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RIGHTS-OF-WAY ACROSS FEDERAL LANDS: TRANSPORTATION OF ALASKA'S NORTH SLOPE OIL

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON

INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 970

A BILL TO DEAL WITH THE CURRENT ENERGY CRISIS AND
THE SERIOUS SHORTAGES OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
FACING THE NATION AND TO AUTHORIZE CONSTRUCTION
OF THE TRANS-ALASKA PIPELINE

S. 993

A BILL TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
TO ISSUE RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND SPECIAL LAND USE PER-
MITS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PIPELINES IN THE
STATE OF ALASKA UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES

S. 1565

A BILL TO PERMIT CONGRESS TO PLAY ITS PROPER ROLE
IN THE FORMULATION OF POLICY RELATING TO FOREIGN
COMMERCE, THE PUBLIC LANDS, AND THE ENERGY NEEDS
OF THE COUNTRY

MAY 3, 1973

PART 4

Printed for the use of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

95-903 O

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1973

COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington, Chairman

ALAN BIBLE, Nevada
FRANK CHURCH, Idaho
LEE METCALF, Montana

J. BENNETT JOHNSTON, JR., Louisiana
JAMES ABOUREZK, South Dakota
FLOYD K. HASKELL, Colorado

PAUL J. FANNIN, Arizona
CLIFFORD P. HANSEN, Wyoming
MARK O. HATFIELD, Oregon
JAMES L. BUCKLEY, New York
JAMES A. MCCLURE, Idaho
DEWEY F. BARTLETT, Oklahoma

JERRY T. VERKLER, Staff Director
WILLIAM J. VAN NESS, Chief Counsel
HARRISON LOESCH, Minority Counsel

(II)

CONTENTS

STATEMENTS

Brandborg, Stewart, executive director, the Wilderness Society, accom- Page
panied by James Dean, executive editor__.

309, 315

Casey, William J., Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, accom-
panied by Julius L. Katz, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International
Resources and Food Policy----.

141, 145, 155

Gravel, Hon. Mike, a U.S. Senator from the State of Alaska---.

Jackson, Hon. Henry M., a U.S. Senator from the State of Washington____

Mack, Wilber, chairman and chief executive, American Gas System, repre-
senting the American Gas Association and the Independent Natural Gas
Association of America___.

275, 280, 294

Mondale, Hon. Walter F., a U.S. Senator from the State of Minnesota___.

Morton, Hon. Rogers C. B., Secretary of the Interior, accompanied by Jared
Carter, Deputy Under Secretary, and Dr. William Vogely, Director,
Office of Economic Analysis___

89, 97, 500

COMMUNICATIONS

An analysis of Alaskan oil-alternative routes and markets--
"Arctic Oil Pipeline Feasibility Study, 1972," by Max C. Brewer
Blumer, Max, senior scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
Woods Hole, Mass., letter to Hon. Rogers C. B. Morton, dated April 27,
1972

Brewer, Max C., commissioner, Department of Environmental Conserva-

tion, State of Alaska, letter to Hon. John P. Saylor, dated May 21, 1973__

Canadian gas pipeline route is quickest way for Alaska gas to reach U.S.

markets, industry official tells Senate committee_.

Department of State, aide-memoire of July 9, 1971__.

182

439

342

336

Irwin, John N. II, Assistant Secretary of State, prepared statement__. Macdonald, Donald S., Minister, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa, Canada:

"Expanded Guidelines for Northern Pipelines," by Hon. Jean Chrétien____
Fact sheet: Trans-Alaska versus Trans-Canada pipeline____
Hillyer, Saunders C., representative of the Cordova District, Fisheries
Union, statement____

Page

393

530

349

517

Telegram received__

367

Reply to telegram.

370

Question period, CTV News__

Mackenzie Valley Pipe Line Research Ltd.-Arctic Oil Pipe Line Feasi-
bility Study, 1972-Summary.

Morton, Hon. Rogers C. B., Secretary of the Interior, accompanied by
John N. Irwin II, Under Secretary of State; James Akins, Director,
Office of Fuels and Energy, Department of State; Jack O. Horton, former
Deputy Under Secretary of the Interior; William A. Vogely, Director,
Office of Economic Analysis, Department of the Interior, statement_----
Response to written questions posed by Chairman Proxmire_____
Letter

374

625

500

519

525

Moving Alaskan oil-trans-Canada or trans-Alaska? A study of the merits,
State of Alaska-

533

Osborn, Elbert F., Director, Bureau of Mines, Department of Interior, memorandum

430

Rodgers, Paul, general counsel, National Association of Regulatory Utility
Commissioners, letter to Senator Jackson, dated May 11, 1973.
"Stopping the Pipelines Is Northern Native Cause," from Oilweek, March
20, 1972, by Barry Kay, editor_-_

335

507

Trans-Alaska versus trans-Canada routes for North Slope oil-some economic considerations_.

470

Vogely, William A., Director, Office of Economic Analysis, memorandum__

364

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