After over six years and $50 million worth of environmental and engineering studies, officials from Alaskan Arctic Gas Pipeline Co. and Canadian Arctic Gas Pipeline Ltd. submitted simultaneous applications to the United States and Canadian federal governments last March, for permission to build a 2,600-mi pipeline from the Arctic to the United States.

The 100 pounds of filing materials represent the most thorough environmental study ever undertaken for a project such as this--in addition to engineering studies which have been massive.

The 48-in. Arctic Gas pipeline will transport to U.S. markets all of the Alaskan gas from Prudhoe Bay as well as that Canadian gas from the Mackenzie delta which is surplus to Canada's needs.

Although the Arctic Gas pipeline will end at the northern U.S. border, three companion pipeline facilities will be constructed to transport the gas directly to markets throughout the country in what will be the most economical way of distributing Arctic gas directly to U.S. consumers.

Northern Border Pipeline, a consortium of six Arctic Gas members, will construct a 1,600-mi, 48-in. telescoping line from

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the midwestern to the eastern states.

On the west coast, Pacific Gas Transmission Company, a Pacific Gas & Electric subsidiary, will upgrade existing lines from the U.S.-Canadian border to northern California. Interstate Transmission Associates (Arctic) will construct a pipeline extending from the U.S.-Canadian border near Kingsgate, B.C., to the Nevada-California border which will transport Arctic natural gas to various markets in the western United States, including the Pacific northwest and southwest. Southern California Gas Co. will transport gas from the California border to serve markets in central and southern California.

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