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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT

JOINT HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS

AND THE

COMMITTEE ON

INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

THE OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICY ACT OF 1969

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COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia, Chairman

EDMUND S. MUSKIE, Maine

B. EVERETT JORDAN, North Carolina
BIRCH BAYH, Indiana

JOSEPH M. MONTOYA, New Mexico

THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri
MIKE GRAVEL, Alaska

JOHN V. TUNNEY, California

LLOYD BENTSEN, Texas

JOHN SHERMAN COOPER, Kentucky

J. CALEB BOGGS, Delaware

HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., Tennessee
ROBERT J. DOLE, Kansas
JAMES L. BUCKLEY, New York
ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont
KARL E. MUNDT, North Dakota

M. BARRY MEYER, Chief Counsel and Chief Clerk

BAILEY GUARD, Minority Clerk; THOMAS C. JORLING, Minority Counsel
JOSEPH F. VAN VLADRICKEN and LEON G. BILLINGS, Senior Staff Members
PHILIP T. CUMMINGS and DON ALEXANDER, Assistant Counsels

Professional and research staff: REBECCA BEAUREGARD, HAROLD H. BRAYMAN, PAUL CHIMES
FRANCES T. CLARK, KATHERINE Y. CUDLIPP, KATHALEEN R. E. FORCUM, ANN GARRA
BRANT, RICHARD D. GrundY, RICHARD E. HEROD, CLARK NORTON, JUDY PARENTE, DAVI
SANDOVAL, SALLY WALKER, RICHARD W. WILSON, and JOHN W. YAGO, Jr.

COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

HENRY M. JACKSON,

CLINTON P. ANDERSON, New Mexico

ALAN BIBLE, Nevada
FRANK CHURCH, Idaho
FRANK E. MOSS, Utah

QUENTIN N. BURDICK, North Dakota
GEORGE MCGOVERN, South Dakota
LEE METCALF, Montana
MIKE GRAVEL, Alaska

Washington, Chairman
GORDON ALLOTT, Colorado
LEN B. JORDAN, Idaho
PAUL J. FANNIN, Arizona
CLIFFORD P. HANSEN, Wyoming
MARK O. HATFIELD, Oregon
HENRY BELLMON, Oklahoma
JAMES L. BUCKLEY, New York

JERRY T. VERKLER, Staff Director
WILLIAM J. VAN NESS, Chief Counsel
DANIEL DREYFUS, Professional Staff Member
MARY JANE DUE, Staff Counsel
CHARLES COOK, Minority Counsel

CONTENTS

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

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Gavin, Emmett J., Assistant to the Chairman, Federal Power Commission__
Goldstein, Daniel, Assistant General Counsel, Federal Power Commission___
Gooch, Gordon, General Counsel, Federal Power Commission__.
Gould, Franklin P., staff attorney, Office of the General Counsel, Federal
Power Commission___

Journey, Drexel D., Deputy General Counsel, Federal Power Commission__
Lucas, Kenneth, Assistant to the Chairman, Federal Power Commission__
Nassikas, Hon. John N., Chairman, Federal Power Commission____
Philips, T. A., Chief, Bureau of Power, Federal Power Commission----
Savoy, Willard W., Assistant Director, Office of Public Information, Fed-
eral Power Commission__.

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Simes, James J., Deputy Chief, Bureau of Natural Gas, Federal Power
Commission

350

Warren, Frederick H., adviser on environmental quality, Federal Power
Commission

350

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1972 (P. 459)

Freeman, George C., Jr., attorney, Hunton, Williams, Gay & Gibson_
Prepared statement_

Karaganis, Joseph, counsel, Izaak Walton League__.

Kennedy, William F., associate general counsel, General Electric Co----
Roisman, Anthony Z., Sierra Club_-_-

Speth, J. G., Natural Resources Defense Council_

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THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1972

Morton, Hon. Rogers C. B., Secretary, Department of the Interior__
Ruckelshaus, Hon. William D., Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency

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545

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND MATERIAL

Administrative Conference of the United States, information concerning__
Baker, Hon. Howard H., U.S. Senator from the State of Tennessee:
Letters:

From:

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Gordon Gooch, General Counsel, Federal Power Commission__
Martin R. Hoffmann, General Counsel, Atomic Energy
Commission

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Russell E. Train, Chairman, Council On Environmental
Quality

407, 573

Timothy Atkeson, General Counsel, Council On Environmental
Quality

574

William D. Ruckelshaus, Administrator, Environmental Pro-
tection Agency---

405, 567

To:

Russell E. Train, Chairman, Council on Environmental
Quality

572

William D. Ruckelshaus, Administrator, Environmental Pro-
tection Agency, dated March 21, 1972__.

Hunter, E. A., president and general manager, Utah Power & Light Co.,
letter to Senator Randolph--

404, 564

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Morton, Hon. Rogers C. B., Secretary, Department of the Interior, letter to Senator Baker dated March 15, 1972__.

544

Nassikas, Hon. John N., Chairman, Federal Power Commission, material supplied by:

Cases before the court of appeals..

376

Impact of NEPA on summer 1972 electric power adequacy

365

New large steam-electric generating units scheduled for service
by summer 1972.

365

Implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act_.
Mid- and long-term power capacity needs.

369, 375

366

Nuclear steam generating units scheduled for service October
1972 through December 1975_

367

Fossil-fueled steam generating units scheduled for service Oc-
tober 1972 through December 1975---

367

Staff summary of FPC rulemaking with environmental significance_-_

382

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