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July 27, 2007
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Dutch oil giant Shell recently got help from the state's top pollution regulator when it ran into problems securing a federal permit to begin exploratory offshore drilling in the Beaufort Sea.
Larry Hartig, commissioner of the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, sent a letter last week to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency asking for a hurry-up on Shells permits, saying the company “will incur significant economic harm if this drilling season is lost.”
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