Statements: Armstrong, Hon. Ellis L., Commissioner of Reclamation... Carter, Mary, student, Omaha, Nebr.. Cook, Kenneth L., director, Agricultural Development, Burlington Curtis, Hon. Carl T., a U.S. Senator from the State of Nebraska.. Exon, Hon. J. J., Governor, State of Nebraska.. Geweke, Lloyd, of Enterprise, Nebr. (plus statement of moneys Holcomb, Larry, Quality Environment Council for Nebraska and 103 Horner, E. R., of Cox & Horner Drilling & Irrigation Co., Inc., Ord and North Loup, Nebr... Hruska, Hon. Roman L., a U.S. Senator from the State of Nebraska. Legislature of Nebraska, 82d legislature, second session, legis- Legislature of Nebraska, 82d legislature, first session, resolution Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Commission, policy Jones, Dan S., director, Department of Water Resources, State of Kershaw, Vincent E., Omaha, Nebr... 105 Kiburz, Max, general manager, Loup River Public Power District__. Kreuscher, Glen, Director of Agriculture, State of Nebraska, representing Gov. J. James Exon.. Martin, Hon. Dave, a Representative in Congress from the State of May, Iven A., assistant scoutmaster, Troop 64. Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Commission, policy statement Shonka, Mike, of Burwell, Nebr... Smith, William C., Jr., member board of directors, National Water Letters: Banks, Virginia, to chairman and members of the subcommittee, Pe dated March 11, 1972... Blessing, Alfred, to chairman and members of the subcommittee, dated March 19, 1972 (statement). Bristol, Rupert and Iona, to Hon. Harold T. Johnson, dated March 17, 1972... Bonne, Joseph J., Ord, Nebr., to chairman and members of the subcommittee, dated March 14, 1972... Conner, Walter and Victoria, to chairman and members of the sub- Cooper, Vernon S., manager, Garrison Diversion Conservancy Dreeszen, Vincent H., director, Conservation and Survey Division, Edwards, Stan, president, Citizens National Bank, St. Paul, Nebr., Foth, Harry H., Ord., Nebr., to chairman and members of the sub- Jack, Miss Nancy C., Kansas City, Kans., to Mrs. Gaylord Wallace, Jack, Miss Nancy C., Kansas City, Kans., to Hon. Harold Johnson, dated March 31, 1972. Jones, Dan S., Jr., director, Department of Water Resources, State Larsen, Eldon and Darlene, Burwell, Nebr., to chairman and members Lewis, J. J., Mayor, city of St. Paul, Nebr., to Hon. Wayne N. Aspinall, McComb, Fred R., regional manager, Portland Cement Association, Percival, Mr. and Mrs. Elden, Sutton, Nebr., to Rep. Harold Johnson, Peterson, Bryan and Carolyn, Ord, Nebr., to the chairman and mem- Schade, John, agent, Cooperative Extension Service, Valley County, Schrup, Robert, to chairman and members of the subcommittee, Schrup, Robert, member, Board of County Commissioners, Loup Sebesta, Etta, Burwell, Nebr., to chairman and members of the sub- Sewell, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest, Burwell, Nebr., to chairman and mem- Smith, Hon. James R., Assistant Secretary of the Interior, to Hon. Table-Estimated additional man-years of civilian employment Summary, final environmental statement, North Loup Division, Environmental statement on proposed North Loup Division.............. 75 100 76 67 128 103 78 129 93 71 50 127 128 73 129 69 Letters-Continued Snyder, Rachel, editor-in-chief, Flower and Garden Magazine, Mid- Staab, Rollie R., Ord, Nebr., to chairman and members of the sub- Page 77 72 Tye, Thomas W., Kearney, Nebr., to chairman and members of the 81 Vancura, Charles, Jr., Ord, Nebr., to chairman and members of the subcommittee, dated March 11, 1972 66 Varner, D. B., president, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, to Hon. Wallace, Gaylord, Burwell, Nebr., to chairman and members of the Wolf James M., president, The Albion National Bank, Albion, Nebr., to Mr. Tom Tye, dated March 8, 1972.. 43 126 76 Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus and son, Burwell, Nebr., to chairman, and Youngblood, Harold D., Minister With Youth, Countryside Briardale Howard County, Nebr., board of commissioners, resolution dated Legislature of Nebraska, 82d legislature, second session, legislative Legislature of Nebraska, 82d legislature, first session, resolution 51, Loup County Board of Commissioners resolution. Ord, Nebr., city council resolution, dated March 6, 1972.. Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin project-irrigation payout schedule (table). St. Paul, Nebr., Chamber of Commerce, board of directors, resolution, Summary of some costs not considered in the feasibility report or the H.R. 869; A BILL TO REAUTHORIZE CONSTRUCTION BY THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR OF THE NORTH LOUP DIVISION, NEBRASKA, OF THE MISSOURI RIVER BASIN PROJECT TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1972 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:50 a.m., in room 1324, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Harold T. Johnson (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Mr. JOHNSON. The Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation will be in order for the consideration of H.R. 869, to reauthorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the North Loup division, Nebraska, of the Missouri River Basin project. The subcommittee visited this project during the month of July 1970, and compiled an extensive hearing record which has been made available to each Member of the subcommittee. This record contains a great deal of testimony relative to the physical plan and the attitude of the people living in the vicinity of the project. For this reason, we hope that witnesses from the State will observe the committee's 5-minute rule which requires that prepared statements be filed for the record and oral summaries be limited to 5 minutes. The reason we do this is to make sure we get the hearing completed today so that the people who planned to leave town will have an opportunity to be heard. It is only through this cooperation from the witnesses that we will be able to complete today's hearing. The Chair would like to further note that hearings involving some of our witnesses are proceeding simultaneously in the other body. We will nevertheless proceed in the order of our witness list and if any person has been detained at the other hearing, it would be the intention of the Chair to pass him by for the present and then recognize him when he comes back into the committee room. At this time, unless there is objection, H.R. 869, introduced by our colleague, the Honorable Dave Martin, will be placed in the record at this point to be followed immediately by the report of the Department of the Interior, dated January 25, 1972. This report which carries the approval of the Office of Management and Budget is favorable, if amended, as recommended. Is there objection? Hearing none, so ordered. |