---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 720h"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "720h"
heading: "Clarification of ANGTA status and authorities"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/720h"
units:
  - "Chapter 15D — Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline"
---

# §720h. Clarification of ANGTA status and authorities

- (a) **Savings clause—** Nothing in this chapter affects—
  - (1) any decision, certificate, permit, right-of-way, lease, or other authorization issued under section 9 of the [Alaska Natural Gas](/usc/15/720.md?p=1) Transportation Act of 1976 ([15 U.S.C. 719g](/usc/15/719g.md)); or
  - (2) any Presidential finding or waiver issued in accordance with that Act [[15 U.S.C. 719](/usc/15/719.md) et seq.].
- (b) **Clarification of authority to amend terms and conditions to meet current project requirements—** Any Federal agency responsible for granting or issuing any certificate, permit, right-of-way, lease, or other authorization under section 9 of the [Alaska Natural Gas](/usc/15/720.md?p=1) Transportation Act of 1976 ([15 U.S.C. 719g](/usc/15/719g.md)) may add to, amend, or rescind any term or condition included in the certificate, permit, right-of-way, lease, or other authorization to meet current project requirements (including the physical design, facilities, and tariff specifications), if the addition, amendment, or rescission—
  - (1) would not compel any change in the basic nature and general route of the [Alaska natural gas transportation system](/usc/15/720.md?p=3) as designated and described in [section 2](/usc/15/2.md) of the [President](/usc/15/720.md?p=6)’s decision; or
  - (2) would not otherwise prevent or impair in any significant respect the expeditious construction and initial operation of the [Alaska natural gas transportation system](/usc/15/720.md?p=3).
- (c) **Updated environmental reviews—** The [Secretary](/usc/15/720.md?p=7) shall require the sponsor of the [Alaska natural gas transportation system](/usc/15/720.md?p=3) to submit such updated environmental data, reports, permits, and impact analyses as the [Secretary](/usc/15/720.md?p=7) determines are necessary to develop detailed terms, conditions, and compliance plans required by [section 5](/usc/15/5.md) of the [President](/usc/15/720.md?p=6)’s decision.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 108–324, div. C, § 110, Oct. 13, 2004, 118 Stat. 1262.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this division”, meaning division C of Pub. L. 108–324, Oct. 13, 2004, 118 Stat. 1255, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of division C to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 720 of this title and Tables.

The Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Act of 1976, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), is Pub. L. 94–586, Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2903, which is classified generally to chapter 15C (§ 719 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 719 of this title and Tables.