GRENVILLE GARSIDE, Special Counsel and Staff Director
DANIEL A. DREYFUS, Deputy Staff Director for Legislation
WILLIAM J. VAN NESS, Chief Counsel

D. MICHAEL HARVEY, Deputy Chief Counsel
OWEN J. MALONE, Senior Counsel
W. O. (FRED) CRAFT, Jr., Minority Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON MINERALS, MATERIALS AND FUELS

LEE METCALF, Montana, Chairman

HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington

J. BENNETT JOHNSTON, Louisiana
JOHN GLENN, Ohio
RICHARD STONE, Florida
DALE BUMPERS, Arkansas

PAUL J. FANNIN, Arizona
CLIFFORD P. HANSEN, Wyoming
DEWEY F. BARTLETT, Oklahoma

D. MICHAEL HARVEY, Deputy Chief Counsel

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CONTENTS

STATEMENTS

Baeder, Donald L., executive vice president, research and development,

Occidental Oil Shale, Inc., accompanied by Richard Ridley, executive

vice president, Occidental Oil Shale, Inc---

Farrand, Christopher G., deputy assistant secretary, Land and Water

Resources, Department of the Interior; accompanied by Frederick

Ferguson, Assistant Solicitor_-_.

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Herget, Walter T., president, Rio Blanco Oil Shale Project, accompanied

by Blaine Miller, executive vice president Rio Blanco, and Darrell Miller,

attorney with Standard Oil___.

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Hoertz, Charles D., Jr., manager, synthetic fuels department, Ashland

Oil Co...

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Metcalf, Hon. Lee, a U.S. Senator from the State of Montana__
Ramsey, Earl H., program director, White River shale project---.
White, Dr. Philip C., Assistant Administrator for Fossil Energy, Energy
Research and Development Administration_____

APPENDIXES

APPENDIX I

Department of the Interior's responses to questions submitted by Senator

Metcalf together with notices of suspension of operations--

APPENDIX II

Responses to questions submitted by Senator Metcalf to Dr. Philip C.

White

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APPENDIX III

Additional statements and communications submitted for the record______

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