Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act
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title:
Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act
text:
The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act of 1973 is a United States federal law signed by US President Richard Nixon on November 16, 1973, that authorized the building of an oil pipeline connecting the North Slope of Alaska to Port Valdez. Specifically, it halted all legal challenges, which were filed primarily by environmental activists, against the construction of the pipeline. In accordance with Nixon's request, the act contains no amendments allowing for federal and state agencies such as
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1973 US law dismissing all legal challenges to the construction of an oil pipeline in Alaska
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Alaska_Pipeline_Authorization_Act
date created:
2005-06-12T13:16:56Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T13:13:37Z
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