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<br />Contact: Director, Office of OCS Program Coordi.
<br />nation, Department of the Interior, Room
<br />4150, C Street between 18th and 19th
<br />Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20240.
<br />(202) 343.5978.
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<br />Much Western coal is on land controlled by 8 LM.
<br />Most of the oil shale program is on land leased from
<br />BlM. Some coal is on Indian land, served by the
<br />Bureau of Indian Affairs. Other Interior components
<br />include the Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Mines.
<br />Geological Survey and several power administrations.
<br />The responsible DO I bureau for energy programs can
<br />vary by area.
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<br />Contact: Special Assistant to the Secretary of the
<br />Interior, Regional Offices, listed in
<br />Table 3 on page 47.
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<br />State Departments of local Affairs
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<br />One of the most useful sources of information
<br />about the aid that's available for communities in your
<br />state is the State department of local affairs. At least
<br />42 states have such an agency to coordinate state
<br />services to local governments and to run various pro-
<br />grams on their behalf. Generally services provided
<br />include:
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<br />Technical assistance and advisory services
<br />Assistance on State and Federal aid
<br />Planning services
<br />Community and resource development
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<br />These agencies are supported in part by HUD 701
<br />Comprehensive Planning grants. To assist you in find-
<br />ing this aid, the agency for local affairs for each State
<br />is listed in Table 2 on page 46. Offices are located in
<br />the State capital.
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<br />National Governors' Conference
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<br />NGC has established an Energy Project which is
<br />giving some attention to the impacts of energy projects.
<br />The main focus is on nuclear power plants, as this is
<br />a na.tionwide concern. Conferences on siting problems
<br />and impacts have been held with NGC and the
<br />Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Results of these
<br />should be available soon.
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<br />Contact: Energy Project, National Governors' Con.
<br />ference, 1150. 17th Street, NW.,
<br />Washington, D.C. 20036. (202) 785-8840
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<br />Federation of Rocky Mountain States
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<br />F RMS is directed by the Governors of Colorado,
<br />Montana, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, and in-
<br />cludes members from public and private organizations
<br />in those five states. The purpose is to consider and
<br />propose solutions to common problems. On~ of the
<br />current pressing problems is the impact of energy
<br />development.
<br />Conferences have been held and reports written in
<br />the areas of land use controls, housing, finances and
<br />energy project problems. Much of this materia! has
<br />been included in their recent book, Energy Develop.
<br />ment in the Rocky Mountain Region: Goals and
<br />Concerns.
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<br />Contact: Michael H. Annison, Exec. Vice President,
<br />Federation of Rocky Mountain States,
<br />2480 West 26th Street, Suite 300.8,
<br />Denver, Colorado 80211. (3031 458.8000.
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<br />Western Governors" Regional Energy Policy Office
<br />
<br />To focus the attention of the Governors of ten
<br />States directly affected be energy development, the
<br />Western Governors' Energy Policy Office was formed
<br />early in 1975. The States involved are Arizona,
<br />Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico,
<br />North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming.
<br />The first roajor project of the Office was the National
<br />Conterence on Financial Requirements for Energv
<br />Development in the Western States Region (including
<br />housing and community services). In addition, the
<br />WGREPO will be defining a common position for
<br />the States in their dealings with the Federal Govern-
<br />ment on the scale and pace of energy development.
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<br />Contact: William Guy, Executive Director, Western
<br />Governors' Regional Energy Policy Office,
<br />4730 Oakland Street, Denver, Colorado
<br />80239. (303) 371-4280.
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<br />National Association of Counties
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<br />NACo is one of the first public interest groups to
<br />look at the specific problems of the impact of energy
<br />projects on its members. Under contract from the
<br />Office of Intergovernmental Relations of the Federal
<br />Energy Administration, NACo has done a case study
<br />on the planning process involved with a proposed
<br />project. This first case deals with the Kaiparowits
<br />Project in Kane County, Utah. (see page 16), Addi.
<br />tional case studies are expected for counties which
<br />have gone th rough the impacts of an energy project.
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