SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH, OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION FEBRUARY 9, 1996 STANFORD Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight 40-721 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1997 For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 ISBN 0-16-055218-4 COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM AND OVERSIGHT WILLIAM F. CLINGER, JR., Pennsylvania, Chairman BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York J. DENNIS HASTERT, Illinois WILLIAM H. ZELIFF, JR., New Hampshire PETER BLUTE, Massachusetts WILLIAM J. MARTINI, New Jersey MICHAEL PATRICK FLANAGAN, Illinois ROBERT LEHRLICH, JR., Maryland CARDISS COLLINS, Illinois ROBERT E. WISE, JR., West Virginia PAUL E. KANJORSKI, Pennsylvania BARBARA-ROSE COLLINS, Michigan ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont JAMES L. CLARKE, Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS Gray, Joe A., mayor, city of Manson, IA; Fletcher Reel, mayor, city of Missouri Valley, IA; Dean Torreson, city administrator, Atlantic, IA; L.D. McMullen, CEO and general manager, Des Moines Water Works, Des Moines, IA; Robert Layton, city manager, city of Urbandale, Houston, Wes, human resources manager, Johnson Machine Works, Inc.; Loren Duchman, consultant, James B. Meehan, PE, PC; and Don Beal, president, Beal Development Corp Johnson, Harvey, farmer; David Whiton, owner, Whiton Feed and Milling Co.; Richard Siegle, farmer; Howard Alff, farmer; Bill Willis, Soil Con- Juckette, Thomas Klua, Darrell R Kroeger, David Kuennen, Keith Loeckle, Kathy 140 144 141 131 119 Beal, Don, president, Beal Development Corp., prepared statement of 18 103 Page Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by-Continued Duchman, Loren, consultant, James B. Meehan, PE, PC, prepared statement of Gray, Joe A., mayor, city of Manson, IA, prepared statement of Holtz, Royal "Curly", farmer, prepared statement of Johnson, Harvey, farmer, prepared statement of Layton, Robert, city manager, city of Urbandale, IA, prepared statement of 87 Reel, Fletcher, mayor, city of Missouri Valley, IA, prepared statement 76 47 Whiton, David, owner, Whiton Feed and Milling Co., prepared statement of 41 |