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STATEMENTS-Continued

Hagen, Bruce, commissioner, North Dakota Public Service Com-
mission (plus table and Senate till No. 2091)..

Data on surface mining-period Jan. 1, 1970, through May 1,
1973 (table)....

North Dakota Senate bill No. 2091_.

Hagen, Hubert D., vice president, Arch Mineral Corp..........
Handley, Robert H., president, Coal River Improvement Association
(plus paper including tables).

Paper presented March 25, 1972, at a public meeting of water
resource development of Coal River conducted by the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers and the West Virginia Department of
Natural Resources..

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Table 9.-Summary of erosion and sedimentation data
from contour strip mining....

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Table 10.-Sediment yield rates for representative West
Virginia watersheds....

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Table 11.-Summary of annual data for erosion from surface
mines in the Coal River Basin, W. Va.........-

Table 12.-Major sediment sources, Kanawha River Basin.
Harger, William L., president, Sunbeam Coal Co., Boyers, Pa..
Supplemental statement, comparison of House bill 5988 with
Pennsylvania strip mine reclamation and conservation law----
Harner, Eugene J., of Madison, W. Va.............
Hechler, Hon. Ken, a Representative in Congress from the State of
West Virginia...

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Statement before the Senate Interior Committee on March 13,
1973 ...

Heine, Walter, Associate Deputy Secretary for Mines and Land Pro-
tection, Pennsylyania Department of Envirnmoental Resources.
Statement before Senate Interior Committee, March 13, 1973.
Hodder, Richard L., senior research associate, Montana Agricultural
Experiment Station, Montana State University..

Hole, William E., Jr., National Sand and Gravel Association..
Hosmer, Hon. Craig, a Representative in Congress from the State of
California

Houska, M. D., associate professor of economics, Hollins College
(plus tables, chart, and map).

Table IX a. -Comparison of economic and educational character-
istics of the seven coal mining counties of Virginia with six
other western Virginia counties identical in topography and
isolation but nonmining coal...

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Table I.-Mining, manufacturing, and total employment covered
by social security in the first quarters of 1947, 1951, 1956, 1962,
and 1966-71..

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Chart I.-Comparison of productivity, wages, and prices, U.S.
bituminous coal industry, 1955-72-

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Table II.-Natural and migrational population change by decade
1940-70..

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Table III.-Selected characteristics of the labor force and popu-
lation relating to the employment leyel in 1970---

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Table IV.-Distribution of bituminous coal produced in 1970 in
districts 7 and 8..........

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Table V.-Output per man-day in underground bituminous mines
in the United States and Europe..

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Table VI.-Percent of U.S. coal to total coal imported by nations
of West Europe__

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Table VII.-Production, prices, wages, productivity, and exports
of bituminous coal in the United States, 1955-72-
Table VIII.-Destination of U.S. exports of bituminous coal
1955-71.

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Table IX.-Income and educational characteristics of six non-
coal producing mountain counties in western Virginia in 1970.
Map. Coal and noncoal mining counties.

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Hunter, Louis, executive secretary, National Independent Coal Operators Association

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Izaak Walton League of America submitted by Nancy Matisoff, environmental associate....

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Jacobsen, Noland A., extension livestock specialist, emeritus, Montana Page
State University, Birley, Mont_-_
Justice, Betty Jean, of Clintwood, Va.
Kentucky Coal Association.......

Kilmarx, Dr. Robert, director of business and defense research center
for strategic and international studies, Georgetown University...
Koch, Amy, department of sociology, Ohio University..

Koch, Amy, Nancy Linder, and Kristine Pustay, students, Hollins
College, Virginia_.

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Krebs, Dr. Girard, department of sociology and Anthropology, Ohio
University.

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Lewis, Dr. Helen M., associate professor of sociology, Clinch Valley
College, Wise, Va...

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Lloyd, Rev. R. Baldwin, executive director, Appalachian People's
Service Organization, Blacksburg, Va..

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Addendum..

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Chart 1.-Mining's small space on the map of the United States__
Chart 2.-U.S. energy supplies, 1970 and 1985.
Chart 2A.-U.S. energy supplies, 1970 and 1985.

Luigart, Fred W., Jr., president, Kentucky Coal Association.......
MacGregor, Ian, chairman of the board and chief executive officer,
American Metal Climax, Inc. (plus charts)_.

