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~~~N ~LS ASSOCIATION 1 'lam. 7be Nalimurl Fuel Supply Coopzraliar Ftrdrick D. Palmer General ,4fanager David Shelton Director Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division 1313 Sherman Street Denver, CO 80203 Dear Mr. Shelton: ~ III IIIIIIIIIIIII III April 7, 1987 Western Fuels' congressional continuing effort to aid captive railroads from exacting excessive situations prevail. F~~~'~~~VE~ ~~R 1 ~ ~~ R.:,.,::D LAND i~~^•! n'fa"":ON DIVISIQN agenda this year includes the shippers in their need to stop freight rates where monopoly The "Railroad Antimonopoly Act" of the 99th Congress has been revised and is now the "Clayton Act Amendments of 1987," retaining the same goals and many of the same sponsors of the pest. The identical bills are numbered 5.443 and H. R. 941. Efforts are underway to schedule at least one hearing in the Judiciary Committees of both Senate and House of Representatives. It is believed that adequate record of the need for such legislation has been made in extensive hearings in the 98th and 99th Congresses, and that one hearing should be sufficient to allow an examination of the bill as it now stands and how it would work. The agenda, however, also includes other legislation of interest to our members: Clean Air Act revisions that address the problem of acid rain; Fuel Use Act (formally, Powerplant end Industrial Fuel Use Act, or PIFUA) revision or repeal; modification or repeal of PURPA, the "Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act"; proposed increase in the Black Lung tax, end amendments to the Mineral Leasing Act regarding coal leasing and coal royalties. We are, of course, working with APPA and NRSCA wherever possible, and will make Western Fuels' view on these matters known to the appropriate committees, end will seek to testify or file statements in support of Western Fuels' position when it appears in our best interests to do so. Magruder Building 1625 M Sneer, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Telephone 207/463-6580 Telecopier 202!223-8790 •