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They will run with the land and be built into the conveyance 

 document, so that if Aerojet ever sells to anybody else, the subse- 

 quent purchaser is bound by the same terms and conditions. 



Senator Hecht. Does the Department of the Interior have a firm 

 commitment from the State of Florida to purchase the Dade 

 County property that will be acquired from Aerojet under this ex- 

 change? 



Mr. Horn. Yes. 



We have a formal written offer from the South Florida Water 

 Management District that we have provided to the Committee, and 

 it is part of the record. 



Senator Hecht. As I remember, the bill required that the funds 

 obtained from the State of Florida must be held to acquire environ- 

 mentally significant lands of interest to the Department of the In- 

 terior. 



Has the department identified the property that will be pur- 

 chased to augment the National Wildlife Refuge System in Florida? 



Mr. Horn. Yes. 



As indicated, we would intend to use this money to buy in-hold- 

 ings within the Lower Suwannee Wildlife Refuge, which is primari- 

 ly focused on the Crystal River population of endangered manatee, 

 and in-holdings within the Key Deer Wildlife Refuge, located two- 

 thirds of the way down the Florida Keys, which is a critical habitat 

 for the endangered Key Deer. 



Senator Hecht. I have some questions which I am going to 

 submit to you, and a few others, which I do not want to take time 

 with now. But I would appreciate written statements on each of 

 these because perhaps when Senator Reid has his hearings in 

 southern Nevada, they would be quite useful. And they should be 

 for the record more than just off-the-cuff answers. 



But I appreciate your candor. 



Mr. Horn. Thank you. 



Senator Hecht. I thank all of you very much. 



Go back to work. Bob. 



Mr. BuRFORD. Will do. 



Senator Hecht. I see where David Hagan is a Counsel for the 

 White Pine Power Project in Reno, Nevada, and Mike Yamada a 

 Power Engineer. 



Do they have anything they want to submit for the record or say 

 anything while they are here? 



Mr. Hagan. Erik Bok has spoken for us. Thank you very much. 



Senator Hecht. Thank you very much. 



Mr. Hagan. Sir, Mr. Bok has already submitted for us. We have 

 submitted comments also for the record. 



Senator Hecht. So, everything is taken care of, and you can only 

 bill your clients for half a day, then. [General laughter.] 



Okay, next is Panel Number One: Betty Burge, Dave Hornbeck, 

 Jean Perry-Jones, Charles Watson, Charles Callison, and Gail 

 Harris. 



Here is how we are going to handle all of you. We are going to 

 give you five minutes. But if you need it, you may have a little 

 more time to summarize. When you see the red light, I am not 

 going to cut you off. But please, then start to summarize. 



Okay, first is Betty Burge. 



