When the Federal Government comes into land that has been federally designated, drills wells, walks away from it, leaves a mess, that that is the Federal Government's responsibility and that it should not then be on the shoulders of the State of Alaska to do that cleanup.
Murkowski emphasizes federal responsibility for cleanup of federally designated lands.
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