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On the recordFebruary 2, 2011
As you know, the throughput is declining to what we believe is dangerously low levels, and if we don't take some very serious steps in the very short term to add more oil into that line within the next few years, there is a real chance that it could be inoperable shortly after that.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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Murkowski warns about the declining capacity of the Trans-Alaska pipeline and its potential inoperability.

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