CONTENTS STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., U.S. Senator from the State of Utah................... Page .1, 103, 139 16, 141 24 25 153 Statement of John R. Schmidt, Associate Attorney General, U.S. Department Panel consisting of Loren A. Smith, chief judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Washington, DC; Nancie G. Marzulla, president and chief legal counsel, Defenders of Property Rights, Washington, DC, accompanied by Roger Marzulla; and Raymond B. Ludwiszewski, former general counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC Panel consisting of Carol M. Rose, professor of law and organization, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT; and John J. Chaconas, St. Amant, LA Panel consisting of Nellie Edwards, Provo, UT; Larry Gardner, St. George, UT; and Edward D. Smith, Centerville, UT Panel consisting of Ken Ashby, president, Utah Farm Bureau; Ronald W. Thompson, district manager, Washington County Water Conservance Dis- Panel consisting of Keith W. Eckel, president, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau; Merrily Pierce, second vice president, Fairfax County Federation of Citizens Association, McLean, VA; Joseph L. Sax, counselor to the Secretary of the Interior, Washington, DC; Jonathan H. Adler, director of environmental studies, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC; and Richard 150 Letters to Senator Orrin G. Hatch from: Green Spring Enterprises, Inc., dated July 10, 1995 Harvey L. Hutchinson, dated June 29, 1995 Steven L. Hernandez, attorney at law, dated June 28, 1995 National Audubon Society, dated July 10, 1995 259 269 270 Ronald K. Christensen, American Fork, UT, dated June 28, 1995 271 275 Exhibit #1: The Key to Protection: Private Lands 278 Exhibit #2: The Problem: Loss of Utah's Valuable Wetlands, dated 279 Exhibit #3: An article: The Takings Issue 280 Exhibit #4: National Wetlands Newsletter, Volume 17, No. 2, dated 285 Exhibit #5: Prepared statement of the National Audubon Society ............... Benjamin Slough with various attachments, dated July 6, 1995 Robert C. Fillerup Lon Henderson 334 .................................................................................................. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1995 Michael L. Davis, chief, Regulatory Branch, U.S. Army Corps of Engi Alice M. Rivlin, director, Office of Management and Budget Gary S. Guzy, deputy general counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection 368 377 Rev. Robert A. Sirico, CSP, the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty John R. Schmidt, Associate Attorney General, Criminal Division of the 380 390 American Homeowners Foundation 394 American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers and the Appraisal Institute 395 The Heritage Foundation 398 The National Association of Realtors® 401 |