If I'm right, then wouldn't it make perfect sense to move forward with this legislation?

If generating capacity of 50 megawatts couldn't support a payment of $5.3 million a year for the next 50 years, wouldn't it make more sense to allow this to move forward?

Thank you, Senator Shaheen. Thanks for chairing this hearing and for letting me serve on this subcommittee with you.

Thank you both for your testimony.

If by going in and starting this, someone would have to agree at the outset to pay $5.3 million a year every year for the next 50 years, it seems pretty unlikely that that's going to happen.

But if someone comes along and says, 'I will do this, and I will pay $400,000 a year throughout the life of the project,' then, that would be $400,000 a year more than the Federal Government's getting right now.

I look forward to working on these issues.

I've cosponsored both of these pieces of legalization with my friend and fellow Utahan, Senator Hatch.

I'm uncomfortable with Congress declaring new wilderness as long as that shroud of uncertainty remains.

I think it's appropriate for us to get input from the host state's legislature before we declare new wilderness.

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