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STATEMENT OF FLORIAN SEVER 

 before the 



SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES , 



SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS , NATIONAL PARKS , AND 



FORESTS 



in favor of 

 THE TONGASS TIMBER REFORM ACT, S. 346 



February 28, 1989 



Chairman Bumpers and members of the Subcommittee: 



I would like to thank you for the opportunity to submit this 

 testimony in support of S. 346, THE TONGASS TIMBER REFORM 

 ACT. 



My name is Florian Sever and I am a 13 year resident of 

 Sitka, Alaska. Sitka is a small city within the Tongass 

 National Forest. 



I was an active employee of Alaska Pulp Corporation as a 

 millwright in the Maintenance Department from August 1976, 

 until July of 1986. I was fired by Alaska Pulp Corporation 

 on June 30, 1987. 



Alaska Pulp Corporation is a company that is owned entirely 

 by Japanese interests. The parent company, Alaska Pulp Co., 

 Ltd., resides in Tokyo, Japan. The vast majority of their 

 product, and all of their profits, are exported to the Orient. 



