Bringing Alaskan gas to American consumers : a history of the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System and the U.S. Office of the Federal Inspector

This report was authorized by the Office of the Federal Inspector. It is a comprehensive history of the Office and the events leading up to its establishment, including the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Act and presidential and congressional sponsorship for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation...

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Main Author: Kling, David J.
Document Type: Report
Publisher:Office of the Federal Inspector (OFI)
Date:March 5, 1985
Bills/Acts; Orders; Treaties:Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Act of 1976 (ANGTA)
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100 1 |a Kling, David J. 
245 1 0 |a Bringing Alaskan gas to American consumers : a history of the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System and the U.S. Office of the Federal Inspector 
260 |a Office of the Federal Inspector (OFI) 
300 |a 2 vols. 
380 |a Report 
518 |a March 5, 1985 
546 |a English 
500 |a This report was later revised as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Johns Hopkins University, 1996) titled: Reinventing federal program oversight : the Inspector General concept, the U.S. Office of the Federal Inspector and the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System. 
500 |a A chronology of major ANGTS events from 1968 to 1976 appears in part 1 after the list of figures and the map. 
500 |a A chronology of major ANGTS events from 1979 to 1984 appears in part 2, figure 3-5. 
500 |a This report is archived in Box 2 File 0 (introduction), Box 2 File 2 (pt. 2), and Box 3 File 3f (pt. 1) of the document collection for Office of the Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, housed at National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. 
520 |a This report was authorized by the Office of the Federal Inspector. It is a comprehensive history of the Office and the events leading up to its establishment, including the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Act and presidential and congressional sponsorship for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System. It includes discussion on Northern Border Pipeline Company (building the Eastern Leg) and Pacific Gas Transmission Company (building the Western Leg), and mention of early oil discovery and prospecting that preceded the 1968 Prudhoe Bay oil field. 
505 0 |a Part 1: Introduction -- Part One: The Project history : the ANGTS Mission Defined -- The first year -- Alternatives emerge -- Disunion and polarization -- Posturing for certification -- The Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Act -- The President's decision -- Executive reorganization -- Selecting the Federal Inspector -- Ancillary issues -- Getting started. 
505 0 |a Part 2: The agency history : the OFI mission applied: Jack Rhett takes command -- The OFI hits stride -- The waiver package -- The East Leg experience -- Inertia and the TAGS challenge -- Epilogue -- Footnotes. 
610 |a Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System (ANGTS) 
610 |a Office of the Federal Inspector (OFI) 
610 |a Northern Border Pipeline Company 
610 |a Pacific Gas Transmission Company 
600 1 |a Rhett, John T., Jr. 
653 |a Government roles 
653 |a Transport 
648 |a 1968-1985 
697 |a Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Act of 1976 (ANGTA) 
651 |a United States 
651 |a Canada 
690 |a PF-HIST 
690 |a PF-USPROJ 
740 |a Reinventing federal program oversight : the Inspector General concept, the U.S. Office of the Federal Inspector and the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System 
856 4 0 |u https://www.arlis.org/docs/vol1/AlaskaGas/Report2/Report_Kling_1985_BringingAK_GasV1.pdf  |y Link to first volume 
856 4 0 |u https://www.arlis.org/docs/vol1/AlaskaGas/Report2/Report_Kling/index.html  |y Webpage linking both volumes 
596 |a 10