TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 400 West Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN 37902 Phone, 615-632-2101 Capitol Hill Office Building, 412 First Street SE., Washington, DC 204441 The Tennessee Valley Authority is a Government-owned corporation that conducts a unified program of resource development for the advancement of economic growth in the Tennessee Valley region. The Authority's program of activities includes flood control, navigation development, electric power production, fertilizer development, recreation improvement, and forestry and wildlife development. While its power program is financially self-supporting, other programs are financed primarily by appropriations from Congress. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a corporation created by act of May 18, 1933 (48 Stat. 58; 16 U.S.C. 831831dd). All functions of the Authority are vested in its Board of Directors, the members of which are appointed by the President by and with the consent of the Senate. Offices of the Board and General Manager are in Knoxville, TN. TVA is wholly owned by the U.S. Government. While its electric power program is required to be financially selfsupporting, other programs are financed primarily by appropriations. A system of dams built by TVA on the Tennessee River and its larger tributaries provides flood regulation on the 1 Other offices: Muscle Shoals, AL, and Chattanooga, TN. Tennessee and contributes to regulation of the lower Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. The system maintains a continuous 9foot-draft channel for navigation for the length of the 650-mile Tennessee River main stream, from Paducah, KY, to Knoxville, TN. The dams harness the power of the rivers to produce electricity. They also provide other benefits, including a major asset for outdoor recreation. TVA operates the river control system and provides assistance to State and local governments in reducing local flood problems. It also works with cooperating agencies to encourage full and effective use of the navigable waterway by industry and commerce. TVA is the wholesale power supplier for many local municipal and cooperative electric systems serving customers in parts of seven States. It supplies power to several Federal installations and industries whose power requirements are large or unusual. Power to meet these demands is supplied from dams, coal-fired powerplants, nuclear powerplants, combustion turbine installations, and a pumped-storage hydroelectric project operated by TVA, U.S. Corps of Engineers dams in the Cumberland Valley; and Aluminum Company of America dams, whose operation is coordinated with the TVA system. In economic and community development programs, TVA provides technical assistance in areas including industrial development, regional waste management, tourism promotion, community preparedness, and vanpool organization. TVA works with local communities and groups to develop maximum use of available area resources. Working with regional learning centers, businesses, and industries, TVA has identified skills that are needed in the high-technology job market and has set up training centers. At Muscle Shoals, AL, TVA operates a national laboratory for development of new and improved fertilizers and processes. Research results are made available to industry. Fertilizers produced in the demonstration facilities are distributed for use in research and educational programs, principally farm test-demonstrations and demonstrations conducted through cooperative and wholesale fertilizer distributors. It also conducts a major bioenergy research program. In cooperation with other agencies, TVA conducts research and development programs in forestry, fish and game, watershed protection, health services related to its operations, and economic development of Tennessee Valley communities. In the western part of Kentucky and Tennessee, TVA operates Land Between The Lakes a demonstration project in outdoor recreation, environmental education, and natural resource management. Sources of Information Local Economic Development and Regional Planning Office of Natural Resources and Economic Development, TVA, Knoxville, TN 37902. Phone, 615632-8107. Contract Information Division of Purchasing, 1700 CST2, 6th and Chestnut Streets, Chattanooga, TN 37401. Phone, 615-751-2624. This office will direct inquiries to the appropriate procurement officer. Electric Power Supply and Rates Office of Power, TVA, Chattanooga, TN 37401-2801. Phone, 615-751-3369. Employment Employment Branch, TVA, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN 37902 (and personnel offices at other major TVA locations and construction projects). Phone, 615-6323264. Environmental and Energy Education/ Information TVA Energy Education/ Information Programs, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN 37902. Phone, 615-632-3160. Environmental Quality Office of Map Information Mapping Services Medical Program Division of Medical Citizen Participation Citizen Action Office, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN 37902. ACTION LINES: Toll-free 1-800-362-9250 (Tennessee), 1800-251-9242 (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Virginia). Publications Information Office, TVA, (phone, 615-632-3466); Chattanooga Office Complex, SP1N 30A-C, Chattanooga, TN 37401 (phone, 615751-4913); National Fertilizer Development Center, Room A100, Muscle Shoals, AL 35660 (phone, 205386-2871); Land Between the Lakes, Golden Pond, KY 42231 (phone, 502924-5602). For further information, contact the Information Office, Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN 37902 (phone, 615-632-8000); or the Capitol Hill Office Building, 412 First Street SE., Washington, DC 20444 (phone, 202-245-0101). UNITED STATES ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY 320 Twenty-first Street NW., Washington, DC 20451 Phone, 202-647-4000 Kenneth L. Adelman David F. Emery Michael A. Guhin William B. Staples (Vacancy) Manfred Eimer Lynn Hansen Lewis Dunn Director Deputy Director Executive Secretary Executive Secretary, General Advisory Committee Assistant Director, Bureau of Verification and Assistant Director, Multilateral Affairs Bureau Programs Assistant Director, Nuclear and Weapons Henry Cooper Deputy Negotiator, Space Weapons and Richard Ellis (Vacancy) Defensive Arms U.S. Commissioner, Standing Consultative U.S. Representative to the Committee on Edward L. Rowny Special Advisor to the President and [For the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency statement of organization, see the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 22, Part 601] The United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency formulates and implements arms control and disarmament policies that will promote the national security of the United States and its relations with other countries. At present, to effectively carry out its responsibilities, it prepares and participates in discussions and negotiations with the Soviet Union and other countries on such issues as strategic arms limitations, mutual force reductions in Central Europe, preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to countries that do not now possess them, a prohibition on chemical weapons, and monitoring the flow of arms trade throughout the world. Activities The United States Arms Control and In addition to directing the Agency In support of its activities, the Agency conducts research and studies or makes arrangements for their conduct (through contracts and agreements) by private or public institutions or persons. It also coordinates such efforts by or for other Government agencies, and analyzes selected defense programs for their arms control implications. The Arms Control and Disarmament Act also provides for the establishment of a General Advisory Committee, not to exceed 15 members, appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to advise the President, the Secretary of State, and the Director of the Agency on matters affecting arms control, disarmament, and world peace. Sources of Information Speakers Officers of the Agency will address audiences in all parts of the country if speaking engagements can be fitted into their work schedules. Phone, 202-647-8677. Contracts Individuals seeking to do Publications Copies of publications For further information, contact the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 320 |