Oil shale technologies. Hearings before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-Fifth Congress, First Session on S. 419, a bill to test the commercial, environmental, and social viability of various oil shale technologies, and for other purposes

Book · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

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The hearings on S.419 were conducted to investigate whether or not oil shale is a national asset; they were held in Denver, Colo. on Mar. 11 and Rifle, Colo. Mar. 14, 1977 and in Washington, D.C. April 1 and 28, 1977. Among other things, S. 419 sets up a committee to monitor the environmental and social effects of oil shale development. The bill provides for subsidies to communities that are economically and environmentally impacted. Colorado Senator Floyd Haskell, who introduced the bill, presented the opening statement. Fourty-three statements were heard during the four days of the hearings. (MCW)

• OSTI ID: 7095313
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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