department of the state, except that the commissioner of natural resources and the commissioner of revenue may not be designated to serve on the board. (b) Public members of the board shall be appointed by the governor and are subject to confirmation by the legislature. When appointing a public member to the board, the governor shall consider an individual's expertise and experience in natural gas pipeline construction, operation, and marketing; finance; large project management; and other expertise and experience that is relevant to the purpose, powers, and duties of the corporation. Public members of the board serve staggered five-year terms. A public member serves at the pleasure of the governor. A vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. Notwithstanding AS 39.05.100, a public member appointed under (a)(1) of this section is not required to be a registered voter or a resident of the state. If the governor appoints a public member to the board who is not a registered voter in the state or a resident of the state, the governor shall send a written statement to the legislature with the notice of appointment explaining the governor's reasons for making the appointment. (c) Notwithstanding AS 39.05.055, the terms of the initially appointed public members of the board shall be set by the governor to be two years for two members, three years for two members, and five years for one member. (d) The public members of the board receive $400 compensation for each day spent on official business of the corporation and may be reimbursed by the corporation for actual and necessary expenses at the same rate paid to members of state boards under AS 39.20.180.
AK Stat § 31.25.030 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 31. Oil and Gas|Chapter 25. Alaska Gasline Development Corporation|Article 1. Organization, Administration, and Powers.|Sec. 31.25.030. Meetings of board.

(a) The board shall elect a chair, secretary, and treasurer from among its membership at each annual meeting. A majority of the members constitutes a quorum for organizing the board, conducting its business, and exercising the powers of the corporation. The board shall meet at the call of the chair. The board shall meet at least once every three months. (b) The board may meet and transact business by electronic media if (1) public notice of the time and locations where the meeting will be held by electronic media has been given in the same manner as if the meeting were held in a single location; (2) participants and members of the public in attendance can hear and have the same right to participate in the meeting as if the meeting were conducted in person; and (3) copies of pertinent reference materials, statutes, regulations, and audio-visual materials are reasonably available to participants and to the public. (c) A meeting by electronic media as provided in this section has the same legal effect as a meeting in person. (d) For the purposes of this chapter, public notice of 24 hours or more is adequate notice of a meeting of the board at which the issuance of corporation bonds is authorized. (e) An affirmative vote of at least four members of the board is required to approve (1) the sale and issuance of bonds; (2) the sale or other disposition of a substantial asset or substantial amount of the assets of the corporation; the corporation shall adopt a regulation that defines a substantial asset and a substantial amount of assets for the purposes of this paragraph; (3) the ownership structure for a pipeline project of which the corporation is a participant; (4) an action committing the corporation to an additional natural gas pipeline project; and (5) action on other matters identified in a regulation adopted by the corporation as being subject to this subsection.
AK Stat § 31.25.035 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 31. Oil and Gas|Chapter 25. Alaska Gasline Development Corporation|Article 1. Organization, Administration, and Powers.|Sec. 31.25.035. Minutes of meetings.

The board shall keep minutes of each meeting and send certified copies to the governor and to the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee.
AK Stat § 31.25.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 31. Oil and Gas|Chapter 25. Alaska Gasline Development Corporation|Article 1. Organization, Administration, and Powers.|Sec. 31.25.040. Administration of affairs; program directors.

(a) The board shall manage the assets and business of the corporation and may adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws and regulations governing the manner in which the business of the corporation is conducted and the manner in which its powers are exercised. The board shall delegate supervision of the administration of the corporation to the executive director, appointed in accordance with AS 31.25.045. (b) The board shall adopt and publish procedures to govern the procurement by the corporation of supplies, services, professional services, and construction. The procurement procedures must provide for an Alaska veterans' preference that is consistent with the Alaska veterans' preference in AS 36.30.175. (c) To the maximum extent practicable, the board shall (1) maximize the efficient use of state resources; and (2) establish appropriate separation within the corporation by separating personnel and functions and by other means to the extent that separation may be required by contract or applicable law for the purpose of screening and preventing the exchange of commercially sensitive information when developing an in-state natural gas pipeline, an Alaska liquefied natural gas project, and other transportation mechanisms to deliver natural gas in the state. (d) The board may appoint a program director for an Alaska liquefied natural gas project. The board may appoint a separate program director for an in-state natural gas pipeline as described in the July 1, 2011, project plan prepared under former AS 38.34.040 and defined in AS 31.25.390. A program director appointed under this section shall (1) serve at the pleasure of the board; and (2) report to the executive director of the corporation.
AK Stat § 31.25.045 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 31. Oil and Gas|Chapter 25. Alaska Gasline Development Corporation|Article 1. Organization, Administration, and Powers.|Sec. 31.25.045. Executive director.

The corporation shall employ an executive director who may not be a member of the board. The executive director shall be appointed by the board and serves at the pleasure of the board.
AK Stat § 31.25.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 31. Oil and Gas|Chapter 25. Alaska Gasline Development Corporation|Article 1. Organization, Administration, and Powers.|Sec. 31.25.050. Legal counsel.

(a) Except as provided in (b) of this section, the corporation shall retain legal counsel to advise the corporation in legal matters and represent it in litigation. (b) The attorney general shall (1) be the legal counsel for the corporation for legal services related to the development of contracts and agreements by the corporation that relate to an Alaska liquefied natural gas project; and (2) consult with the corporation when procuring outside counsel for legal services for the corporation related to an Alaska liquefied natural gas project.
AK Stat § 31.25.060 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 31. Oil and Gas|Chapter 25. Alaska Gasline Development Corporation|Article 1. Organization, Administration, and Powers.|Sec. 31.25.060. Employment of personnel.

The board may appoint other officers and engage professional and technical advisors as independent contractors. The executive director may hire employees of the corporation and engage professional and technical advisors under contract with the corporation. The board shall prescribe the duties and compensation of corporation personnel, including the executive director.
AK Stat § 31.25.065 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 31. Oil and Gas|Chapter 25. Alaska Gasline Development Corporation|Article 1. Organization, Administration, and Powers.|Sec. 31.25.065. Personnel exempt from State Personnel Act.

The personnel of the corporation are exempt from AS 39.25.
AK Stat § 31.25.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 31. Oil and Gas|Chapter 25. Alaska Gasline Development Corporation|Article 1. Organization, Administration, and Powers.|Sec. 31.25.100. In-state natural gas pipeline fund.

The in-state natural gas pipeline fund is established in the corporation and consists of money appropriated to it. The corporation shall determine fund management and may contract with the Department of Revenue for fund management. Unless otherwise provided by law, money appropriated to the fund lapses into the general fund on the day this section is repealed. Interest and other income received on money in the fund shall be separately accounted for and may be appropriated to the fund. The corporation may use money appropriated to the fund without further appropriation for the cost of managing the fund and for the planning, financing, development, acquisition, maintenance, construction, and operation of the in-state natural gas pipeline described in AS 31.25.005(4) and for the purposes in AS 31.25.005(4), (6), and (7).