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Sesquicentennial of the American Civil S. HRG. 108–600 SESQUICENTENNIAL OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR; TRIBUTES TO AMERICA’S VETERANS; SITES HONORING PRESIDENTS; LANDS IN EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK; EL CAMINO REAL DE LOS TEJAS; AND HYDROELECTRIC POWER OF THE TAPOCO PROJECT HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON S. 1064 S. 2046 S. 1092 S. 2052 S. 1748 S. 2319 APRIL 27, 2004 ( Printed for the use of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 95–781 PDF WASHINGTON : 2004 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:27 Oct 05, 2004 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 P:\DOCS\95781.TXT SENE3 PsN: SCAN COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico, Chairman DON NICKLES, Oklahoma JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico LARRY E. CRAIG, Idaho DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, Colorado BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota CRAIG THOMAS, Wyoming BOB GRAHAM, Florida LAMAR ALEXANDER, Tennessee RON WYDEN, Oregon LISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska TIM JOHNSON, South Dakota JAMES M. TALENT, Missouri MARY L. LANDRIEU, Louisiana CONRAD BURNS, Montana EVAN BAYH, Indiana GORDON SMITH, Oregon DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California JIM BUNNING, Kentucky CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York JON KYL, Arizona MARIA CANTWELL, Washington ALEX FLINT, Staff Director JUDITH K. PENSABENE, Chief Counsel ROBERT M. SIMON, Democratic Staff Director SAM E. FOWLER, Democratic Chief Counsel SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS CRAIG THOMAS, Wyoming Chairman DON NICKLES, Oklahoma Vice Chairman BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, Colorado DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii LAMAR ALEXANDER, Tennessee BYRON L. DORGAN, North Carolina CONRAD BURNS, Montana BOB GRAHAM, Florida GORDON SMITH, Oregon MARY L. LANDRIEU, Louisiana JON KYL, Arizona EVAN BAYH, Indiana CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York PETE V. DOMENICI and JEFF BINGAMAN are Ex Officio Members of the Subcommittee THOMAS LILLIE, Professional Staff Member DAVID BROOKS, Democratic Senior Counsel (II) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:27 Oct 05, 2004 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 P:\DOCS\95781.TXT SENE3 PsN: SCAN C O N T E N T S STATEMENTS Page Akaka, Hon. Daniel K., U.S. Senator from Hawaii .............................................. 3 Alexander, Hon. Lamar, U.S. Senator from Tennessee ........................................ 26 Breaux Hon. John B., U.S. Senator from Louisiana ............................................. 2 Campbell, Hon. Ben Nighthorse, U.S. Senator from Colorado ............................ 6 Copeland, Kathy, Director of Policy and Legislation, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL .................................................... 46 DeWine, Hon. Mike, U.S. Senator from Ohio ........................................................ 31 Graham, Hon. Bob, U.S. Senator from Florida ..................................................... 29 Hoffman, Paul, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior .................................................................................. 8 Hutchison, Hon. Kay Bailey, U.S. Senator from Texas ........................................ 4 Landrieu, Hon. Mary L., U.S. Senator from Louisiana ........................................ 7 Moe, Richard, President, National Trust for Historic Preservation .................... 38 Nau, John L., III, Chairman, Texas Historical Commission; Chairman, Advi- sory Council on Historic Preservation, Houston, TX ......................................... 50 Overbey, Randall M., President, Primary Metals Development for Alcoa, Knoxville, TN ........................................................................................................ 42 Phillips, Faye, Associate Dean of Libraries, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA ............................................................................................................. 48 Robinson, J. Mark, Director, Office of Energy Projects, Federal Energy Regu- latory Commission ............................................................................................... 22 Rooney, Brian, President, Remembering Veterans Who Earned Their Stripes, Northridge, CA ..................................................................................................... 32 Thomas, Hon. Craig, U.S. Senator from Wyoming ............................................... 1 APPENDIXES APPENDIX I Responses to additional questions .......................................................................... 53 APPENDIX II Additional material submitted for the record ........................................................ 65 (III) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:27 Oct 05, 2004 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 P:\DOCS\95781.TXT SENE3 PsN: SCAN VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:27 Oct 05, 2004 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 P:\DOCS\95781.TXT SENE3 PsN: SCAN SESQUICENTENNIAL OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR; TRIBUTES TO AMERICA’S VETERANS; SITES HONORING PRESIDENTS; LANDS IN EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK; EL CAMINO REAL DE LOS TEJAS; AND HYDROELECTRIC POWER OF THE TAPOCO PROJECT TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2004 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS, COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 2:33 p.m., in room SD–366, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Craig Thomas pre- siding. OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CRAIG THOMAS, U.S. SENATOR FROM WYOMING Senator THOMAS. We will go ahead and get the committee going. Thank you all for being here. Senator Breaux, I hope this will not be quite as long as our 21⁄2 hour meeting this morning. But in any event, I do want to welcome you. I welcome the representatives from the Park Service and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and other witnesses to the National Parks Subcommittee. We have six bills that we are talking about today: S. 1064, a bill to establish a commission to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War; S. 1092, a bill to authorize the establish- ment of a national data base for the purpose of identifying, locat- ing, and cataloguing the many memorials and permanent tributes to American veterans; S. 1748, a bill to establish a program to award grants to improve and maintain sites honoring the Presi- dents of the United States; S. 2046, a bill to authorize the exchange of certain lands in Everglades Park; S. 2052, a bill to amend the Trails System Act to designate the El Camino Real Trail as a Na- tional Historic Trail; and S. 2319, a bill to authorize and facilitate the hydroelectric power licensing of the Tapoco Project. And I guess that is it. So welcome to all of you. Senator, we are glad to have you, sir. (1) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:27 Oct 05, 2004 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 P:\DOCS\95781.TXT SENE3 PsN: SCAN 2 STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN B. BREAUX, U.S. SENATOR FROM LOUISIANA Senator BREAUX. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman and Sen- ator Akaka and Senator Campbell, for being here this afternoon. Arguably there is no more important event in the history of the United States than the consequences and the conduct of the Civil War almost 150 years ago. I introduced legislation back in 1995 that was a joint resolution that basically named the United States Civil War Center at Louisiana State University and the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College as the flagship institutions in the United States for planning of the sesquicentennial celebration and commemoration of the Civil War. And since that time, Members of Congress from Virginia have included Pamplin Historical Park and the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies at Virginia Tech also to be included in these institutions that are the flagship institutions with regard to studying the Civil War. Now let us fast forward to where we are today. I introduced the bill, S. 1064, in May of last year, and this bill establishes a com- mission to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. There are a number of cosponsors of that legislation. It is bipar- tisan. Senator Landrieu, Senator Specter, Senator Santorum, Sen- ator Warner, and Senator Allen all are co-sponsors of this legisla- tion. Basically the point of creating a commission is to ensure that there is a suitable national observance and it encourages really a true interdisciplinary examination of the Civil War. The commis- sion would have the role to ensure that what we do is done prop- erly. It is an authorization of $500,000, which in today’s world is not a lot of money at all, but it is important to have this commission to supervise how we commemorate the 150th year anniversary of the Civil War. It is more than just studying the battles. It is more than just counting how many men and women fought and how many men and women were killed and died. It is really looking at the Civil War in the totality of what occurred, why it happened, what caused it to happen, in addition, what were the social consequences of that great event in our Nation’s history. What did we learn from it? All of these things are incredibly important if we are going to study and commemorate the 150-year anniversary of that important event. You are going to be hearing from Ms. Faye Phillips who is asso- ciate dean of libraries at Louisiana State University. Because the United States Civil War Center is a special
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