Alaska Administrative Code
Title 15 - Revenue
Chapter 90 - Alaska Gasline Inducement Act Provisions
Article 3 - General Provisions
15 AAC 90.900 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 15 AK Admin Code 15 AAC 90.900

Current through August 30, 2024

(a) In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,

(1) "commissioners" means the commissioner of revenue and the commissioner of natural resources, acting jointly, as provided in AS 43.90.900;

(2) "department" means Department of Revenue;

(3) "fiscal year" means the period beginning July 1 and ending on June 30 of the following calendar year;

(4) "licensee" has the meaning given in AS 43.90.900;

(5) "project" has the meaning given in AS 43.90.900;

(6) "qualified activity" means an activity directly related to
(A) pursuing firm transportation commitments in a binding open season;

(B) securing financing for the project;

(C) obtaining a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or the Regulatory Commission of Alaska; or

(D) satisfying a requirement of an agency with jurisdiction over the project including a Canadian regulatory agency;

(7) "lease or property" has the meaning given in AS 43.55.900;

(8) "North Slope gas" means gas produced from a lease or property in the state north of 68 degrees North latitude.

(b) In AS 43.90 and this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,

(1) "Alaska mainline"
(A) means, with respect to the pipeline system licensed under AS 43.90, the section of the pipeline system that is within this state, that originates at a point in or near Prudhoe Bay, and that terminates at one or more of the following locations:
(i) the Alaska/Yukon border near Beaver Creek;

(ii) Valdez; and

(B) does not include a gas pipeline between Point Thomson and Prudhoe Bay, a gas treatment plant on the North Slope, other facilities used to treat gas to meet pipeline specifications, or an LNG plant or terminal;

(2) "first binding open season" means the project's first open season
(A) in which the licensee requires binding bids for capacity from applicants; and

(B) that concludes no later than December 5, 2011.

Authority:AS 43.90.110

AS 43.90.220

AS 43.90.230

AS 43.90.300

AS 43.90.320

AS 43.90.330

AS 43.90.400

AS 43.90.410

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