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On paper, the Section 29 requirements of the federal Agreement and Grant of Right-of-Way for the trans-Alaska oil pipeline and corresponding Alaska Native Utilization Agreement (ANUA) are spelled out in dry legalese. But in application, the tangible result poses a far-reaching human impact to the Alaska economy and its goal of cultural work force diversity. Today, companies like Anchorage-based Kakivik Asset Management are successfully meeting or exceeding the Section 29 requirements of 20 percent Alaska Native hire for Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. (APSC) major contractors.
Such figures add credence to the intended goal of a diverse labor force that realizes benefit through increased training, education and life opportunity.
A HISTORY IN OIL
It was in autumn 2004 that then-Secretary of Interior Gale Norton signed the latest renewal of ANUA-its fourth renewal since debuting in 1995. Through a separate agreement and separate renewal schedule, the ANUA flows from the original federal right-of-way agreement, which was obtained by trans-Alaska pipeline owners in 1974 as a renewable right-of-way to build and operate the pipeline across the federal and state lands. The right-of-way itself is good for 30 years and was renewed in January 2003.
The ANUA component affords recruitment, testing, training, placement, employment and job counseling for Alaska Natives, with the ultimate design to see Alaska Natives fill 20 percent of the combined full-time jobs of the pipeline operator and its contractors. When Norton signed the renewal, Alaska Natives constituted 447, or 20 percent,... |
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