John Fleming actually said...

the expertise and the experience lies with the States. States have been doing this for many years, and doing a very good job.

We do not have any privately operated wells that have been abandoned or currently don't have a sponsor for dismantlement, repair, and restor...

So it just seems to me that we are only adding just yet another layer of regulatory bureaucracy to the one that we already have.

So the statement that, 'I am from the Federal Government, I am here to help you' may not apply always in the case of Alaska.