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ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1982

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

i.s. Congress. House

A COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-SEVENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION

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HUNTER L. SPILLAN, George A. URIAN, M. C. GREER, and DONALD P. SMITH, Staff

Assistants

PART 7

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY:

Secretary of Energy

Atomic Energy Defense Activities:

Military Applications and Related Programs ......
Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program

Nuclear Materials and Defense Waste Management.

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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

JAMIE L. WHITTEN, Mississippi, Chairman

EDWARD P. BOLAND, Massachusetts WILLIAM H. NATCHER, Kentucky

NEAL SMITH, Iowa

JOSEPH P. ADDABBO, New York
CLARENCE D. LONG, Maryland
SIDNEY R. YATES, Illinois
DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin
EDWARD R. ROYBAL, California
LOUIS STOKES, Ohio

TOM BEVILL, Alabama
BILL CHAPPELL, Florida
BILL ALEXANDER, Arkansas

JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania
BOB TRAXLER, Michigan

JOSEPH D. EARLY, Massachusetts
CHARLES WILSON, Texas

LINDY (MRS. HALE) BOGGS, Louisiana
ADAM BENJAMIN, JR., Indiana
NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington
MATTHEW F. MCHUGH, New York

BO GINN, Georgia

WILLIAM LEHMAN, Florida
JACK HIGHTOWER, Texas

MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota
JULIAN C. DIXON, California

VIC FAZIO, California

W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina

LES AUCOIN, Oregon

DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii

WES WATKINS, Oklahoma

WILLIAM H. GRAY, III, Pennsylvania

BERNARD J. DWYER, New Jersey

SILVIO O. CONTE, Massachusetts
JOSEPH M. McDADE, Pennsylvania
JACK EDWARDS, Alabama
JOHN T. MYERS, Indiana

J. KENNETH ROBINSON, Virginia
CLARENCE E. MILLER, Ohio
LAWRENCE COUGHLIN, Pennsylvania
C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida
JACK F. KEMP, New York
RALPH S. REGULA, Ohio

CLAIR W. BURGENER, California
GEORGE M. O'BRIEN, Illinois
VIRGINIA SMITH, Nebraska
ELDON RUDD, Arizona
CARL D. PURSELL, Michigan
MICKEY EDWARDS, Oklahoma
BOB LIVINGSTON, Louisiana
BILL GREEN, New York
TOM LOEFFLER, Texas
JERRY LEWIS, California
CARROLL A. CAMPBELL, JR.,
South Carolina

JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois

KEITH F. MAINLAND, Clerk and Staff Director

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ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT

APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1982

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1981.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

WITNESSES

HON. JAMES B. EDWARDS, SECRETARY OF ENERGY

RAYMOND G. ROMATOWSKI, ACTING UNDER SECRETARY OF ENERGY AARON EDMONDSON, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF BUDGET

Mr. BEVILL. The committee will come to order.

Mr. Secretary, we are very pleased to have you here today, and we welcome you. We look forward to working with you. You may proceed with your testimony as you wish, and then we will have some questions for you.

Secretary EDWARDS. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have been looking forward to appearing before your committee.

Mr. BEVILL. We would also like to place your biographical sketch, which is very impressive, in the record.

[The information follows:]

BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES BURROWS EDWARDS

James Burrows Edwards was sworn in as Secretary of Energy on January 23, 1981. He was nominated by President Reagan on December 22, 1980, and confirmed by the United States Senate on January 22, 1981.

Dr. Edwards served as Governor of South Carolina from 1975 to 1979. During his administration as Governor, Dr. Edwards created the South Carolina Energy Institute to study energy resource options. He served as Chairman of the National Governors' Association Subcommittee on Nuclear Energy in 1978 and as Chairman of the Southern Governor's Conference in the same year.

In 1964 Dr. Edwards was elected Chairman of the Charleston County Republican Party, a post he held until 1969. He served as a member of the South Carolina State Senate from 1972 to 1974.

A practicing oral and maxillofacial surgeon in Charleston, Dr. Edwards received a B.S. degree from the College of Charleston in 1950 and a D.M.D. degree from the University of Louisville School of Dentistry in 1955. Dr. Edwards is the recipient of five honorary degrees.

Dr. Edwards is a member of the American Dental Association, a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery since 1963, and a Fellow in the American College of Dentistry and the International College of Dentists. He is also a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, a national leadership fraternity and of Phi Delta, an honorary dental fraternity. Dr. Edwards serves on the Board of Trustees of Baker Hospital in Charleston and on the Board of Trustees of the College of Charleston Foundation.

During World War II, Dr. Edwards served with the U.S. Maritime Service. He was on active duty with the U.S. Navy from 1955 to 1957 and remained in the Naval Reserve until 1967, holding the rank of Lieutenant Commander upon discharge. A native of Florida, Dr. Edwards was born on June 24, 1927. He is married to the former Ann Norris Darlington and they have two children, James B. Edwards, Jr. and Catharine Darlington Edwards.

Secretary EDWARDS. Thank you, sir.

Mr. BEVILL. Would you please introduce the other witnesses who have accompanied you today?

Secretary EDWARDS. On my left is Raymond Romatowski, who is our Acting Under Secretary. On my right is Aaron Edmondson, who is our budget officer. They have both done an outstanding job for me during this transition, Mr. Chairman, and have tried to bring me up to date with all of the things that we have to learn about in the budget. They have been exceptionally cooperative and helpful to me, and I would like to go on record as publicly thanking them both for what they have been able to do for me.

Mr. Chairman, I have a prepared statement, and it is rather lengthy. I would like to submit it for the record and I will touch on the highlights.

Mr. BEVILL. That will be fine. We will put the entire statement in the record.

[The information follows:]

STATEMENT OF JAMES B. EDWARDS, SECRETARY OF ENERGY

Mr. Chairman, Members of the Committee, I appreciate the opportunity to discuss with you the energy policies of the Reagan Administration and how these policies and philosophies are being applied in the preparation of an FY 1982 budget request for the Department of Energy. This budget is not yet complete in every detail, but when it is submitted for your consideration it will fully reflect the Reagan Administration's energy and defense priorities as well as its view of the proper role of the Federal Government in energy.

The FY 1982 Budget

The Reagan Administration's FY 1982 budget request for the Department of Energy will be forwarded to Congress in the very near future. At the present time, final decisions are being reached on any unsettled budget issues, and until those decisions are made I am not able to present a complete budget overview. However, later in this statement I will discuss program budgets for which no major issues remain outstanding.

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