COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

JOHN SPARKMAN, Alabama, Chairman

CONTENTS

S. 1697

Amendment No. 115.

LIST OF WITNESSES

Darrell M. Trent, Acting Director, Office of Emergency Preparedness; ac-

companied by Craig C. Chandler, Acting Director, Office of Emergency

Operations of the Forest Service; William Crockett, Assistant Director

for Disaster Programs; Robert Stevens, regional director for California;

and James McAleer, General Counsel..

Ronald V. Dellums, Representative in Congress from the State of Cali-

fornia

Fortney H. Stark, Representative in Congress from the State of California_

Edwin Meese III, executive assistant to Gov. Ronald Regan.......

William Hildebrand, chairman of the Inter-Agency Advisory Committee,

Assistant Civil Defense Director, Alameda County, Calif

Richar C. Trudeau, general manager, East Bay Regional Park District_

Jay ver Lee, director, city of Oakland Park and recreation department__

Mrs. Marge Gibson, vice-chairperson, Citizens Fire Hazard Committee,

Oakland, Calif_

Northcutt Ely, Washington attorney for East Bay Municipal Utilities Dis-

trict

Peter R. Goldschmidt, special assistant to the President, University of

California

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND DATA

Stewart Udall, former Secretary of Interior, written statement---

Oakland Tribune:

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Article, "Peril of the Oakland Hills".

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Telegram, to Senator Cranston supporting S. 1697-

Article "Unit Suspends Field Burnings".

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Editorial approving 10-point eucalyptus fire-reduction plan---

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Article, "State Won't Cut Trees on Private Property".

Map, depicting eucalyptus clearances by private owners in concert
with State Ecology Corp. and P.G. & E---

Editorial, "Letters to the Forum-Volunteer to Cleanup".

Craig C. Chandler, report and statement___

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Department of Agriculture, Acting Secretary J. Phil Campbell, letter to

Senator Cranston__.

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East Bay Hills, fire hazard evaluation team on freeze damage to euca-

lyptus stands :

Introduction

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Bibliography

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State of California Office of Emergency Services, Robert L. Vickers, deputy
director, letter to John H. Hastings, deputy State forester, Department
of Conservation__.

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Office of Emergency Preparedness:

Title 32-National Defense; Part 1710-Federal Disaster Assistance;
Chapter XVII, as appeared in Federal Register, issues of Jan. 28,
1971, and June 9, 1972, jointly--.

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Letter from Darrell M. Trent, Acting Director to Senator Cranston,
furnishing informational enclosures on section 221 and summary
of its authority and use_-

(III)

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Jerome R. Waldie, Congressman from State of California, written state-
ment

Telegram from Mayor of Oakland, Calif., to President Nixon__.
Berkeley Daily Gazette:

Article, "State, Feds, Fiddle While Bay Eucalyptus Burns".
Aerial map depicting proposed clearances of dead eucalyptus_--

East Bay Regional Park District:

Outline of plan of action__.

Letter to, commending initiative on meeting fire threat, from California Native Plant Society-.

Interdepartmental correspondence to:

Richard Trudeau, April 17, 1973, from Gary Tate_-_
William Hildebrand, March 8, 1973, from Gary Tate__

Richard Trudeau, and members of board of directors, April 17,
1973

Declaration of Local Emergency.

City of El Cerrito, fire department:

Letter listing chronological actions taken to eliminate fire hazard to
Office of Emergency Services_.

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Circular, "Property Owner's Guide for Fire Safety".

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City of Berkeley, interim report-"Eucalyptus Trees and Related Hazards"

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Statement to congressional delegation from California from mayor of El
Cerrito

Office of Emergency Services (Contra Costa County) letter to William
Hildebrand (ass't. director, San Leandro)

University of California, Berkeley, plan for relieving wild fire hazards__
East Bay Regional Pack District:

City of Oakland, progress report on fire hazard plan_-_-
Northcutt Ely, letter to John S. Harnett, response to request for opinion

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on financial assistance from Federal administration to local agencies__ Summary statement of citizen's fire hazard committee_-_

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