McKenzie River Hydroelectric Project: Hearings Before a Subcommittee, Eighty-fourth Congress, Second Session, on S. 2877, a Bill to Revoke the License Granted by the Federal Power Commission to the City of Eugene, Oreg., for a Hydroelectric Project in the Upper McKenzie River Area. March 21-22, 1956Considers legislation to revoke license granted by FPC to Eugene, Oreg., for the Beaver Marsh hydroelectric project on the McKenzie River. |
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agencies Beaver Marsh Dam Beaver Marsh project bill Bonneville Power Bonneville Power Administration BRENNE CALKINS Chairman city of Eugene Clear Lake Congress construction cubic feet D. C. DEAR SENATOR DEAR SENATOR KERR decision DENNIS CHAVEZ Electric Board engineer ERDAHL Eugene Water Board EWEB examiner's falls Federal Power Act Federal Power Commission feet per second filed Fish Lake fisheries flow fluctuating Forest Service game commission GATCHELL hearing Hells Canyon issued Izaak Walton League kilowatts Lane County lava Leaburg March March 15 March 21 McKenzie Bridge McKenzie River area natural ONTHANK operation opposed Oreg Oregon State Game Pacific Northwest Portland Power Commission license proposed question record recreational values Save the McKenzie scenic and recreational scenic beauty Secretary MCKAY Senate Office Building Senator GORE Senator HRUSKA Senator MORSE Senator NEUBERGER statement stream TAYLOR testimony tion upper McKenzie River utilities Washington Water and Electric waterfalls wildlife Willamette National Forest
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Page 54 - 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 for improving or developing a waterway or waterways for the use or benefit of interstate or foreign commerce, for the improvement and utilization of water-power development, and for other beneficial public uses, including recreational purposes...
Page 44 - That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved; but no such alteration, amendment, or repeal shall affect any license theretofore issued under the provisions of this Act, or the rights of any licensee thereunder.
Page 44 - ... conditioned upon acceptance by the licensee of all the terms and conditions of this Act and such further conditions, if any, as the commission shall prescribe in conformity with this Act, which said terms and conditions and the acceptance thereof shall be expressed in said license. Licenses may be revoked only for the reasons and in the manner prescribed under the provisions of this Act, and may be altered or surrendered only upon mutual agreement between the licensee and the commission after...
Page 11 - Washington, DC DEAR SIR : I am writing you in regard to the McKenzie River project.
Page 54 - No. 1971), subject to the terms and conditions of the Act which is incorporated by reference as a part of this license, and subject to such rules and regulations as the Commission has issued or prescribed under the provisions of the Act.
Page 49 - ... States, so as to render navigation reasonably free, easy, and unobstructed. No claim shall be made against the United States on account of such removals or alterations. (14) That upon ceasing to use for fishing purposes the...
Page 54 - Wherefore, it is ordered, subject to review by the Commission on appeal, or on its own motion, as provided...
Page 1 - That the project adopted * * * shall be such as in the judgment of the Commission will be best adapted to a comprehensive plan for improving or developing a waterway or waterways for the use or benefit of interstate or foreign commerce, for the improvement and utilization of waterpower development, and for other beneficial public uses * * *.
Page 7 - STATEMENT OF HON. WAYNE MORSE, A UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF OREGON Senator MORSE. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I appear in behalf of and support of S.
Page 54 - Government navigation dam, nor will the issuance of a license therefor as hereinafter provided affect the development of any water resources for public purposes which should be undertaken by the United States.