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Emma Pokon
31:09 - 31:39
“I was like, wait, we had the conversation. I hadn't heard anything for a little while. And now suddenly there's like a regs package that's been drafted and is waiting to get out for public comment. Like that kind of responsiveness that we've heard that there's this issue, we've picked it up, we've examined it, and yeah, there's something that isn't rational here. We should clarify this in the regulations so that, you know, our industries understand what the rules of the road are.”
- Speaker
- Emma Pokon
- Timestamp
- 31:09 – 31:39
- Transcript
- 11-5-2026 RDC/AMA Breakfast Forum
- Community
- Alaska News
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From the transcript
I was like, wait, we had the conversation. I hadn't heard anything for a little while. And now suddenly there's like a regs package that's been drafted and is waiting to get out for public comment. Like that kind of responsiveness that we've heard that there's this issue, we've picked it up, we've examined it, and yeah, there's something that isn't rational here. We should clarify this in the regulations so that, you know, our industries understand what the rules of the road are.
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