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COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MORRIS K. UDALL, Arizona, Chairman

GEORGE MILLER, California
PHILIP R. SHARP, Indiana
EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts
AUSTIN J. MURPHY, Pennsylvania
NICK JOE RAHALL II, West Virginia
BRUCE F. VENTO, Minnesota
JERRY HUCKABY, Louisiana
DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan
TONY COELHO, California
BEVERLY B. BYRON, Maryland
RON DE LUGO, Virgin Islands
SAM GEJDENSON, Connecticut
PETER H. KOSTMAYER, Pennsylvania
RICHARD H. LEHMAN, California
BILL RICHARDSON, New Mexico
FOFO I.F. SUNIA, American Samoa
GEORGE (BUDDY) DARDEN, Georgia
PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana
JAIME B. FUSTER, Puerto Rico
MEL LEVINE, California

JAMES MCCLURE CLARKE, North Carolina
WAYNE OWENS, Utah

JOHN LEWIS, Georgia

BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, Colorado PETER A. DEFAZIO, Oregon

DON YOUNG, Alaska,

Ranking Republican Member MANUEL LUJAN, JR., New Mexico ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO, California RON MARLENEE, Montana

DICK CHENEY, Wyoming

CHARLES PASHAYAN, JR., California

LARRY CRAIG, Idaho

DENNY SMITH, Oregon

JAMES V. HANSEN, Utah

BILL EMERSON, Missouri

BARBARA F. VUCANOVICH, Nevada

BEN BLAZ, Guam

JOHN J. RHODES III, Arizona

ELTON GALLEGLY, California RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana

STANLEY SCOVILLE, Staff Director and Counsel
ROY JONES, Associate Staff Director and Counsel
LEE MCELVAIN, General Counsel

WILLIAM L. SHAFER, Consultant on Mines, Minerals, and Public Lands
MARK TRAUTWEIN, Consultant on Environment, Energy and Public Lands
RICHARD A. AGNEW, Republican Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

MORRIS K. UDALL, Arizona, Chairman

GEORGE MILLER, California
PHILIP R. SHARP, Indiana
EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts
AUSTIN J. MURPHY, Pennsylvania
NICK JOE RAHALL II, West Virginia
JERRY HUCKABY, Louisiana
SAM GEJDENSON, Connecticut
GEORGE (BUDDY) DARDEN, Georgia
JAIME B. FUSTER, Puerto Rico
MEL LEVINE, California

JAMES MCCLURE CLARKE, North Carolina

WAYNE OWENS, Utah

MANUEL LUJAN, JR., New Mexico
DON YOUNG, Alaska

RON MARLENEE, Montana

CHARLES PASHAYAN, JR., California LARRY CRAIG, Idaho

BARBARA F. VUCANOVICH, Nevada BEN BLAZ, Guam

JOHN J. RHODES III, Arizona

RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana

RICHARD D. HAPKE, Republican Consultant on Energy

NOTE. The first listed minority member is counterpart to the subcommittee chairman.

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85, 302

Boisvert, Richard A., representing Society for American Archeology.......... 76, 240
Christensen, Hon. Jed, Director, Office of Surface Mining and Reclama-
tion Enforcement, U.S. Department of the Interior.......
McCloskey, Hon. Frank, a U.S. Representative from the State of Indiana.. 6, 93
Merritt, Gary, director, Office of Environmental Energy Management,
State of Pennsylvania.....

Panel consisting of:

Thomas Galloway, Galloway & Greenberg on behalf of National
Wildlife Federation.......

Mark Squillance, Laramie, WY

.... 58, 200

8, 104

10

Wyona Coleman, national energy committee, Pennsylvania Sierra
Club .......

11, 110

Panel consisting of:

Cathy Carlson, surface mining project coordinator, National Wildlife
Federation.......

Gerald Digger Moravek, representing Western Organizations of Re-
source Councils.......

.......... 18, 126

........ 18, 132

Paul Robinson, representing Southwest Research and Information
Center .......

