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CARD DIVISTON

(EXTENDS RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN FOR ACQUISITION OF
STORAGE AREAS)

4 JUN 2 9

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

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Printed for the use of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce

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WILLIAM A. PURTELL, Connecticut, Chairman

A. S. MIKE MONRONEY, Oklahoma
JOHN O. PASTORE, Rhode Island

ANDREW F. SCHOEPPEL, Kansas CHARLES E. POTTER, Michigan

ROBERT D. L'HEUREUX, Counsel

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Jamison, W. B., vice president, Jamison Coal and Coke Co., Greens-
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McCabe, L. C., Chief, Fuel and Explosives Division, Bureau of Mines,
Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C..

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Letters from-

Letter sent all witnesses and persons attending the April 9 meeting -
Baton, Charles B., president, Greensburg-Connellsville Coal & Coke
Co., Union Trust Building, Pittsburgh, Pa...

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Jones, L. Dan, assistant general counsel, Independent Petroleum
Association of America, 1110 Ring Building, Washington, D. C.. 122, 143

Keenan, D. S., president Carnegie Natural Gas Co., Pittsburg, Pa.

Mc Dugald, Charles C., Ross & O'Keefe, 122 South Michigan Avenue,

Chicago, Ill.

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...
Sharp, H. Parker, Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp., 401 Liberty Avenue,
Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, Pa..

Smith, Clarence F., First National Bank Building, Flora, Ill..

Stevenson, W. G., Hillman Coal and Coke Co., Grant Building, Pitts-
burgh, Pa

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-
sion, Cheyenne, Wyo....

Brief: Underground Storage of Natural Gas in Coal-Mining Areas (United

States Department of the Interior, December 1952)-

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TO AMEND THE NATURAL GAS ACT

(Extends Right of Eminent Domain For Aquisition of Storage Areas)

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1954

UNITED STATES SENATE,
SUBCOMMITTEE No. 6 ON

BUSINESS AND CONSUMER INTERESTS OF THE

COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE,

Washington, D. C.

The subcommittee met at 10 a. m., pursuant to call, in room G-16 in the Capitol, Senator William A. Purtell (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

Present: Senators Purtell (chairman of the subcommittee) Schoeppel, Hunt, and Dirksen.

Also present: Bertram O. Wissman, chief clerk; Robert D. L'Heureux, counsel.

Senator PURTELL. The hearing will come to order. The hearings this morning are on S. 525.

At this point we will put in the bill and also the changes in the Natural Gas Act proposed by S. 525:

[S. 525, 83d Cong., 1st sess.]

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 16, 1953

Mr. DIRKSEN (for himself and Mr. DOUGLAS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce

A BILL To amend section 7 (h) of the National Gas Act

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first sentence of subsection (h) of section 7 of the Natural Gas Act, as amended (15 U. S. C. 717f (h)), is amended by striking out "and the necessary land or other property" and inserting in lieu thereof "and the necessary land or interest in land, or other property", and by striking out "for the location of compressor stations" and inserting in lieu thereof "for the storage of gas or for the location of compressor stations".

(Changes in the Natural Gas Act proposed by the bill S. 525, existing law is shown in roman type, language proposed to be eliminated is enclosed in black brackets, proposed new language in italic:)

NATURAL GAS ACT

EXTENSION OF FACILITIES; ABANDONMENT OF SERVICE

SEC. 7 (a)***

(h) When any holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity cannot acquire by contract, or is unable to agree with the owner of property

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