Certain Activities Regarding Power Department of the Interior (Changes in Power Line Regulations): Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, 84th Congress, 1st Session. May 10-September 12, 1955 |
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Page 48 - Interior, who shall transmit and dispose of such power and energy in such manner as to encourage the most widespread use thereof at the lowest possible rates to consumers consistent with sound business principles, the rate schedules to become effective upon confirmation and approval by the Federal Power Commission.
Page 88 - State or municipality for the purpose of constructing, operating, and maintaining dams, water conduits, reservoirs, power houses, transmission lines, or other project works necessary or convenient for the development and improvement of navigation and for the development, transmission, and utilization of power...
Page 123 - That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and empowered, under general regulations to be fixed by him, to permit the use of rights of way through the public lands, forest and other reservations of the United States...
Page 162 - ... by any citizen, association, or corporation of the United States, where it is intended by such to exercise the use permitted hereunder or any.
Page 98 - As disclosed in reports of the Federal Trade Commission made pursuant to S. Res. 83 (Seventieth Congress, first session) and other reports made pursuant to the authority of Congress, it is hereby declared that the business of transporting and selling natural gas for ultimate distribution to the public is affected with a public interest, and that Federal regulation in matters relating to the transportation of natural gas and the sale thereof in interstate and foreign commerce is necessary in the public...
Page 225 - That any lease issued under the provisions of this act may be forfeited and canceled by an appropriate proceeding in the United States district court for the district in which the property, or some part thereof, is located...
Page 225 - Interior may, after a full hearing with due notice thereof to the interested parties and a proper finding of facts, determine to be reasonable...
Page 341 - All rates and charges made, demanded, or received by any public utility for or in connection with the transmission or sale of electric energy subject to the 'jurisdiction of the Commission...
Page 288 - The necessity of such caution and secrecy was one cogent reason for vesting the power of making treaties in the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, the principle on which that body was formed confining it to a small number of members.
Page 88 - That the project adopted, including the maps, plans, and specifications, shall be such as in the judgment of the Commission will be best adapted to a comprehensive plan...