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Congressman Nunes to Committee on Deficit Reduction: Charge San Francisco more for use of Hetch Hetchy

Posted by: Maven on November 5, 2011 at 8:09 am

Congressman Devin Nunes offers up his idea for a portion of deficit reduction in this letter penned to Congressman Hensarling and Senator Murray, members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (courtesy of AgLeader’s twitter feed):

“Dear Congressman Hensarling and Senator Murray,

I take this opportunity to request that you include the attached legislative language which would provide nearly $340 million in Federal revenue to assist in reaching the goals set out for deficit reduction.

The Raker Act, enacted nearly 100 years ago, mandated that the City of San Francisco pay the Department of Interior a meager annual charge of $30,000 for the easement to use Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park as a water reservoir. Even with the negative effects to the environment, this annual charge, set in the early 1910s, has never increased. Furthermore, since the construction of the Hetch Hetchy Water and Power System a century ago, the environmental damage to our nation’s flagship National Park has never been mitigated. … “

Continue reading this letter here.

MORE: Congressman Nunes sent a similarly worded letter to Chairman Freylinghusen of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies.

November 5, 2011 · Filed Under Bay Area

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