H.R. 3577 and related bills

TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
TO MAKE DISPOSITION OF GEOTHERMAL STEAM
AND ASSOCIATED GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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

82-458

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1967

NOTE. The chairman, Hon. Wayne N. Aspinall, and the ranking minority member, the Hon. John P. Saylor, are ex officio members of each subcommittee.

H.R. 5283..

H.R. 5778.

Statements:

Aidlin, Joseph W., secretary and general counsel of Magma Power Co.
Anderson, Hon. Harry R., Assistant Secretary of the Interior for
Public Land Management---

Gillette, Noeth B., president, Geothermal Resources International,
Inc.-

98, 115

178

19

24

144

Hughes, Hon. Phillip S., Deputy Director, U.S. Bureau of the Budget. 71, 166

Johnson, Hon. Harold T., a Representative in Congress from the

State of California_.

58

163

143

179

209

88

Wolter, Emmet E., manager of lands, exploration department,
Signal Oil & Gas Co., Los Angeles...

183

Letters:

Aidlin, Joseph W., secretary and general counsel, Magma Power Co.,
to Mr. William L. Shafer, dated June 23, 1967 (plus schedule of
claims)

Anderson, Hon. Harry R., Assistant Secretary of the Interior, to
Hon. John W. McCormack, dated February 2, 1967, plus proposed
bill and brief statement and comments thereon of the differences
between S. 1674 and the enclosed proposal.--

Anderson, Hon Harry R., to Hon. Wayne N. Aspinall, dated May 25,

1967, with brief statement and comments thereon of the differences

between H. R. 9583 and H. R. 4740__

Anderson, Harry R., Assistant Secretary of the Interior, to Hon. Ed
Edmondson, dated August 3, 1967.

Carr, Alfred B., Evans, Kitchel & Jenckes, Pheonix, Ariz., to Mr.
Boyd L. Rasmussen, Director, Bureau of Land Management,
Department of the Interior, dated June 5, 1967-

Chappellet, Felix, vice president and general manager, Western Oil
& Gas Association, to Hon. Wayne N. Aspinall, dated June 5, 1967.
Clark, Hon. Ramsey, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice,
to Hon. Wayne N. Aspinall, dated June 9, 1967-

D'Olier, William L.,_ assistant to the vice president,_ Occidental

Petroleum Corp., Bakersfield, Calif., to Hon. Ed Edmondson,

dated June 23, 1967..

III

193

30

101

190

238

239

87

242

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Letters-Continued

Ford, Ford B., assistant to the administrator, the Resources Agency
of California, to Hon. Harold T. Johnson, dated May 26, 1967-

Fuller, James M., land department, Geothermal Resources Interna-

tional, Inc., to Hon. William L. Shafer, dated June 23, 1967 (plus

map).

Hughes, Phillip S., Deputy Director, Bureau of the Budget, to Hon.

Wayne N. Aspinall, dated June 9, 1967-.

Johnson, Hon. Harold T., Member of Congress, to Hon. Ed Edmond-

son, dated July 12, 1967 (plus Resolution No. 27 of the California

State Legislature).

Laughlin, Robert B., executive vice president, Rocky Mountain Oil

& Gas Association, Casper, Wyo., to Hon. Harold T. Johnson,

dated June 9, 1967 (telegram).

Page

62

203

71

243

241

Otte, Carel, vice president, Earth Energy, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif.,

to Hon. Ed Edmondson, dated June 15, 1967 (telegram)

Otte, Carel, vice president, Earth Energy, Inc., to Hon. Ed Edmond-

son, dated June 21, 1967_.

241

241

Otte, Carel, vice president, Earth Energy, Inc., to Hon. Ed Edmond-

son, dated June 23, 1967.

202

Rowan, George D., R. A. Rowan & Co., Los Angeles, to Mr. William

Shafer, dated June 22, 1967 (plus map).

203

Shay, F. B., executive vice president, Foote Mineral Co., Exton, Pa.,,

to Hon. Ed Edmonsdon, dated June 6, 1967__

240

Taylor, T. W., Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Indian Affairs, to

Hon. Wayne N. Aspinall, dated June 20, 1967.

211

Taylor, T. W, Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Indian Affairs, to

Hon. Wayne N. Aspinall, dated June 22, 1967 (plus three geo-

thermal leases on Indian Lands)..

212

White, Fleet, Long Beach, Calif., to Hon. Ed Edmondson, dated June

24, 1967

202

Woodward, Albert Y., vice president, Signal Oil & Gas Co., to Hon.

Ed Edmondson, dated June 20, 1967 (plus legal descriptions of areas

included in acreage selections) -

206

Additional information:

2.

Aspinall, Hon. Wayne N., inserts in chronological order for record,

relating to the February 7 withdrawal of geothermal steam

Notice of proposed withdrawal and reservation of lands, all

* public land States dated February 3, 1967-

Aspinall, Hon. Wayne N., to Hon. Stewart L. Udall, dated March

3, 1967 (letter).

Aspinall, Hon. Wayne N., to Boyd L. Rasmussen, Director,

Bureau of Land Management, dated March 16, 1967 (letter).

Crow, John O., Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management,

Department of the Interior, to Hon. Wayne N. Aspinall, dated

March 21, 1967 (letter).

Revised notice of proposed withdrawal and reservation of lands,

all public land States, dated March 21, 1967.

Map of prospective and known geothermal resource areas.

Aspinall, Hon. Wayne N., to Hon. Stewart L. Udall, dated April

3 1967 (letter).

Aspinall, Hon. Wayne N., to John O. Crow, Acting Director,

Bureau of Land Management, dated April 3, 1967 (letter) ----

Aspinall, Hon. Wayne N., to Boyd L. Rasmussen, Director,

Bureau of Land Management, dated April 24, 1967 (letter) – .

Anderson, Hon. Harry R., Assistant Secretary of the Interior,

to Hon. Wayne N. Aspinall, dated May 5, 1967 (letter) -

Udall, Hon. Stewart L., to Hon. Wayne N. Aspinall, dated May

9, 1967 (letter).

Johnson, Hon. Harold T., resolutions and letters for the record.

Calaveras County Board of Supervisors, Resolution No. 67-105,

dated April 17, 1967- - -

Cook, Barbara L., clerk to the board, El Dorado County Board

of Supervisors, Placerville, Calif., to Hon. Harold T. Johnson,

dated April 18, 1967.