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Quoted moments from Alaska public meetings, hearings, and press conferences.

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John Crowther “The state has an under-that-MOU ability to suggest, recommend how projects get on the dashboard. So if you're looking at a big project, a lot of timelines, a lot of federal opposition, take a close look at it. And, and I, I really mean on the back end, the state has the ability under the MOU to directly ask the specifics of the project, not when is this going to get done, 9 months, okay, we hope so.”

11-3-25 RDC Breakfast Forum - A Conversation with Alaska's Regulatory Agency Commissioners

Randy Bates “With President Trump, Administrator Zeldin, Regional Administrator Emma Pocan, Governor Dunleavy, this cabinet, and myself, this is the most opportune time that I've ever seen in Alaska. I've never seen the federal-state alignment the way it is.”

11-3-25 RDC Breakfast Forum - A Conversation with Alaska's Regulatory Agency Commissioners

Randy Bates “FAST-41 is a wonderful opportunity to align, expedite, and coordinate our permits.”

11-3-25 RDC Breakfast Forum - A Conversation with Alaska's Regulatory Agency Commissioners

John Crowther “That's really to open the door to the state participating, encouraging projects to get on the dashboard, and then participating with the federal agencies for those projects that are on the dashboard to ensure that the state voice is heard and that the timelines work for the state, for the project, and to get the work done.”

11-3-25 RDC Breakfast Forum - A Conversation with Alaska's Regulatory Agency Commissioners

Randy Bates “At DEC, we looked at this as a real opportunity for our agency to do a deep dive, a deep scrub, a scour of our regulations and see if we can't find a way to identify ways to improve the timeliness, the predictability, whether there's duplication, whether there's holes in our regulations.”

11-3-25 RDC Breakfast Forum - A Conversation with Alaska's Regulatory Agency Commissioners

John Crowther “We have some of our cycle times literally down to less than a week. We have some of them down to, you know, 32 days, and 30 of that is a public notice period.”

11-3-25 RDC Breakfast Forum - A Conversation with Alaska's Regulatory Agency Commissioners

John Crowther “It's an opportunity to revisit things wholesale and look at the whole record, you know, what's on there that's just kind of been on there for a long time and how do we reimagine it.”

11-3-25 RDC Breakfast Forum - A Conversation with Alaska's Regulatory Agency Commissioners

Randy Bates “I can guarantee you, between Deputy Commissioner Kieneman and myself, we will be looking at the comments that you submitted, seeing if there's ways we can improve our processes regulatorily through the administrative order.”

11-3-25 RDC Breakfast Forum - A Conversation with Alaska's Regulatory Agency Commissioners

John Crowther “The governor is intensely focused on permitting efficiency, on adopting new technology, being more adaptive, and keeping pace with the federal opportunity we have.”

11-3-25 RDC Breakfast Forum - A Conversation with Alaska's Regulatory Agency Commissioners

Adam Prestidge “when we talk about the Fairbanks Spur Line, we are— and again, we will give the specific final numbers, but just for frame of reference for this conversation, approximately 30 miles with a diameter of 12 to 14 inches in diameter.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 16, 2026

Claire Knudsen-Latta

“proposed statutory revisions with HB 381 require that for a project to be eligible for tax abatement under AS 43, 59-010, it must include a spur line to the City of Fairbanks and Fairbanks North Star Borough, and the cost of the spur line must be allocated in a just, reasonable, and not unduly discriminatory manner across all consumers system-wide.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 16, 2026

Claire Knudsen-Latta

“Not knowing who will construct or operate the line means that the commission cannot answer questions about whether the spur will be economically regulated or not. Additionally, the commission cannot speak to whether the operator will seek certification under AS4206 or AS4208.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 16, 2026

Lyman Hoffman “I would expect, highly expect that there are going to be cost overruns. What happens to the Fairbanks spur line given the language in Section 19 that I referred to?”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 16, 2026

Adam Prestidge “Extending it to all of the ratepayers across Alaska stretches that concept a little bit. Extending it to global LNG buyers extends it far outside of the bounds of commercial sensibility. And so we recommend removing that.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 16, 2026

Adam Prestidge “it is not a firm commitment that all of the permits must be obtained because that is outside of the scope of the project developer's control. That is outside of 8 Star's control. At the end of the day, if there is a regulatory agency that for some reason declined to issue permits for the Fairbanks Spur Line, we wouldn't want that to jeopardize the tax treatment for the overall project that benefits the entire state of Alaska.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 16, 2026

Adam Prestidge “the developer would initiate a tariff proceeding with the Regulatory Commission of Alaska and file for, as has been discussed, a system-wide tariff treatment that would allow the cost of the Fairbanks spur line to be spread across to other customers. the cost of the Fairbanks Spur Line would be spread across other gas buyers from the domestic pipeline.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 16, 2026

