ANCHORAGE, Alaska: The operator of the trans-Alaska pipeline received approval to restart the 800-mile (1,300-kilometer) line, three days after a leak was found near a pump station at Prudhoe Bay.
State and federal regulators gave the company the green light late Tuesday afternoon to do what is being described as an "interim restart," said Michelle Egan, spokeswoman for Alyeska Pipeline Service Co., which operates the pipeline.
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