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Magnuson, Ralph E., Jr., director, Environmental Affairs, the
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co., Cleveland, Ohio.....

Chart 4.-Net imports as a percentage of U.S. demands-1971
(preliminary data).

Chart 3.-Developing deficits, U.S. primary mineral demand vs.
U.S. primary mineral supplies...

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Matisoff, Nancy, Environmental Associate, the Izaak Walton League of America__

McGlothlin, James W., of Grundy, Va.

McNeely, John, Environmental Policy Center, Dayton, Ohio.
McRae, Wallace, Rocker Six Cattle Co., Forsyth, Mont..

Mid-Atlantic Area Council of the National Electric Reliability Council
submitted by C. H. Hoffman, chairman _ _ _

Miernyk, Dr. William H., Benedum Professor of Economics and
Director, Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University...
Mink, Hon. Patsy T., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Hawaii....

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Moore, Dr. John and Dr. F. K. Schmidt-Bleek, University of Tennessee (plus charts and tables).

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Table 2.-Mean flood damage levels in Ohio, Tennessee, and
Virginia, 1962–72__

Figure 1.-A benefit/cost approach to social cost measurement
and control in mining-

Table 1.-Problems and social costs of deep mining and strip
mining...

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Table 3.-The percentage increase in observed 1970 local "in-
come" streams per square mile from a 1-percent increase in
each of various "nonlocal" or government income streams per
square mile..

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Morton, Paul, president, Cannelton Industries, Inc..

National Clay Pipe Institute, submitted by E. J. Newbould, vice president, government relations..

National Audubon Society, New York, presented by John L. Franson.
Additional information for the record_

Figure 2.-Maximum bench width in feet for $2.00/ton restora-
tion cost limit__.

Figure 3.-Solid bench width in feet for 3-foot seam.
Morris, Melvin, professor of forestry, School of Forestry, University
of Montana___

Table 4.-Some preliminary calculations of human capital costs
of death and injury by type of mining, 1962-70-.
Table 5.-Costs of revegetating contour strip mines.
Table 6.-Costs of revegetating contour strip mines..
Table 7.-Approximate costs of contour backfilling--

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STATEMENTS-Continued

National Sand and Gravel Association supplemental statement of
Mr. Pettinos and Mr. Wachter...

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Nephew, E. A., Oak Ridge Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn
Newbould, E. J., vice president, government relations, National Clay
Pipe Institutes..

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Northern Plains Reclamation Panel:

McRae, Wallace, Rocker Six Cattle Co., Forsyth, Mont--
Hodder, Richard L., senior research associate, Montana Agricul-
tural Experiment Station, Montana State University..
Morris, Melvin, professor of forestry, School of Forestry, Uni-
versity of Montana (plus clipping from the Missoulian, dated
May 13, 1973, and chart).

Wambolt, Carl L., Ph. D., range specialist, Cooperative Exten-
sion Service, Montana State University.

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Ozmina, David J., Steering Committee for Surface Mine Research in
West Virginia__

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Parker, B. B., chairman, Southeastern Electric Reliability Council (plus tables)..

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Table 1.-Southeastern Electric Reliability Council, capacity
and estimated coal needs, 1973_

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Table 2.-Southeastern Electric Reliability Council, coal sources
estimated for 1973..

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Pettinos, Lewis McM., chairman, Committee on Environmental
Problems, National Sand and Gravel Association__
Phelps, E. R., president of Peabody Coal Co.............

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Phibbs, Henry Clandillon, II, Sierra Club, Wilson, Wyo....

Place, John B. M., president and chief executive officer, the Anaconda
Co., New York, N.Y.....

Preate, Ernest, Jr., attorney, Scranton, Pa...

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Quarles, John R., Acting Deputy Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency--

Quale, John G., president, Wisconsin Electric Power Co. and vicechairman, Mid-America Interpool Network...

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Rechter, Richard P., National Crushed Stone Institute, submitted by
Gary Donnelly..

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Reeves, Albert L., senior vice president and secretary, Utah International Inc..

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Robinson, Charles, staff counsel, National Rural Electric Cooperative
Association..

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Rodgers, William H., Jr., professor of law, Georgetown University
Law Center____

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Roller, William, commissioner, Division of Mined Land Reclamation,
Commonwealth of Virginia..

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Russell, Liane B., Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning--
Saylor, Hon. John P., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Pennsylvania.

