CARD DIVISTON (EXTENDS RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN FOR ACQUISITION OF 4 JUN 25 HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE 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 grass. Sumati Printed for the use of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce WILLIAM A. PURTELL, Connecticut, Chairman A. S. MIKE MONRONEY, Oklahoma ANDREW F. SCHOEPPEL, Kansas CHARLES E. POTTER, Michigan ROBERT D. L'HEUREUX, Counsel II HBP Hearings, Prints and Reports CONTENTS Anderson, C. C., Assistant Chief, Petroleum and Natural Gas Branch, Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.. Broeker, Bernard D., assistant vice president, Bethlehem Steel Corp., 701 East Third Street, Bethlehem, Pa.... Conover, Julian D., executive vice president, American Mining Con- gress, Ring Building, Washington, D. C....... Dirksen, Hon. Everett M., a United States Senator from the State of Eckert, Frank, vice chairman, Independent Petroleum Association of America, 1110 Ring Building, Washington, D. C.. Ferguson, Charles, director, safety division, United Mine Workers of America, 900 15th Street NW., Washington, D. C... Forester, Max H., vice president, Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co., Holmes, Clayton E., vice president, Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of Jamison, W. B., vice president, Jamison Coal and Coke Co., Greens- King, Frank B., director, department of mines, State of West Vir- Kuykendall, Hon. Jerome K., Chairman, Federal Power Commission, McCabe, L. C., Chief, Fuel and Explosives Division, Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.......... Moody, Joseph E., president, Southern Coal Producers' Association, Schorr, Edward D., 33 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio, represent- Smith, Clarence T., member, board of directors, Independent Petro- leum Association of America, 1110 Ring Building, Washington, Tillson, Charles, superintendent of mines, Crucible Steel Co., Pitts- Welsh, D. G., Chief Counsel, Bureau of Mines, Department of the In- Wilhelm, R. L., consulting mining engineer, St. Clairsville, Ohio. Beecher, D. B., vice president and general manager, Equitable Gas Co., 420 Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh 19, Pa....... Doying, George, executive secretary, Pennsylvania Natural Gas Men's Letters from- Letter sent all witnesses and persons attending the April 9 meeting - - 105 50, 103 Letter from-Continued Doying, George, executive secretary, Pennsylvania Natural Gas Men's Eckert, F. E., Hanley & Bird, Bradford, Pa.. Ferguson, Charles, director, safety division, United Mine Workers of America, 1435 K Street, NW., Washington, D. C..... Forbes, J. J., Director, Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior_ Hedrick, J. J., president and general manager, Natural Gas Storage Co. of Illinois, 20 North Wacker Drive, Chicago 6, Ill.. Jamison, W. B., vice president, Jamison Coal & Coke Co., Jamison Johnson, Hon. Lyndon B., a United States Senator from the State of Page 120 Jones, L. Dan, assistant general counsel, Independent Petroleum Keenan, D. S., president Carnegie Natural Gas Co., Pittsburg, Pa. McDugald, Charles C., Ross & O'Keefe, 122 South Michigan Avenue, 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 Schorr, Ed D., attorney at law, 33 North High St., Columbus, Ohio......... Smith, Clarence F., First National Bank Building, Flora, Ill. Stevenson, W. G., Hillman Coal and Coke Co., Grant Building, Pitts- Woodward, Jack, president, Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Brief: Underground Storage of Natural Gas in Coal-Mining Areas (United 108 124 107 102 108 102 12 TO AMEND THE NATURAL GAS ACT (Extends Right of Eminent Domain For Aquisition of Storage Areas) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1954 UNITED STATES SENATE, 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 1 |
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