POWERPLANT SITING AND
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON
COMMUNICATIONS AND POWER

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H.R. 5277, H.R. 6970, H.R. 6971, H.R. 6972,
H.R. 3838, H.R. 7045, H.R. 1079, and
H.R. 1486

BILLS RELATING TO POWERPLANT SITING AND
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

(And identical bills)

MAY 4, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 25, 26, AND 27, 1971

Serial No. 92-31

Printed for the use of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce

63-282 O

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1971

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office

Washington, D.C. 20402 Price $1.50

COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE
HARLEY O. STAGGERS, West Virginia, Chairman

TORBERT H. MACDONALD, Massachusetts WILLIAM L. SPRINGER, Illinois

SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS AND POWER

TORBERT H. MACDONALD, Massachusetts, Chairman

LIONEL VAN DEERLIN, California
FRED B. ROONEY, Pennsylvania
ROBERT O. TIERNAN, Rhode Island
GOODLOE E. BYRON, Maryland

Administrative Conference of the United States on H.R. 6970_____.

Defense Department on H.R. 7045.

Environmental Protection Agency on H.R. 605, H.R. 1079, H.R.

3838, H.R. 5277, H.R. 6970, H.R. 6971, H.R. 6972, and H.R.

7045_

86

172

220

221

222

Interior Department on H.R. 605, H.R. 1079, H. R. 1486, H.R. 3838,

H.R. 5277, H. R. 5389, H.R. 5941, H.R. 6526, H.R. 6970, H.R.

6971, H.R. 6972, and H.R. 7045__

227

Office of Science and Technology on H.R. 1079, H.R. 5277, H.R.

5389, H.R. 6526, and H.R. 7045_..

234

Statement of-

Allen, Howard P., vice president, Southern California Edison Co.---

Barry, David N., III, assistant counsel, Southern California Edison

Co....

803

696

Blanchar, Carroll H., chairman, Public Service Co. of Indiana_.

Blanchard, Bruce, assistant to Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary

for Programs, Department of the Interior..

Bleiweis, Julius, manager, Northeast Power Coordinating_Council..

Bloom, George I., president, National Association of Regulatory

Utility Commissioners (NARUC)...

Botts, Mrs. Lee, executive secretary, Lake Michigan Federation...

Bracken, Frank A., legislative counsel, Department of the Interior__

Brand, Wallace, Public Counsel Section, Antitrust Division, Depart-

ment of Justice.

Brazier, Donald H., Jr., chairman, Washington State Utilities and

Transportation Commission..

Brooke, Albert B., Jr., Commissioner, Federal Power Commission___

Carver, John A., Jr., Commissioner, Federal Power Commission...

Case, Edson, Director, Division of Reactor Standards, U.S. Atomic

Energy Commission..

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