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Section-by-section summary of H.R. 5988

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Schmidt-Bleek Dr. F. K., and Dr. John Moore, University of Tennessee (plus charts and tables)

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Table 1.-Problems and social costs of deep mining and strip
mining-

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Figure 1.-A benefit/cost approach to social cost measurement and
control in mining..

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Table 2.-Mean flood damage levels in Ohio, Tennessee, and
Virginia, 1962-72__

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Table 3.-The percentage increase in observed 1970 local "in-
come" streams per square mile from a 1-percent increase in
each of various "nonlocal" or government income streams per
square mile....

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Figure 2.-Maximum bench width in feet for $2.00/ton restoration
cost limit__.

Table 4.-Some preliminary calculations of human capital costs
of death and injury by type of mining, 1962-70--
Table 5.-Costs of revegetating contour strip mines.
Table 6.-Costs of revegetating contour strip mines.
Table 7.-Approximate costs of contour backfilling-

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Figure 3.-Solid bench width in feet for 3-foot seam

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STATEMENTS-Continued

Shepherd, Mart, of Hazard, Ky..

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Shoup, Hon. Dick, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Montana..

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Shilling, Mayfield R., president and chief executive officer, Ideal
Basic Industries, Inc...

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Slack, Hon. John, a Representative in Congress from the State of
West Virginia.......

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Slone, Alice H., of Lotts Creek, Ky.

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Smith, Dr. Spencer M., Jr., secretary, Citizens Committee on Natural
Resources

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Southeastern Electric Reliability Council, submitted by B. B. Parker, chairman (plus tables)

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Table 1.-Southeastern Electric Reliability Council, capacity and
estimated coal needs, 1973-...

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Table 2.-Southeastern Electric Reliability Council, coal sources
estimated for 1973.

Spore, Robert L., economist, ORNL-NSF Environmental Program,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tenn. (plus tables).
Stephens, E. S. vice president, Garland Coal & Mining Co., Fort
Smith, Ark. (plus additions).

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Chronological outline of background of reclamation legislation
in Oklahoma, submitted by Mr. Stephens....
The Mining Lands Reclamation Act--

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Davies, S. L., director, Arkansas Pollution Control Commission,

Little Rock, to Mining operators in Arkansas, dated June 1,
1971 (letter).

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Implementation of the open cut mining law for administrative
purposes and maps..

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Act 236 of 1971 (H.R. 209)..

Train, Hon. Russell E., chairman, Council on Environment Quality.... Udall, Hon. Morris K., a Representative in Congress from the State of Arizona....

Underkofler, James R., president, Wisconsin Power & Light Co., on behalf of Edison Electric Institute..

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Vanik, Hon. Charles A., a Representative in Congress from the State of Ohio..

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Wachter, Frank C., chaman, Committee on Public Affairs, National
Industrial nd Association___.

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Wagner, A. J., chairman of the board of the Tennessee Valley Authority..

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Walker, Richard F., vice president, Public Service Co. of Colorado and vice chairman, Western Systems Coordinating Council....... Wallace, Henry J., Jr., Esq

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Wallop, Senator Malcolm, Big Horn, Wyo., representing Sheridan
County in the Wyoming Legislature..

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Wambolt, Carl L., Ph. D., range specialist, Cooperative Extension
Service, Montana State Úriversity.

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Washington, James, Jr., director, Mingo County Economic Development Commission_.

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Western Pennsylvania Surface Coal Mine Operators, William L.
Harger, president, Sunbeam Coal Co., Inc., Boyers, Pa., and Henry
J. Wallace, Jr., Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, attorneys (plus
Pennsylvania's strip mining legislation).

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Exhibit A.-Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1971...

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Whitaker, Hon. John C., Under Secretary of Interior..
White, Nelson C., chairman of the board, International Minerals &
Chemical Corp_

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Whitt, Darnell, Deputy Administrator for Field Services, Soil Con-
servation Service, Department of Agriculture__

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Wilkinson, James, president, West Virginia Surface Mining and
Reclamation Association _ _ .

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Williamson, Monroe W., chairman, Strip Mining Committee of the
Conservation Council of Virginia, Inc..

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Womble, W. Leonard, former manager, Mining Engineering Depart-
ment, Thompson & Litton, Inc., Wise, Va...

