I am also very optimistic that language that was included in last year's Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriation bill that transfers the authority over air quality issues in Arctic OCS from the Environmental Protection Agency to the Department of the Interior will finally provide some much-needed regulatory certainty for the environmentally safe and timely development of our resource.
Murkowski expresses optimism about regulatory changes for Arctic resource development.
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