Letter to congressional colleague urging opposition to the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (S. 885) · Les AuCoin Collection

Identifier: PUA_MS147_437
Title: Letter to congressional colleague urging opposition to the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (S. 885)
Description: A letter to a congressional colleague by U.S. Congressman Les AuCoin regarding the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (S. 885). In his letter, Congressman AuCoin urged opposition to S. 885. He expressed his concerns with the bill encouraging the construction of nuclear power plants in place of less expensive energy resources. He also described his issue with S. 885 encouraging the building of nuclear power plants without stating any guidelines for radioactive nuclear waste. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).
Creator: AuCoin, Les
Date: Year(s): 1980
Date: Display: November 17, 1980
Subject: United States. Congress. House.; Legislators--United States; Bills, Legislative; Energy policy; Nuclear energy
Place: United States; Oregon; Washington
Source: Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives
Copyright: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Type: Text