Alaska Statutes: AS 38.35.015. Powers of the Commissioner.

Alaska Statutes. Title 38. Public Land Chapter 35. Right-of-Way Leasing Act Section 15. Powers of the Commissioner.

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AS 38.35.015. Powers of the Commissioner.

The commissioner has all powers necessary and proper to implement the policy, purposes, and provisions of this chapter, so as to subserve, as the exercise of reasoned discretion determines, the public interest, convenience and necessity, including but not limited to

(1) granting leases of state land for pipeline right-of-way purposes;
(2) leasing, purchasing, or otherwise acquiring (including condemning by declaration of taking) easements or other interests in land in this state for the purpose of utilizing or granting leases of the land, easements, or interests for pipeline right-of-way purposes;
(3) purchasing interests in pipelines in accordance with options included in right-of-way leases;
(4) investigating any matters concerning any lessee with a view to assuring compliance by it with its right-of-way lease, this chapter, and any other applicable state or federal law;
(5) developing from time to time and maintaining a comprehensive master plan for pipeline transportation development;
(6) developing and promoting programs to foster efficient, economical, and safe pipeline transportation services in the state;
(7) coordinating the activities of the commissioner under this chapter with the transportation and other relevant activities of other public agencies and authorities;
(8) constructing, extending, enlarging, improving, repairing, acquiring, operating, or engaging in transportation, service, or sale by any pipeline or providing for these by contract, lease, or other arrangement on those terms that the commissioner may consider necessary, convenient, or desirable with any agency, corporation, or person, including but not limited to any carrier or any state agency, when the commissioner determines that a lessee carrier is not willing to undertake and complete the action within a reasonable time, and to sell, lease, grant, and dispose of any property constructed or acquired in the exercise of this power.

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