§719d Federal and State officer or agency and other interested persons’ reports

Summary

Federal agencies must send written comments to the President by July 1, 1977 about the Commission’s recommendation and ways to move Alaska natural gas to the contiguous States. Those agency comments must cover eight kinds of information they know about, including environmental effects (air, water, noise), safety, international matters (like needed Canadian approvals and timing), national security and supply, financing for capital costs, effects on competition, impact on the national and regional economy, and how the plan fits with national energy policy. States, cities, utility regulators, and any interested person may also send written comments by July 1, 1977. Each federal agency must also report to the President what actions it will take under related law for each transportation option and recommend any laws that should be waived if the President approves a system. The Council on Environmental Quality must allow oral and written public input on the Commission’s environmental reports and, by July 1, 1977, give the President a public summary stating the views received and whether each environmental report is legally and factually adequate.