Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) lauded a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) environmental appeals board (EAB) to deny all challenges to clean air permits for Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s Noble Discoverer drillship. Noble Discoverer is expected to drill up to three exploratory wells in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea this summer. “The validation of Shell’s first air quality permits is almost the end of what has been a long and exhaustive process,” said Murkowski. The producer still will need to acquire approvals from at least one more federal agency, the Interior Department.
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