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In conclusion, we urge this subcommittee to deny favorable 

 action on this bill and suggest it recommend the DOI be required 

 to consider alternative sites and prepare a full Environmental 

 Impact Statement and hold scoping hearings in Las Vegas and 

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Sincerely, 



Ad Hoc Committee on Aerojet 



Members ! 



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Bill Vincent 



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Betty Burge 



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Bob Maichle 



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P.S. Two state land advisory committees - the Nevada State Land 

 Use Planning Advisory Council and the State Conservation 

 Commission, in joint session as the State Multiple Use Advisory 

 Committee on Federal Lands - adopted a resolution June 16, 1987 

 asking Congress to order that a full Environmental Impact 

 Statement be prepared before taking action on the Aerojet land 

 swap proposal. The resolution said the appraisal was too low and 

 asked that it be reviewed by an independent appraiser. The 

 resolution also said the questions of mineral rights and access 

 issues had not been addressed. Coyote Spring Valley is on the 

 Overthrust belt, a formation identified as having a good oil and 

 gas potential. The resolution reinforces the suspicion that the 

 relation of the DOI with Aerojet was not at arms-length and 

 supports the need for an investigation by Congressional 

 committees or the General Accounting Office into all aspects of 

 the land swap deal. 



