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Dale Bumpers: “If the Secretary and the Governor of Montana cannot agree prior to this date on something similar to $10 million, then…”

On the recordOctober 28, 1997
If the Secretary and the Governor of Montana cannot agree prior to this date on something similar to $10 million, then the Governor of Montana is within his right to demand the so-called Otter Creek tracts, which are tracts of land with a considerable amount of coal underneath them; is that correct?
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Dale Bumpers
Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the agreement between the Secretary and the Governor of Montana regarding land and coal resources.

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