FRANK MURKOWSKI, Alaska
JOHN MCCAIN, Arizona,

PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico
CRAIG THOMAS, Wyoming

ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah
JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma

KENT CONRAD, North Dakota
HARRY REID, Nevada

DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii

PAUL WELLSTONE, Minnesota

BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota
TIM JOHNSON, South Dakota

PAUL MOOREHEAD Majority Staff Director/Chief Counsel
PATRICIA M. ZELL, Democratic Staff Director/Chief Counsel

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CONTENTS

Statements:

Bullard, Loretta, executive director, Kawerak Inc., Nome, AK

Herdman, Vernita, advocacy coordinator, Rural Alaska Community Ac-

tion Program, Anchorage, AK

Hoefferle, Terry, chief of operations, Bristol Bay Native Association

Inouye, Hon. Daniel K., U.S. Senator from Hawaii, vice chairman, Com-

mittee on Indian Affairs

Ketzler, Alfred, chief administrative officer, Tanana Chiefs Conference,

Inc.

Kitka, Julie, president, Alaska Federation of Natives, Anchorage, AK

McNeil, Chris, president and CEO, Sealaska Corporation, Juneau, AK

Murkowski, Hon. Frank H., U.S. Senator from Alaska

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Nicolai, Matthew, president and CEO, Calista Corporation, Anchorage,

AK

Otte, Vicky, Cook Inlet Region Inc. Anchorage, AK

Ream, Norm, president and CEO, the Thirteenth Region, Seattle, WA

Stevens, Rita, Kodiak Area Native Association, Kodiak, ÁK

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Thomas, Edward K., president, Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska

Central Council, Juneau, AK

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Williams, Mike, chairman, Alaska Inter-Tribal Council, Anchorage, AK

Ginnis, Steve, president, Tanana Chiefs Conference, Inc. (with map)

Murkowski, Hon. Frank H., U.S. Senator from Alaska (with attachment)

Introduction to Regional Energy Needs Study, Frank Bettine, P.E., Esq.

Preliminary Evaluation of Power Supply Alternatives for Donlin Creek

Mine, Frank Bettine, P.E., Esq.

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Transmission Line Alternatives from Anchorage or Fairbanks Regions,

to Donlin Creek Mine

273

Transmission Line Alternatives from Bethel, or Railroad City, to Donlin

Creek Mine

280

Dolin Creek Project, Southwestern Alaska, Jeffrey Y. Foley, Senior Explo-

ration Geologist, Calista Corporation

293

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: A Gwich'in Perspective, Adeline
Peter Raboff

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