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The currently robust Ketchikan economy was built, in large part, by KPC 

 employees and long time Ketchikan residents. A strong KPC is absolutely critical to 

 maintaining the region's economic health. KPC is committed to continuing to provide 

 the well-paying, year-round employment it has supplied for over forty years. To 

 succeed, we need a stable timber supply. We depend on our long- term contract to 

 provide that stability. I come before you today to ask that you give favorable 

 consideration to a 15-year extension of our contract, as well as to fairness modifications 

 to our contract. 



Accompanying me today eire a number of key members of our management and 

 environmental team. They include Troy Reinhart, Employee Affairs and Public 

 Relations Manager; Owen Graham, Timber Manager; Allyn Hayes, Pulp Mill Operations 

 Manager; Richard Leary, Controller; jind Emesta Ballard, an environmental consultant 

 to KPC and former EPA Region 10 Administrator 



S. 1877 & H.R. 3659 



S. 1877 and H.R. 3659 are crucial to the long-term survival and competitiveness 

 of KPC. This legislation will: 



a. Allow us to invest up to $200 million in environmental, energy efTiciency 

 and operational upgrades; 



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