United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-08-04 monographic deposited born digital 11 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-860R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-860R P0b002ee18038ffab f:d05860r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-860R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-860R GAO-05-860R Construction (process) Federal/state relations Gas pipeline operations Monitoring Natural gas Performance measures Regulatory agencies Reporting requirements Small business Federal regulations Strategic planning Natural resources Alaska Correspondence A32018 Alaska currently holds 35 trillion cubic feet of proven recoverable natural gas resources, about 19 percent of total U.S. reserves. Efforts to construct a pipeline to transport this natural gas from Alaska's North Slope to the lower 48 states have been stalled since 1982. The recent increase in natural gas prices has renewed interest in completing the pipeline, a project that is estimated to cost up to $20 billion. In addition to providing access to significant natural gas reserves, some expect the project to generate thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in revenues for the federal government and the State of Alaska. This report responds to a mandate in the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act (the Pipeline Act) that we conduct a study to determine the extent to which small business concerns have participated in the construction of oil and gas pipelines. The Pipeline Act includes a "sense of Congress" provision that the sponsors of the Alaska natural gas pipeline should maximize the participation of small business concerns in contracts and subcontracts awarded for the project. This provision, while setting out a statement of congressional opinion, does not establish a legal requirement for small business participation. We confirmed that this report would focus on small business participation in the Alaska natural gas pipeline. It describes (1) the status of the Alaska natural gas pipeline project and (2) the extent to which any regulatory or oversight structure is in place to monitor small business participation in the construction of the pipeline. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-860R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-860R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-860R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-860R.pdf GAO-05-860R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-860R Correspondence GAO-05-860R; Small Business Participation in the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Project; Construction (process) Federal/state relations Gas pipeline operations Monitoring Natural gas Performance measures Regulatory agencies Reporting requirements Small business Federal regulations Strategic planning Natural resources Alaska Title 5 Appendix 1 5 U.S.C. App. 1 Volume 91 Page 1268 91 Stat. 1268 Volume 106 Page 2776 106 Stat. 2776 Volume 118 Page 1255 118 Stat. 1255 Public Law 102-486