REGULATORY REFORM OF THE OIL (98-30) HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON SURFACE TRANSPORTATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION NINETY-EIGHTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H.R. 2677 TO AMEND THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT TO REFORM AND IM- COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION JAMES J. HOWARD, New Jersey, Chairman GLENN M. ANDERSON, California NICK JOE RAHALL II, West Virginia FOFO I. F. SUNIA, American Samoa DOUGLAS H. BOSCO, California ROBERT A. BORSKI, Pennsylvania J. ROY ROWLAND, Georgia JAMES MCCLURE CLARKE, North Carolina ROBERT E. WISE, JR., West Virginia GENE SNYDER, Kentucky JOHN PAUL HAMMERSCHMIDT, Arkansas ARLAN STANGELAND, Minnesota WILLIAM F. CLINGER, JR., Pennsylvania E. CLAY SHAW, JR., Florida SUBCOMMITTEE ON SURFACE TRANSPORTATION GLENN M. ANDERSON, California, Chairman ROBERT W. EDGAR, Pennsylvania FOFO I. F. SUNIA, American Samoa NORMAN Y. MINETA, California DOUGLAS APPLEGATE, Ohio DONALD JOSEPH ALBOSTA, Michigan DOUGLAS H. BOSCO, California ROBERT A. BORSKI, Pennsylvania JOE KOLTER, Pennsylvania RON DE LUGO, Virgin Islands JAMES J. HOWARD, New Jersey (Ex Officio) BUD SHUSTER, Pennsylvania JOHN PAUL HAMMERSCHMIDT, Arkansas WILLIAM F. CLINGER, JR., Pennsylvania ROBERT F. (BOB) SMITH, Oregon (II) CONTENTS H.R. 2677: To amend the Interstate Commerce Act to reform and improve regulation of the transportation of oil by pipeline, and for other purposes.. Barber, Richard J., economic consultant, Trans Alaska Pipeline. Baxter, William F., Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Depart- ment of Justice, accompanied by David W. Brown, Assistant Chief, Energy Section, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice Bedell, Hon. Berkley, a Representative in Congress from the State of Iowa........ Blum, Jack A., on behalf of the Independent Gasoline Marketers Council DeMuth, Hon. Christopher C., Administrator for Information and Regulatory Fountain, Kenneth P., general counsel, Exxon Pipeline Co... 428 Hunter, Thomas, director, Crude Supply and Planning, Farmland Industries, 335 352 Mampe, Edwin P., Jr., director, government affairs, Crown Central Petroleum 360 Mares, Jan W., Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, accompanied by Leonard Coburn, Director, Office of Competition, Maynard, Robert, assistant attorney general, State of Alaska, accompanied by Mark Wittow, associate director for natural resources and transportation, Governor's office, State of Alaska.. Means, Dr. Robert C., Director, Office of Regulatory Analysis, Federal Energy Merriman, Donald R., president, Buckeye Pipe Line Co., on behalf of Associa- tion of Oil Pipe Lines, accompanied by Pat Corcoran, executive director, and counsel to the Association of Oil Pipe Lines, (AOPL); and Edward J. Mitchell, professor of business economics, University of Michigan Van Arsdall, R. Thomas, vice president, agricultural inputs and services, Barber, Richard J., president, Richard J. Barber Associates, Inc.: "The Transportation of Alaskan North Slope Oil by Pipeline: An Assess- ment of the Competitive Issues Relevant to Rate Deregulation," No- 91 Baxter, William F., Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Depart- 107 (III) Page Corcoran, Patrick H., executive director, Association of Oil Pipelines "Cri- 272 The Effect of Oil Pipeline Deregulation on Federal Revenues. Fountain, Kenneth P., officer and director, Exxon Pipeline Co.: Letter to Representative Berkley Bedell, dated November 3, 1983. Letter to Representative Berkley Bedell, from A. G. Sousa, Acting Chair- man, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, dated November 9, 1983.. Hunter, Thomas, director, crude supply and planning, Farmland Industries, Love, James, Center for Study of Responsive Law, statement... 129 135 332 350 Means, Robert C., Director, Office of Regulatory Analysis, Federal Energy Statement.... Fact Sheet: U.S. Oil Pipeline Industry, FERC, December 1982. To amend the Interstate Commerce Act to reform and improve regulation of the transportation of oil by pipeline, and for other purposes. I IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 21, 1983 Mr. BREAUX (for himself, Mr. ANDERSON, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. FIELDS, Mr. GRAMM, Mr. WILSON, AND MR. TAUZIN) introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Public Works and Transportation A BILL To amend the Interstate Commerce Act to reform and improve regulation of the transportation of oil by pipeline, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the "Oil Pipeline Regulatory |