据世界天然气网站3月7日消息 美国联邦当局已经批准了阿拉斯加独立管道（ASAP）的补充环境影响声明。

美国陆军工程兵团和土地管理局于3月4日星期一作出了联合决定。

阿拉斯加天然气管道开发公司（AGDC）是阿拉斯加州的一家独立公司，它提出的该ASAP项目将建造并运行一条733英里长的天然气管道系统，从Prudhoe湾到Big Lake附近的ENSTAR分配系统，以及一条30英里长的通往费尔班克斯的侧线。

它的设计目的是将天然气输送到费尔班克斯和安克雷奇的主要人口中心以及沿途的其他社区。

工程兵团于2012年10月发布了ASAP项目的最终环境影响评价（EIS）。2014年7月，工程兵团收到了陆军部一份修订后的许可证申请，其中确定了材料场地、进场道路的位置，并减少了环境影响。兵团于2018年6月22日发布了最终的补充环境影响评价（SEIS）。

工程兵团表示，将向AGDC颁发许可证，用于向美国水域（包括湿地）排放疏浚和填充材料，以及在可通航水域内和可通航水域下建造项目。

该项目需要一条299英里的管道穿过联邦土地，主要沿着阿拉斯加北部的Trans-Alaska管道走廊。

根据AGDC的说法，最早可以在今年开始施工，雇佣多达6000名工人，大约需要三到四年才能完成。一旦投入运营，该项目可雇佣多达240名全职员工。

王磊 摘译自 世界天然气

原文如下：

Alaska natural gas pipeline picks up federal approval

US federal authorities have approved a supplemental environmental impact statement for the Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline (ASAP).

US Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Land Management made the joint decision on Monday, March 4.

The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC), an independent corporation of the State of Alaska, is proposing the ASAP project which will construct and operate a 733-mile long natural gas pipeline system from Prudhoe Bay to the ENSTAR Distribution System near Big Lake, and a 30-mile long lateral line to Fairbanks.

It is designed to bring gas to the major population centers of Fairbanks and Anchorage as well as other communities along the route.

The Corps published a Final EIS for the ASAP project in October 2012. In July 2014, the Corps received a revised Department of the Army permit application from AGDC that identified locations for material sites, access roads, and a reduction of environmental impacts. The Corps published the final SEIS on June 22, 2018.

The Corps said that a permit would be issued to AGDC for the discharge of dredged and fill materials into US waters, including wetlands, and the construction of the project in and under navigable waters.

The project requires a 299-mile right-of-way through federal lands, mostly along the Trans-Alaska Pipeline corridor in northern Alaska.

According to AGDC, construction could begin as early as this year, employ up to 6,000 workers and take approximately three to four years to complete. Once operational, the project could employ up to 240 full-time employees.