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Digitized from Box 31 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 17, 1976
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, ADMINISTRATOR,
FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION AND THE
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
September 16, 1976
On April 5, 1976, I signed into law the Naval Petroleum
Reserves Product on Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-258).
Section 105 (b) of that Act requires that I direct appro-
priate Executive departments and agencies to conduct a
study, in consultation with representatives of the State
of Alaska, to determine the best overall procedures to
be used in the development, production, transportation,
and distribution of petroleum resources in the Naval
Petroleum Reserve Numbered 4 in Alaska. It also requires
that I make semiannual progress reports on this study to
the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, and provides
that the completed study, together with recommended
procedures and proposed legislation, be submitted to
those committees not later than January 1, 1980.
The Department of the Interior, with the active assistance
of the Department of the Navy and the Federal Energy
Administration, shall conduct the study required by
Section 105 (b) of that Act and, on a timely basis, shall
prepare the required reports, recommend procedures, and
prepare proposed legislation for my consideration and
subsequent transmission to the designated committees of
the Congress.
I urge you to complete the study and to develop recom-
mendations and prepare proposed legislation for my review
at the earliest practicable date, consistent with the
intent of Congress and with my objective of securing the
wise use of these resources for the national welfare.
Sincerely,
GERALD R. FORD
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