Adam Prestidge “the question might come, why would we want— why would other ratepayers in Alaska be willing to accept this additional cost? And the reality is, having Fairbanks have access to gas and being a buyer and consumer of gas off the pipeline is good for everyone.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 16, 2026

Adam Prestidge “That additional cost, if the RCA were to approve a tariff that spread the cost across all of the users, would be a a very low additional cost to Fairbanks consumers on top of what would be the $16 tariff. when we're talking about the incremental cost that would be spread across customers, you're looking at, you know, something— 10 cents. I can't pin down an exact number, but in the range of 20 to 30 cents per MMBtu of gas would be the amount that would be spread across all buyers.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 16, 2026

Frank Richards “I'm told, but I've never seen it, it's less than $150 million. Understood. No, I think that's helpful because we've heard numbers from $150 to $200 and then $240, so we should be thinking in the range of the $150 range. Through the chair, Senator Steadman again, and I believe that that includes not only not only the initial 38 miles, but also extensions out now out to North Pole and potentially out and beyond into Eielson.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 16, 2026

Adam Prestidge “if it is Glenfarn that builds the Fairbanks Spur Line, or if it is an Alaska Native corporation, or one of the utilities, or a joint venture that includes all of those parties or some of those parties, it doesn't have an impact on the eligibility of the Alaska LNG Project. So long as these conditions are satisfied.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 16, 2026

Claire Knudsen-Latta

“it appears the application by the Alaska Gas Line Development Corporation, or AGDC, did not include the Fairbanks Spur, and thus, it is unlikely that FERC's May 2020 decision extends its jurisdiction over the spur.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 16, 2026

Claire Knudsen-Latta

“spreading the cost of the spur line across the entire system acts to decrease the rates related to the spur as costs are spread over a greater area. However, in utility and pipeline regulation, there is a well-founded principle which appears at 3 AAC 48510 that the causer of the cost and consequently recipient of the cost benefit should also be the one to pay the cost. System-wide recovery would be contrary to this principle as not all users of the system are causing the cost or receiving the benefits of the SPUR.”

Alaska Legislature: Senate Finance - June 16, 2026 1:30pm · Jun 16, 2026

Rob Allen “We can put in fuel breaks in a lot of places, but if the wind's blowing and fire is established, those fuel breaks can only do so much. What's going to help people out is. Is what we call hardening around their houses and getting their houses set up to where a fire comes through. It just goes by and doesn't bother their house.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Miller's Reach - 30 Years Later (Full Documentary) · Jun 5, 2026

“I went from literally just a few trees torching, which we got on in a hurry, to group torching and to a full running fire in under 15 minutes. I mean 15, 20 minutes. And it was off and running and something we weren't going to be able to catch.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Miller's Reach - 30 Years Later (Full Documentary) · Jun 5, 2026

“We called for retardant and the helicopters and they dropped. The winds were just made it ineffective. The retardant blew, you know, 200ft past where they were trying to drop”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Miller's Reach - 30 Years Later (Full Documentary) · Jun 5, 2026

Geneva Preston “Lands that are designated wildlife habitat, their primary use is supporting fish and wildlife habitat values. And so any development activities would need to be designed in support of those values.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest Resource Management Area Public Review: Virtual Meeting – April 29, 2026 · Jun 3, 2026

Geneva Preston “Timber harvest would are very likely to be designed in coordination with the Department of Fish and Game and they would be designed with the purpose of enhancing habitat. And generally this will look like selective harvest in these units as well.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest Resource Management Area Public Review: Virtual Meeting – April 29, 2026 · Jun 3, 2026

Geneva Preston “any harvest, any timber harvest or resource development activities must be designed to exist compatibly with public recreation uses. And so typically that would look like timbers harvests that are designed to support recreation facilities or support access to areas that are important for recreation.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest Resource Management Area Public Review: Virtual Meeting – April 29, 2026 · Jun 3, 2026

Geneva Preston “within the Haines State Forest resource management area, 300 foot buffer around anonymous streams and 500 foot like retention buffers around lakes with anadromous fish populations apply throughout the forest.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest Resource Management Area Public Review: Virtual Meeting – April 29, 2026 · Jun 3, 2026

Geneva Preston “one of the most significant changes between the plan that was published in 2002 and the current amended draft is a change in policy that allows timber sales to be a potential use in the public recreation or wildlife habitat lands.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest Resource Management Area Public Review: Virtual Meeting – April 29, 2026 · Jun 3, 2026

Geneva Preston “our tools really for addressing like, the needs of the biotic community in, you know, in this landscape would be like having the ability to use forest management activities in a way that the Department of Fish and Game is advising the division to do”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest Resource Management Area Public Review: Virtual Meeting – April 29, 2026 · Jun 3, 2026

Geneva Preston “5 acres in unit 3H is the smallest size limit that we see and other units have a cap at 20. 20 Acres is the largest even age timber harvest that I think is permitted in these public recreation designated lands.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest Resource Management Area Public Review: Virtual Meeting – April 29, 2026 · Jun 3, 2026