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Worthington, William, Black Lung Association, Harlan County, Ky..
Wright, A. T., staff consultant, the Wilderness Society---
LETTERS

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Alexander, L. M., associate general manager, power, Salt River project, Phoenix, Ariz., to Hon. Patsy T. Mink, dated May 11, 1973. 1037

LETTERS-Continued

Bagge, Carl E., National Coal Association, to Edwin R. Phelps, dated May 29, 1973 (plus two statements).

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Statement of position dated Oct. 3, 1972_

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Statement of Carl E. Bagge, dated Oct. 12, 1972

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Borrelli, Peter, Sierra Club, to Hon. Patsy Mink, and Hon Morris K.
Udall, dated May 21, 1973..

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Summary of Sierra Club position..

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Bossi, Stephen E., National Catholic Rural Life Conference, Division for Rural Life, to Hon. Patsy T. Mink, dated May 9, 1973 (enclosure).

Bossi, Stephen E., Washington representative, National Catholic
Rural Life Conference, and others, to Hon. Patsy T. Mink, dated
May 25, 1973___
Calvasina, Mrs. Richard, chairman, Strip Mining Committee, League
of Women Voters, Birmingham, Ala., to Rep. Patsy T. Mink, dated
March 2, 1973_

Campbell, Hon. J. Phil, Under Secretary of the Derartment of Agri-
culture, to Hon. James A. Haley, dated April 9, 1973 (report) (plus
attachment).

Davidson, E. K., director of environmental affairs, National Sand and Gravel Association, Silver Spring, Md., to Mr. John R. Quarles, Jr., general counsel, EPA., dated March 21, 1973 (plus information regarding H.R. 6603) __

Davidson, E. K., director of Environmental Affairs, National Sand and Gravel Association, to Hon. Patsy T. Mink, dated May 17, 1973_

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Davidson, E. K., Director of Environmental Affairs, National Sand
and Gravel Association, to Hon. Patsy T. Mink, dated May 31,
1973 (plus appendices A and B)..
Dingell, Hon. John D., Member of Congress, to Hon. Patsy Mink,
dated April 10, 1973 (plus statement in Congressional Record, dated
Feb. 2, 1973 and articles from the Louisville (Ky). Courier-Journal
dated Feb. 15, 1973 and the New York Times, dated Feb. 15, 1973). 1132
Donnelly, Gary W., vice president, National Limestone Institute,
Inc., to Hon. Patsy T. Mink, dated May 14, 1973____
Donnelly, Gary W., vice president, National Limestone Institute,
Inc., to Hon. Morris K. Udall, dated May 3, 1973...
Dresher, Dr. W. H., Dean, College of Mines, University of Arizona,
to Hon. Morris K. Udall, dated May 11, 1973 (plus statement).
Green, Shirley E., field secretary, Board of Missions of the United
Methodist Church, Office of Town and Country Ministers, New
York, N. Y., to Hon. Patsy T. Mink, dated May 8, 1973 (plus
resolution)

Haley, Hon. James A., Chairman, House Interior Committee, to
Governor Ronald Reagan, dated May 8, 1973..

Heine, Walter N., Associate Deputy Secretary for Mines and Land
Protection, State of Pennsylvania, to Hon. Morris K. Udall, dated
May 24, 1973 (plus impact of the 1963 Act on the Bituminous
Coal Industry).

Hobart, Larry, assistant general manager, American Public Power
Association, to Rep. Morris K. Udall, dated May 25, 1973 (plus
statement)

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Hoffman, C. H., chairman, Mid-Atlantic Area Council, Newark, N.J.,
to Hon. Patsy T. Mink, dated May 21, 1973 (plus statement).
Kovacic, Bill, reclamation planner, Kaysinger Basin Regional Plan-
ning Commission, to Hon. William J. Randall, dated Feb. 23, 1973-
Lemon, E. D., manager of environmental affairs, U.S. Borax, to Hon.
William M. Ketchum, Member of Congress, dated April 10, 1973. 1166
Link, Hon. Arthur A., Governor, North Dakota, to Hon. Morris K.
Udall and Hon. Patsy T. Mink, dated May 11, 1973..
Luigart, Fred W., Jr., president, Kentucky Coal Association, Lexing-
ton, Ky., to Reps. Patsy T. Mink and Morris K. Udall, dated
April 19, 1973 (plus comments)--

Manthey, T. J., director of public affairs, Pickands Mather & Co.,
Cleveland, Ohio, to Hon. Morris K. Udall, dated May 15, 1973___

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