COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS JOHN A. BLATNIK, Minnesota, Chairman ROBERT E. JONES, Alabama KENNETH J. GRAY, Illinois DAVID N. HENDERSON, North Carolina JAMES KEE, West Virginia JAMES J. HOWARD, New Jersey MIKE MCCORMACK, Washington WILLIAM H. HARSHA, Ohio JAMES R. GROVER, JR., New York M. G. (GENE) SNYDER, Kentucky JACK H. MCDONALD, Michigan JOHN PAUL HAMMERSCHMIDT, Arkansas WILMER D. MIZELL, North Carolina LAMAR BAKER, Tennessee PROFESSIONAL STAFF KF27 RICHARD J. SULLIVAN, Chief Counsel LESTER EDELMAN, Counsel CARL H. SCHWARTZ, Jr., Consultant-Projects and Programs SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS AND OVERSIGHT ROBERT E. JONES, Alabama MIKE MCCORMACK, Washington JAMES C. CLEVELAND, New Hampshire M. G. (GENE) SNYDER, Kentucky JACK H. MCDONALD, Michigan JOHN PAUL HAMMERSCHMIDT, Arkansas JOHN H. TERRY, New York CHARLES THONE, Nebraska WALTER R. MAY, Chief Counsel PAUL R. S. YATES, Minority Professional Staff Member (II) CONTENTS Atkeson, Timothy B., General Counsel, Council on Environmental Quality- Boren, Dr. James H., President, National Association of Professional Accompanied by: Ed Edstrom, Chief of Protocol, NATAPROBU. Burmeister, W. J., President, American Association of State Highway J. C. Dingwall, State Highway Engineer of Texas and First Vice D. H. Stevens, Chairman, Highway Commission of Maine and Past Alfred E. Johnson, Executive Director of AASHO. Carroll, Thomas E., Assistant Administrator for Planning and Manage- ment. Environmental Protection Agency- Accompanied by: Alexander J. Greene, Director, Grants Administra- Dunne, Thomas P., Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary. Reiss, Philip, Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary. Accompanied by: Irwin Reisler, Acting Chief, Planning Division. Kunzig, Robert L., Administrator, General Services Administration____ Aaron Woloshin, Director of Environmental Affairs. Thomas Gherardi, Director of Congressional Affairs. Lincoln, George A., Director, Office of Emergency Preparedness_ James L. Lewis, Chief, Disaster Assistance Division. Richard Murray, Acting General Counsel. 521 Page Miller, Burton F., Executive Vice President, American Road Builders 368 Accompanied by: Ray W. Burgess, Director of Public Works, Baton Rouge, La. Robert J. Hajzyk, Director of Public Works, Harford County, Neptune, Millard, Regional Director, Southwest Region, Economic Develop- 512 William D., Administrator, Environmental Protection 571 260 5 191 Train, Russell E., Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality. Williams, Hollis R., Deputy Administrator for Watersheds, Soil Conserva- Accompanied by: Chuck Lamborn, Assistant Director of Planning. Wilson, James E., Associate Administrator for Traffic Safety Programs, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation Accompanied by: Stephen Wood, Office of Chief Counsel. Charles Livingston, Office of State and Community Comprehensive MATERIAL RECEIVED FOR THE RECORD Appalachian Regional Commission: Prepared statement of Mr. Donald W. Whitehead, Federal Co-Chairman, Corps of Engineers: Forms-Applications for permit to discharge or work in navigable waters and their tributaries__ 153 231 577 H.R. 8976, 92d Congress, first session-Mr. Cleveland's bill to provide 258 Comment upon H.R. 8976 by Mr. E. Michael Cassady, Executive Vice 259 Oahe Unit, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program-current status.. 244 313 Table A and chart A-Average preauthorization time require- 316 318 Table C and chart C-Average post-authorization time re- 320 322 Table E and chart E-Trend in backlog of authorized un- 323 Prepared statement of Mr. E. Michael Cassady, Executive Vice Presi- 240 Added comments from Mr. Cassady on red tape in water resource 256 Economic Development Administration: City of Walsenburg, Colo., EDA listing, April 8, 1971, of 13 application 431 City of Walsenburg, Colo., history and timing of industrial park proj- 431 451 EDA programs-longest pending projects_-- 507 EDA programs-number of inquiries by potential applicants, approv- 497 Economic Development Administration-Continued Page Gray, Hon. Kenneth J., Member of Congress. 1. Letter, June 21, 1971, to Mr. Gray from Mr. Fagan, re approval 459 458 3. Statement, June 21, 1971, of Mr. William O. Nolen, administra- 4. Statement, June 21, 1971, of Miss Margaret J. Bergin, adminis- 5. Letter, June 18, 1971, from Mr. Gray to EDA, re said project__ Prepared statement of Mr. Charles A. Fagan III, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Development, U.S. Department of Commerce-Exhibits attached to Mr. Fagan's statement: 459 459 460 460 434 428 519 440 473 E. Business Loan Processing System, April 1971 to present-- 483 485 G. Business Loan Processing, with explanation of various 485 H. Technical Assistance Processing, Flow Chart- 488 489 J. Technical Assistance, Comparison of Contract and Grant 489 K. Technical Assistance, Grants, processing time__. 490 490 490 General Services Administration: Charts: 1. Average time for GSA and private industry to design and build Supplemental information, related to Chart No. 4, East coast project__ Office of Emergency Preparedness: 409 Miniature and Instrument Precision Ball Bearings, Chronology – 549 521 554 Office of Regional Economic Coordination, Department of Commerce: 227 Roads: Chart, 10 basic Federal-Aid highway program requirements (enacted prior to 1950) – – 66 Page Roads Continued Chart, 23 basic Federal-Aid Highway Program requirements (total Chronology, I-95, Franconia Notch, N.H., with letter dated May 12, Houston Post news article relating to Mr. Dingwall's experience with Letter, June 18, 1971, from AASHO with supplemental material to Mr. Letters, May 13, and May 24, 1971, from Mr. J. A. Legarra, California Letter dated June 1, 1971, from Mr. J. A. Legarra, California State Letter, June 29, 1971, from Mr. B. A. Campbell, Commissioner, Alaska Maine flow chart-Summary of the various steps shown, submitted by Policy and Procedure Memorandum 20-8, January 14, 1969, public Prepared statement of Mr. Francis C. Turner, Federal Highway Administrator Appendices to Mr. Turner's statement: I. Charts 1-A through 1-F on the Federal-Aid Highway Program II. DOT Order 5610.1, 10/7/70, Implementation of section 102 (2) 18 III. Council on Environmental Quality, Guidelines on Statements, 27 IV. Instructional Memorandum, 11/24/70,, with appendices, im- 41 V. Location Litigation, 5/20/71_. 64 Prepared Statement of Mr. J. C. Dingwall, Texas Highway Engineer__ Prepared statement of Mr. Ray W. Burgess, Director of Public Works, 100 142 154 372 |