Stay Connected  GAO: Regulators must ensure N. Slope cleanup
capability  US regulators should ensure that producers are
financially prepared to clean up any drilling and production-
related damage to Alaskan North Slope public lands before new
exploration is allowed to begin, a new report by the General
Accounting Office said.Last year Democratic leaders who oppose
proposals by the administration of President George W. Bush and
Republican congressional leaders to drill on the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge coastal plain called on GAO to consider the
long-term environmental ramifications of Alaska oil exploration
and development (OGJ Online, Mar. 16, 2001).House Minority
Leader Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.), Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.),
ranking minority member of the Ho...  Why Register?   Why
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