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[CITE: 43USC2002]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
              CHAPTER 38--CRUDE OIL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
 
Sec. 2002. Statement of purposes

    The purposes of this chapter are--
        (1) to provide a means for--
            (A) selecting delivery systems to transport Alaskan and 
        other crude oil to northern tier States and inland States, and
            (B) resolving both the west coast crude oil surplus and the 
        crude oil supply problems in the northern tier States;

        (2) to provide an expedited procedure for acting on applications 
    for all Federal permits, licenses, and approvals required for the 
    construction and operation or any transportation system approved 
    under this chapter and the Long Beach-Midland project; and
        (3) to assure that Federal decisions with respect to crude oil 
    transportation systems are coordinated with State decisions to the 
    maximum extent practicable.

(Pub. L. 95-617, title V, Sec. 502, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3157.)
