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POT X RESULTS: ^ATTONAT. SURVEY 



FINDING: Americans overwhelmingly support the goals of the 

 national coalition seeking to reform the Federal Energy Regulatory 

 Commission and restore the Nadon's rivers, including requiring 

 power companies to set aside up to five percent of their revenues 

 from hydrodams to clean up and protect rivers. 



A nationwide survey of 1,009 adults reveals that Americans overwhelmingly 

 support the goals of the national coalition seeking to clean up and protect the 

 Nation's rivers. 



*An overwhelming majority of Americans (88%) favor requiring 

 power companies to set aside five percent of the money they make 

 from producing electricity at dams to clean up and protect the rivers 

 these dams are on. In fact, 67% of Americans strongly favor this 

 concept while only 8% oppose it. 



*Even when the specter of higher utility rates is raised, a majority of 

 Amencans still support requiring power companies to set aside 

 money to clean up and protect the rivers dams are on. [64% of 

 those who favor requiring dams owners to set aside five percent of 

 the money they make.] 



•Nearly nine of ten Americans (89%) favor requiring utility 

 companies to provide fish ladders over dams and screens over 

 dams' electric turbines so that fish can safely pass by the dam. 

 Seventy percent strongly favor fish ladders and screens while only 

 6% oppose. 



•Eighty-four percent of Americans favor shortening the duration of 

 dam licenses so that power companies will have to more frequently 

 upgrade their dams with technological advances that make them 

 more efficient and safer for the environment. Fifty-eight percent 

 strongly favor this idea. [Presently, the federal government licenses 

 dams for 30 to 50 years.] 



These results come from a survey conducted by Mellman and Lazarus and 

 Opinion Research Corporation for American Rivers during the penod January 28, 

 1993 through January 31 , 1993. The survey interviewed 1 ,009 randomly-selected 

 adults living in private households in the United States. 



A tabular report of survey questions follows. 



