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Senator Hecht. Thank you very much. Ralph Clark, executive 

 vice president and general manager, Aerojet General, North Las 

 Vegas, Nevada. 



STATEMENT OF RALPH E. CLARK, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT 

 AND GENERAL MANAGER, AEROJET NEVADA, NORTH LAS 

 VEGAS, NV 



Mr. Clark. Senator, thank you very much. For the record, my 

 name is Ralph Clark. I am executive vice president and general 

 manager of Aerojet Nevada. 



Aerojet Nevada has its offices in North Las Vegas. And with 

 your permission, Senator, I will paraphrase, because I think every- 

 body has been sitting here too long. But I will try to hit the high 

 points and certainly have written testimony. 



Senator Hecht. Well, people have traveled a long distance and I 

 just did not feel it was right to cut them off. 



Mr. Clark. Oh, I am not arguing. 



Senator Hecht. I agree with you. 



Mr. Clark. Yes, sir. I would like to make a point that Aerojet 

 has been working on this land exchange now, studjdng it in many 

 aspects now for a bit over two years. 



It has been my personal responsibility to direct that activity. In 

 so doing we believe that we have addressed all of the issues that 

 are proper to be addressed. 



We have had numerous meetings with the Bureau of Land Man- 

 agement, the Department of Interior people, U.S. Fish and Wild- 

 life, Nevada Department of Wildlife, Clark County Comprehensive 

 Planning, local BLM agencies, local government people, and so on. 



We have done, I think, just about everjrthing that we can to dis- 

 play to various people what our plans are and what is behind 

 them. I think we have been successful in some cases and obviously 

 less successful in others. 



I would like to make a comment that it is hard to coordinate 

 with people when you can not find them. Together with my written 

 testimony, I am including a list of organizations that we have sent 

 environmental reports and preliminary drafts to, which we are still 

 waiting to hear from. 



I do not mean to say I do not hear from a grand forum such as 

 this. But we do have a bit of trouble trying to iron out what may 

 be things that can be ironed out, when I can not have specific com- 

 ments and am not able to meet face to face to try to iron these 

 things out. 



We think again that we have done a good job with this, and have 

 worked very hard to coordinate it. I would like, although I am sure 

 you have seen it many times. Senator, for the benefit of others you 

 will see on the easel up here a large picture of Coyote Spring 

 Valley. 



I do not know that I can add anything to the picture itself. If you 

 look at the picture that is underneath it, and Rob, if you would 

 that bottom one over one flip. 



What you see on this map, Senator, is a satellite photo of south 

 Florida. The red line is the boundary of the Everglades National 

 Park. The portion west and south of that line is Everglades. 



