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I agree.United States of America Congressional Record PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 100th CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 134_WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1988_Na 136 Senate By Mr. HECHT: S. 2845. A bill to provide for the transfer of a certain parcel of land located in Clark County, NV; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN LAND IN NEVADA Mr. HECHT. Mr. President, on May 4, 1988, the residents of Clark County and Henderson, NV, were devastated when the PEPCON rocket fuel plant exploded leaving two dead and over $75,000,000 in property damage. Furthermore, the Nation lost approximately 60 percent of its capacity to produce ammonium perchlorate, vital to the Space Program and to out Nation's defense. We have learned from this terrible disaster and now, for the sake of our Nation's defense readiness, the Space Program, and for the residents of Clark County and Henderson, NV, must look ahead and develop a new site for the storing and blending of rocket fuels. Today I am introducing a bill that would help facilitate the process to acquire Federal land to reconstruct this facility. The bill would transfer approximately 20,000 acres from the Bureau of Land Management to Clark County, NV. This land transfer would provide residents in the county with the jobs that were lost, provide a way for Nevada to expand and diversify its industrial resources as well as providing a secure site for the production of a product essential to the Nation's defense. I ask that my colleagues support this bill and assist in enacting this vital legislation.