Geneva Preston “The management goal for the state forest includes balancing a wide range of values and uses”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest Resource Management Area Public Review: Virtual Meeting – April 29, 2026 · Jun 3, 2026

Geneva Preston “the question is more of how to accommodate multiple uses on these sites with the different primary classification use that's, that's identified through that classification name. So the goal in updating the policy is to, to find a way that we can accommodate both wildlife habitat and timber harvest, or both public recreation and timber harvest.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest Resource Management Area- Project Update Meeting: August 27, 2025 · Jun 3, 2026

George

“the old growth forests are now have pretty well been determined to be the most important forest to protect through carbon offsets because they, you know, they have sequesters and hold the most carbon and sort of cutting those down would, you know, release more carbon than any other part of the forest.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest Resource Management Area- Project Update Meeting: August 27, 2025 · Jun 3, 2026

George

“it kind of flies in the face of the concept of management plan if you set something up where you classify the lands for different management purposes, so you have recreation, you have wildlife and. And other categories, and then you say, but by the way, we can, even though we're managing this for one purpose, we can turn around and change all that.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest Resource Management Area- Project Update Meeting: August 27, 2025 · Jun 3, 2026

Geneva Preston “it's written in Alaska statute that the primary purpose for the establishment of the Haines State Forest Resource Management Area, or purposes plural, are the utilization, perpetuation, conservation and production of the land and water, including but not limited to the use of renewable and non renewable resources through multiple use management”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest Resource Management Area- Project Update Meeting: August 27, 2025 · Jun 3, 2026

George

“you haven't provided any rationale for why all your policy, the policy you're proposing in which all lands become part of the timber base, you know, you've said, you've expressed that, but you really haven't provided a rationale for why you would want to do this.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest Resource Management Area- Project Update Meeting: August 27, 2025 · Jun 3, 2026

Geneva Preston “one of the Division of Forestry's primary goals and amending the management plan at this time is to create space and allow for carbon offset projects as a potential use within Haines State Forest Resource Management Area and for that to be a realistic possibility, it needs to be identified in the management plan. And the Division has determined that to make a carbon off the project like a realistic use of the resources in the Haines State Forest Resource Management Area to like expand the timber base is a part of that of that process.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest Resource Management Area- Project Update Meeting: August 27, 2025 · Jun 3, 2026

Geneva Preston “The feedback that we receive on a side of opposition to the, to this strategy that's kind of proposed right now, we have an equal and opposite force of feedback asking for something more. And so our role is to find a balance where the most possible use is made available to the Alaskan public by DoF's management of the forest.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest Resource Management Area- Project Update Meeting: August 27, 2025 · Jun 3, 2026

Geneva Preston “we determined that with our one of our primary goals in the revision to be adding language to allow carbon offset projects within the state forest, we might need to make additional changes that we hadn't originally presented to the public as part of this amendment. And so in July of this year, this past summer, we published a public notice announcement that specified that we would be revising policy to allow timber harvest in areas where it had previously been prohibited.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest Resource Management Area- Project Update Meeting: August 27, 2025 · Jun 3, 2026

Geneva Preston “we're expanding the opportunity to harvest timber, but we are not expanding the acreage of land that's classified forest. The classifications as they currently are, will not be changed in this plan amendment.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest Resource Management Area- Project Update Meeting: August 27, 2025 · Jun 3, 2026

Geneva Preston “the sample size for those percentages that you just described is 12 individuals. And so in, in reviewing the survey responses, we arrived at the conclusion that 12 individuals is not representative of the community at large”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest Resource Management Area- Project Update Meeting: August 27, 2025 · Jun 3, 2026

Trevor Carlson

“it's at the direction of the Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources that directs us to make the state forests open for possible carbon offset projects.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest Resource Management Area- Opening Meeting May 8th 2024 · Jun 3, 2026

Greg Palmieri “every acre on the forest that's available for timber sale is going to be available for carbon offset programs. And so like Mr. Fulton explained, the intention is to create the highest value for the state and the resources that they own on these lands that we manage.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest Resource Management Area- Opening Meeting May 8th 2024 · Jun 3, 2026

Trevor Carlson

“we aim to have the final product signed by the Commissioner by mid April of 2025.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest Resource Management Area- Opening Meeting May 8th 2024 · Jun 3, 2026

Trevor Carlson

“we will be preparing a draft of the Haines State Forest Management Plan. With that allow us to enter carbon offset market.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest Resource Management Area- Opening Meeting May 8th 2024 · Jun 3, 2026

Greg Palmieri “we'll have four months of surveys and information presented online through the website. And that will be focused on an October meeting where we'll explain the information that we gathered over the course of the summer and discuss that. And then we'll have the agency review draft that will go out in November, followed by the public review draft in December which will go out for 60 day review and public comment.”

Alaska DNR Forestry: Haines State Forest Resource Management Area- Opening Meeting May 8th 2024 · Jun 3, 2026

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