Upstream Benefits: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foregin Commerce, House of Representatives, Eighty-sixth Congress, First and Second Sessions, on H.R. 5309, a Bill to Amend Part 1 of the Federal Power Act, H.R. 7201 and H.R. 7494, Bills to Provide for the Comprehensive Operation of Hydroelectric Power Resources of the United States, and for Other Purposes. July 16,27, 1959, and January 20, 1960U.S. Government Printing Office, 1960 - 163 pages Considers H.R. 5309, H.R. 7201, and identical H.R. 7494, to amend the Federal Power Act to allow hydroelectric power plants to be charged when upstream construction or improvements on a separate project benefit the operations of the hydroelectric plant. |
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... AVERY , Kansas HAROLD R. COLLIER , Illinois MILTON W. GLENN , New Jersey SAMUEL L. DEVINE , Ohio ANCHER NELSEN , Minnesota HASTINGS KEITH , Massachusetts WILLARD S. CURTIN , Pennsylvania WALTER ROGERS , Texas JOHN J. FLYNT , JR ...
... AVERY , Kansas HAROLD R. COLLIER , Illinois MILTON W. GLENN , New Jersey SAMUEL L. DEVINE , Ohio ANCHER NELSEN , Minnesota HASTINGS KEITH , Massachusetts WILLARD S. CURTIN , Pennsylvania WALTER ROGERS , Texas JOHN J. FLYNT , JR ...
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... AVERY . I hav a lot of questions , Mr. Chairman , but I don't know quite how to phrase them , and so I will join my other colleagues and reserve my time for now . The CHAIRMAN . Mr. Gatchell , as I understand from your explana- tion ...
... AVERY . I hav a lot of questions , Mr. Chairman , but I don't know quite how to phrase them , and so I will join my other colleagues and reserve my time for now . The CHAIRMAN . Mr. Gatchell , as I understand from your explana- tion ...
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... AVERY . It is just a little bit , I think in one county . The CHAIRMAN . It gets up there ; but anyway , it would not require any more of such arrangement than is voluntarily practiced in that area . Mr. GATCHELL . Yes , sir . The ...
... AVERY . It is just a little bit , I think in one county . The CHAIRMAN . It gets up there ; but anyway , it would not require any more of such arrangement than is voluntarily practiced in that area . Mr. GATCHELL . Yes , sir . The ...
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... Avery . Mr. AVERY . In various subsections of the bill , Mr. Gatchell , you re- fer to benefits accruing to downstream facilities . Actually , there are no benefits except water itself , is that not correct ? Or are there any other ...
... Avery . Mr. AVERY . In various subsections of the bill , Mr. Gatchell , you re- fer to benefits accruing to downstream facilities . Actually , there are no benefits except water itself , is that not correct ? Or are there any other ...
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... AVERY . And sanitation also , in certain instances . Mr. GATCHELL . Sanitation and municipal water supply and other things of that sort . If your upstream plant is operating just 4 hours a day , that means that there is a big surge of ...
... AVERY . And sanitation also , in certain instances . Mr. GATCHELL . Sanitation and municipal water supply and other things of that sort . If your upstream plant is operating just 4 hours a day , that means that there is a big surge of ...
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