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120806 1 (1983-03-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacsyt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 For Release at 9:30 a.m. March 7, 1983 STATEMENT OF F. KEVIN BOLAND SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR RESOURCES, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION 120806 BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: We appreciate the opportunity to be here today to discuss the Nation's preparedness for dealing with energy supply disruptions. GAO has done a substantial amount of work in this area during the past few years. This work includes a series of reports, requested by the Chairman and several Members of this Committee, that evaluate administration documents submitted to the Congress under the Energy Emergency Preparedness Act of 1982 (EEPA). Among these documents are a Memorandum of Law setting forth legal authorities available to the President to respond to a severe energy supply shortage, two documents detailing how the administration would use the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in an emergency, and a Comprehen- sive Energy Emergency Response Procedures Report describing the options the President would consider using in an emergency and the procedures to implement them. If I may briefly summarize our findings on these documents: 1. The Memorandum of Law discusses the individual statutes available to the President in various oil emergencies. The President has different statutory authorities, many of which are not specifically targeted to cope with oil emergencies. These actions taken to respond to a parti- cular oil emergency will have to comply with different

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