PHOENIX (AP) — A natural gas company that has been locked in negotiations with the Navajo Nation on right of way access for a pipeline has reached an interim deal with the tribe.

The deal between El Paso Natural Gas Co. and the Navajo Nation extends the pipeline right-of-way agreement for a year while the two sides continue to negotiate compensation terms. El Paso operates an east-west gas pipeline that crosses about 900 miles of the reservation in Arizona and New Mexico. It delivers gas from Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma to western markets.

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