24-498-Resolution Recorded 5/4/1977VOL 24 PACE 498
IN THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF THE STATE OF OREGON
FOR THE COUNTY OF DESCHUTES
In the Matter of )
Supporting Artic Gas Project ) R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Pacific Gas Transmission Company (PGT) owns and operates
a natural gas pipeline passing through the Counties of Crook, Deschutes,
Gilliam, Jefferson, Klamath, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla and Wasco in the
State of Oregon; and
WHEREAS, the PGT pipeline now delivers Canadian natural gas for use
by the citizens of Oregon as well as Idaho, Washington and California, and
provides over $950,000 per year in ad valorem tax revenues to the State of
Oregon; and
WHEREAS, that pipeline has been operated in a safe and environmentally
acceptable manner for over sixteen years; and
WHEREAS, PGT is a part of the Artic Gas Project which proposes to
bring gas from Alaska's North Slope and Canada's Northwest Territories to
markets in the lower 48 United States and Southern Canada; and
WHEREAS, PGT proposes to construct a new parallel pipeline on its
existing right of way to bring this new Alaskan gas to consumers in the Pacific
Northwest, and other western states; and
WHEREAS, an Administrative Law Judge of the Federal Power Commission
has determined that the Arctic Gas Project, including the western leg to be
constructed by PGT, will deliver Alaskan gas most directly to markets, is
the most energy efficient, will deliver the most natural gas, will transport
such gas at materially lower cost to all parts of the nation, will best sup-
port current levels of imports of natural gas from Canada by providing access
for Canada to its supplies of gas in the Canadian Arctic, will be most environ-
mentally acceptable, will be capable of being put into operation most promptly,
and will be of the greatest economic benefit to the entire United States;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners of
Deschutes County hereby express its support for the Arctic Gas Project, in-
cluding the western leg to be built by PGT to provide direct access to
Alaskan gas for the residents of the State of Oregon and other western states;
and the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners hereby urges the President and
the Congress of the United States to take all feasible action to expedite the
authorization, construction and operation of the Arctic Gas Project.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS