S. HRG. 98–243 OVERSIGHT OF THE MANAGEMENT OF THE U.S. SYNTHETIC FUELS CORPORATION HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OF THE COMMITTEE ON NINETY-EIGHTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION JULY 27 AND 29, 1983 Printed for the use of the Committee on Governmental Affairs U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 24-125 O WASHINGTON : 1983 WILLIAM V. ROTH, JR., Delaware, Chairman CHARLES H. PERCY, Illinois THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri TED STEVENS, Alaska HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS, JR., Maryland LAWTON CHILES, Florida WILLIAM S. COHEN, Maine SAM NUNN, Georgia DAVID DURENBERGER, Minnesota JOHN GLENN, Ohio WARREN B. RUDMAN, New Hampshire JIM SASSER, Tennessee JOHN C. DANFORTH, Missouri CARL LEVIN, Michigan THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico Joan M. McENTEE, Staff Director and Chief Counsel SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT WILLIAM S. COHEN, Maine, Chairman JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico MARY BERRY GERWIN, Counsel (II) CONTENTS Page Opening statements of Senator Cohen......... 1, 109 WITNESSES 3 Edward E. Noble, chairman, U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation; Victor A. Schroeder, vice chairman and president, accompanied by Jimmie R. Bowden, executive vice president.... Robert E. Coughlan, Santa Fe, N. Mex..... panied by Robert Gambino, deputy inspector general; Russell Miller, Direc- FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1983 Donald Thibeau, executive assistant to the chairman, U.S. Synthetic Fuels John B. Carter, Jr.; Milton M. Masson, Jr.; Robert A. G. Monks; and C. Howard Wilkins, Jr., members, board of directors, U.S. Synthetic Fuels 110 123 123 Carter, John B., Jr.: Testimony Monks, Robert A. G.: Testimony Prepared statement with attachments..... Trant, John: Testimony ADDITIONAL MATERIALS SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD Organization chart of the U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation, July 21, 1983 Energy Security Act, Public Law 96-294 (excerpts). Article from the New York Times, June 22, 1981, entitled "Synthetic Fuel 73 |