The full committee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, April 26 at 10:00 a.m. to receive testimony regarding the status of the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Power 2010 program.

Invited Witnesses Include:

Panel 1

The Honorable James K. Asselstine

Managing Director

Lehman Brothers, Inc.

Mr. Mike Wallace

President

Constellation Generation Group

Panel 2

The Honorable Clay Sell

Deputy Secretary

Department of Energy

The Honorable Nils Diaz

Chairman

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

The public lands and forests subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, April 26 at 2:30 p.m. to review the preparedness of the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior for the 2005 wildfire season, including the agencies’ assessment of the risk of fires by region, the status of and contracting for aerial fire suppression assets, and other information needed to better understand the agencies’ ability to deal with the upcoming fire season.

Invited Witnesses Include:

The Honorable Mark Rey

Undersecretary

Natural Resources and the Environment

Department of Agriculture

The Honorable Lynn Scarlett

Assistant Secretary

Policy, Management and Budget

Department of the Interior

Ms. Robin Nazzaro

Director

Natural Resources and the Environment

Government Accountability Office

Mr. Jim Caswell

Office of Species Conservation

State of Idaho

Boise, Idaho

The national parks subcommittee will hold a hearing on April 28 at 2:30 p.m. to receive testimony on the following bills: S. 242, a bill to establish four memorials to the Space Shuttle Columbia in the State of Texas; S. 262, a bill to authorize appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior for the restoration of the Angel Island Immigration Station in the State of California; S. 336, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study of the feasibility of designating the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Watertrail as a national historic trail; S. 670, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of sites associated with the life of Cesar Estrada Chavez and the farm labor movement; S. 777, a bill to designate Catoctin Mountain Park in the State of Maryland as the "Catoctin Mountain National Recreation Area"; and H.R. 126, a bill to amend Public Law 89-366 to allow for an adjustment in the number of free roaming horses permitted in Cape Lookout National Seashore.

Invited Witnesses Include:

Panel 1

Mr. Michael Soukup

Associate Director

Natural Resources, Stewardship and Science

National Park Service

Panel 2

Ms. Felicia Lowe

Vice President

Angel Island Immigration Station Board

San Francisco, California

Mr. Patrick Noonan

Chairman Emeritus

The Conservation Fund

Arlington, Virginia