§720g Study of Alternative Means of Construction

Summary

If no application for a certificate or amended certificate to build and operate an Alaska natural gas transportation project is filed within 18 months after October 13, 2004, the Secretary must study other ways to build and run the project. The study must look at whether creating a Federal Government corporation would work and at other ways the Federal Government could finance or own the project, including mixes of government and private corporate ownership. The Secretary must talk with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of the Army (through the Chief of Engineers) while doing the study. When the study is finished, the Secretary must send Congress a report that explains the study results and any recommendations, including proposed laws to carry them out.