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Kenai Peninsula Clarion by Elwood Behmer.  Alaska Gasline Development Corp. CEO Dan Fauske (NGP Photo) provided figures estimating a major impact to Alaska if the proposed in-state gas pipeline is built.  “It will be the largest project in North America. It will supply 8,000 direct and 15,000 indirect jobs,” Fauske said Nov. 9 in a presentation to the Associated General Contractors of Alaska annual conference.  The numbers expand on those in the final environmental impact statement released Oct. 26. The estimated $7.52 billion construction cost will involve moving 10 million cubic [...]