(EXTENDS RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN FOR ACQUISITION OF STORAGE AREAS) HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE UNITED STATES SENATE EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON S. 525 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 7 (h) OF THE NATURAL GAS ACT MARCH 3 AND APRIL 2, 1954 Printed for the use of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1954 WILLIAM A. PURTELL, Connecticut, Chairman A. S. MIKE MONRONEY, Oklahoma ANDREW F. SCHOEPPEL, Kansas CHARLES E. POTTER, Michigan ROBERT D. L'HEUREUX, Counsel CONTENTS Anderson, C. C., Assistant Chief, Petroleum and Natural Gas Branch, Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.. Broeker, Bernard D., assistant vice president, Bethlehem Steel Corp., 701 East Third Street, Bethlehem, Pa...-- Conover, Julian D., executive vice president, American Mining Con- gress, Ring Building, Washington, D. C.. Dirksen, Hon. Everett M., a United States Senator from the State of Eckert, Frank, vice chairman, Independent Petroleum Association of Ferguson, Charles, director, safety division, United Mine Workers of Jamison, W. B., vice president, Jamison Coal and Coke Co., Greens- Holmes, Clayton E., vice president, Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of Welsh, D. G., Chief Counsel, Bureau of Mines, Department of the In- Wilhelm, R. L., consulting mining engineer, St. Clairsville, Ohio.. McCabe, L. C., Chief, Fuel and Explosives Division, Bureau of Mines, Robinson, J. French, president, Consolidated Natural Gas Co., 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N. Y... Schorr, Edward D., 33 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio, represent- Smith, Clarence T., member, board of directors, Independent Petro- leum Association of America, 1110 Ring Building, Washington, Tillson, Charles, superintendent of mines, Crucible Steel Co., Pitts- Letter sent all witnesses and persons attending the April 9 meeting - Baton, Charles B., president, Greensburg-Connellsville Coal & Coke 50, 103 ΠΙ Letter from-Continued Doying, George, executive secretary, Pennsylvania Natural Gas Men's Eckert, F. E., Hanley & Bird, Bradford, Pa...--- Ferguson, Charles, director, safety division, United Mine Workers of America, 1435 K Street, NW., Washington, D. C... Forbes, J. J., Director, Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior. Hedrick, J. J., president and general manager, Natural Gas Storage Co. of Illinois, 20 North Wacker Drive, Chicago 6, Ill.. Jamison, W. B., vice president, Jamison Coal & Coke Co., Jamison Johnson, Hon. Lyndon B., a United States Senator from the State of Page 120 122, 143 Jones, L. Dan, assistant general counsel, Independent Petroleum Keenan, D. S., president Carnegie Natural Gas Co., Pittsburg, Pa. Mc Dugald, Charles C., Ross & O'Keefe, 122 South Michigan Avenue, Peterson, J. C., president, the Manufacturers Light & Heat Co., 800 Union Trust Building, Pittsburgh 19, Pa. Price, Edwin R., 216 Rockwell Terrace, Frederick, Md.. Robinson, J. French, president, Consolidated Natural Gas Co., 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N. Y.... Schorr, Ed D., attorney at law, 33 North High St., Columbus, Ohio... Smith, Clarence F., First National Bank Building, Flora, Ill Stevenson, W. G., Hillman Coal and Coke Co., Grant Building, Pitts- Woodward, Jack, president, Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association, 1105 Perry-Brooks Building, Austin, Tex____ State of Wyoming Board of Equalization and Public Service Commis- Brief: Underground Storage of Natural Gas in Coal-Mining Areas (United 107 102 11 |