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ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT ‘ APPROPRIATIONFSO R 1997_ Y 4. AP bY: EN 2/2/997/ Enegry and Water Developnent Approp... INGS "USP! Vp ‘ _ BEFORE A : Ny, Op % My SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE. 0} & COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS © HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION fS UBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT JOHN T. MYERS, Indiana, Chairman - HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky - TOM BEVILL, Alabama JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan VIC FAZIO, California FRANK RIGGS, California JIM CHAPMAN, Texas RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey JIM BUNN, Oregon ~ NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr.L ivingston, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking Minority Member of the Full Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees. ~ JAMES D. OcsBuRY, BOB SCHMIDT, JEANNE WILSON, and DONALD M. MCKINNON, Staff Assistants PART 4 Department of Energy Fiscal Year 1997 Budget Justifications Page Atomic Energy Defense Activities ...................::::seceeeee 1 Energy Supply Research and Development ...................... 650 eneral Science and Research ...................:ccceseceeeeteeeeeetnees 1233 Uranium Enrichment ....................ccccceccecesccceseeseeeeeesesenenenenees 1346 ig Production and Distribution Fund ...................... 1384 Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund. ...................ccccccceccseeeteeeeeeees 1392 - Power Marketing Administrations .................::::c:cessee 1470 Psapector PERE Nos es egy la care ch cede oe nctecsancvdidetvsetbondipvenncsee 1717 Departmental Administration ..................:ccc eee 1740 _~ Environmental Restoration and Waste Management .... 1831 Uranium Enrichment Decontamination Fund ................. 2724 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ........................++ 2753 Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations 0 y SAAR a) . O RG O GROca A t La 5 e e e } ater - o gow" a ate apAy? ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1997 HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT JOHN T. MYERS, Indiana, Chairman HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky TOM BEVILL, Alabama JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan VIC FAZIO, California FRANK RIGGS, California JIM CHAPMAN, Texas RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey JIM BUNN, Oregon NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Livingston, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking Minority Member of the Full Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees. JAMES D. OGsBURY, BOB SCHMIDT, JEANNE WILSON, and DONALD M. MCKINNON, Staff Assistants PART 4 Department of Energy Fiscal Year 1997 Budget Justifications Page Atomic Energy Defense Activities .............0.00000ccccceeeceeeeeeee 1 Energy Supply Research and Development ...................... 650 General Science and Researeh .00.............0...ccccccececcccceeeeeeeees 1233 Uranium Enrichment ..........:.0.050056:..000¢-s0geensnnasd--gegenueageee.t e 1346 Isotope Production and Distribution Fund ...................... 1384 Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund .............. yet ad i setaee e 1392 Power Marketing Administrations ...................00.....ccc00000- 1470 TEDES CEO IG ENEMA: «25.0 ooccceec. 2. sa'ee25tenisesocsocedesesouapseceseosste 1717 Departmental Administration ............0..00.c.ccccceeccccccceceeeeeeeee 1740 Environmental Restoration and Waste Management .... 1831 Uranium Enrichment Decontamination Fund ................. 2724 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ........................... 2753 Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 23-254 O WASHINGTON : 1996 For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 ISBN 0-16-052434-2 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS BOB LIVINGSTON, Louisiana, Chairman JOSEPH M. McDADE, Pennsylvania DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin JOHN T. MYERS, Indiana SIDNEY R. YATES, Illinois C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida LOUIS STOKES, Ohio RALPH REGULA, Ohio TOM BEVILL, Alabama JERRY LEWIS, California JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois CHARLES WILSON, Texas HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington JOE SKEEN, New Mexico MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia JULIAN C. DIXON, California TOM DELAY, Texas VIC FAZIO, California JIM KOLBE, Arizona W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina BARBARA F. VUCANOVICH, Nevada STENY H. HOYER, Maryland JIM LIGHTFOOT, Iowa RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois RON PACKARD, California RONALD D. COLEMAN, Texas SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia JAMES T. WALSH, New York JIM CHAPMAN, Texas CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado ERNEST J. ISTOOK, JR., Oklahoma NANCY PELOSI, California HENRY BONILLA, Texas PETER J. 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