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TESTIMONY OF RALPH E. CLARK 

 EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER 

 AEROJET NEVADA 

 ON S.854 

 BEFORE 

 SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS, NATIONAL PARKS, AND FORESTS 

 SENATE ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE 

 JUNE 30, 1987 



Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee... 



I appreciate very much the opportunity to appear before this 

 committee today to discuss the proposed Nevada-Florida Land 

 Exchange Authorization Act of 1987, S854. For the record, 

 my name is Ralph Clark, and I am Executive Vice President 

 and General Manager of Aerojet Nevada, which has its offices 

 in North Las Vegas. Aerojet Nevada is a division of Aerojet 

 General, which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of 

 GenCorp, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Akron, Ohio. 



With your permission, Mr. Chaimnan, I would like to make a 

 short statement, and then answer any questions you may have. 



At the outset, let me say how much we appreciate the support 

 given this land exchange by members of the Nevada and 

 Florida Congressional delegations. The members and their 

 staffs have gone out of their way to work on this project 

 and we are sincerely grateful for their efforts. 



Aerojet has been working on this land exchange proposal for 

 more than two years, and it has been my personal 

 responsibility to direct this activity. The effort is part 

 of Aerojet 's long term strategic business plan, which 

 forecasts the need for additional land to support Aerojet 's 

 growing business beyond land currently available at existing 

 Aerojet facilities. 



What has developed over the past years of extensive work by 

 a variety of local, state and Federal agencies and Aerojet, 

 is a plan which I strongly believe is a well thought out 

 program which provides a multitude of benefits. In 

 baseball, they say the best trade is one which definitely 

 helps each team, and in this case I think we have exactly 

 that situation. 



Under this proposed exchange, the State of Florida acquires 

 land which it would like to have to protect critical water 

 flows through the Everglades and additional wildlife refuge 

 lands in the area. The State of Nevada will be able to put 

 some of its vast acreage to use for a commercial venture 

 which will bring additional jobs and tax revenue to the 

 State, The United States has increased options for its 



