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Wednesday, Sept. 30, 1970
University Daily Kansan
'No Section of Country Immune'
White House Warns of Winter Fuel Crisis
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The Nixon Administration said Tuesday that a serious fuel shortage might occur in parts of the nation during the coming winter and warned no area was immune from the threat.
A government study of the expected fuel needs in the winter months showed "a potential shortage in the supplies of natural gas, residual fuel oil and
bituminous coal." officials said.
The administration said that it was taking several steps to alleviate the shortage, including relaxation of quotas to allow doubling of oil imports for home heating from Canada and other hemispheric neighbors during the first quarter of 1971, up to a rate of 80,000 barrels a day.
A statement said:
"The potential shortage appears
to be more serious in some regions of the country than in others, but no section is completely immune from concern."
The statement was issued by Paul W. McCracken, chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, and George A. Lincoln, director of the Federal Office of Emergency Preparedness.
The officials urged the petroleum industry and the railroads to increase supplies of fuels "in the light of the national need."
Lincoln said that the most critical areas were the Northeast, the Chicago area and the Southeast. But no area is completely immune from concern, he said.
The administration announced these other steps;
- EXEMPT natural gas liquids from current quota limitations on
Canadian crude oil that is used in production of natural gas.
- **IMPORT liquified petroleum gas** from the western hemisphere
- gas from the western hemisphere.
• IMPORT crude oil from Canada into East Coast states for fuel.
- RELAX restrictions on viscosity requirements of crude oil used for burning.
- ALLOW transportation of oil from Canada by waterway.