..... 24, 145

John Purbaugh, representing West Virginia Highlands Conservancy.. 26, 149 Panel consisting of:

34, 153

Melanie Baise, representing Illinois South Project.
Peggy Clark, representing Concern About Water Loss Due to Mining.. 36, 166
Richard diPretoro, Mountain Stream Monitors
....... 38, 179
Betty Wells, spokesperson, Citizens Organized Against Longwalling.. 41, 185
Panel consisting of:

James S. Lyon, representing Environmental Policy Institute... 49, 190
Mary Jane Adams, chairperson, Kentucky Fair Tax Coalition................
Connie White, president, Save Our Cumberland Mountains..
Eddy Begay, representing Navajo Nation, Huersano Chapter

Panel consisting of:

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51

53

Ben E. Lusk, Washington representative, Drummond Co...........
John C. Grisham, president, Buckeye Industrial Mining Co..............
David G. Todd, vice president, government and regulatory affairs,
Ashland Coal, Inc........

65, 216

67, 222

69, 228

August Keller, director of government and public affairs, North
American Coal Co., representing the National Coal Association and
American Mining Congress.

72, 235

Panel consisting of:

Paul Corbin, chairman, Eastern Kentucky Coal Association also rep-
resenting Governor Martha Layne Collins' Small Coal Operator
Advisory Council....

Robin Webb, attorney

81, 280 82, 297

APPENDIX

MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1987

Additional material submitted for the hearing record from:

Hon. Frank McCloskey, a U.S. Representative from the State of Indiana: 1. Prepared statement

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93

2. Document entitled "National Bonding Bankruptcies" National Wildlife Federation: Prepared statement of L. Thomas Galloway, spokesman

100

104

Sierra Club:

1. Prepared statement of Wyona Coleman, spokesperson

110

2. Letter from W. Hord Tipton, Director, Lexington Field Office, U.S. Department of the Interior to Charlotte Baldwin, secretary, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet, January 21, 1987, enclosing documents relating to hearing of August 3, 1987.. National Wildlife Federation: Prepared statement of Cathy Carlson, surface mining project coordinator.....

114

126

Western Organization of Resources Councils: Prepared statement of Gerald
Digger Moravek, spokesman.......

132

Southwest Research and Information Center: Prepared statement of Paul
Robinson, spokesman...................................

145

West Virginia Highlands Conservancy: Prepared statement of John Purbaugh, president..............

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Citizens Organized Against Longwalling: Prepared statement of Betty Wells, spokesperson

185

Environmental Policy Institute:

1. Prepared statement of James S. Lyon, director of citizens mining project..........

190

2. Document entitled "A Coal Field Proclamation for the 1990's" Mary Jane Adams: Deed from her family, 1906............

196

197

Interstate Mining Compact Commission: Prepared statement of Gary Merritt, spokesman .......

200

National Coal Association and American Mining Congress:

1. Prepared statement of Ben Lusk, Washington representative, Drummond Co., Inc...............

216

2. Prepared statement of John C. Grisham, president, Buckeye Industrial Mining Co..........

222

228

Ashland Coal, Inc.: Prepared statement of David G. Todd, vice president.........
National Coal Association and American Mining Congress: Prepared state-
ment of August Keller, director, government and public affairs, North
American Coal Corp.....

Society for American Archeology:

1. Prepared statement of Richard A. Boisvert, spokesman...

235

240

2. Prepared statement presented at the 52d annual meeting, May 7, 1987, Toronto, Canada...

244

3. Prepared statement of Charles M. Niquette, chairman, government relations committee.

254

Council for the Conservation of Indian Archeology, Inc.: Prepared statement of Cheryl Ann Munson, president..

262

Eastern Coal Association:

1. Prepared statement of Paul Corbin, spokesman....

280

2. Position paper on Opening the Federal Surface Mining and Reclamation Control Act of 1977

287

Robin Webb, attorney: Prepared statement....

297

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