March 5, 2004 Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee Schedule for the Week of March 8 Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold a business meeting, two full committee hearings and two subcommittee hearings next week. The full committee will meet Tuesday, March 9, at 10 a.m. in SD-366 to receive testimony on western water issues. The hearing will focus on the extent of low-water conditions in the arid western United States over the last five years, the long-term challenges created by increasing population and changing water needs and federal, state and local responses to acute and chronic water supply problems. The invited witnesses include: Panel I: DOI – Bennett Raley Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Department of the Interior Honorable Floyd Gaibler Deputy Undersecretary Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services US Department of Agriculture Brigadier General William T. Grisoli Corps of Engineers Dr. Louis Uccellini Director, National Center for Environmental Prediction NOAA/ National Weather Service National Centers for Environmental Prediction Panel II: Craig Bell Executive Director Western States Water Council Tex Hall President, National Congress of American Indians Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Tribal Chairman The Parks Subcommittee will hold a hearing Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in S.D. 366 to receive testimony on the following bills: H.R.1446 and S. 1306, to support the efforts of the California Missions Foundation to restore and repair the Spanish colonial and mission-era missions in the State of California and to preserve the artworks and artifacts of these missions; S. 1430, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the Baranov Museum in Kodiak, Alaska for potential inclusion in the National Park System; S. 1687, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the preservation and interpretation of the historic sites of the Manhattan Project for potential inclusion in the National Park System; and H.R. 1521, to provide for additional lands to be included within the boundary of the Johnstown Flood National Memorial in the State of Pennsylvania. The invited witnesses include: Panel I: Mr. P. Daniel Smith Special Assistant National Park Service Department of the Interior Panel II: Mr. Walter Costlow Founder & Chairman South Fork Hunting & Fishing Club Preservation Society Lakeland, Florida Mr. Barry Lynn Executive Director Americans United in Support of Separation of Church and State Washington, D.C. Ms. Cynthia Kelly President Atomic Heritage Foundation Washington, D.C. Mr. Stephen T. Hearst Vice President & General Manager Sunical/S.F. Realties San Francisco, CA The Honorable Carolyn Floyd Mayor City of Kodiak Kodiak, AK The full committee will hold a business meeting on Wednesday, March 10, at 11:30 a.m. in SD-366 to consider the following bills and issues: To consider the nomination of Susan Johnson Grant, to be Chief Financial Officer at the Department of Energy. S. 1307 - A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to assist in the implementation of fish passage and screening facilities at non-Federal water projects. S. 1355 - A bill to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to participate in the rehabilitation of the Wallowa Lake Dam in Oregon. S. 1421 - A bill to authorize the subdivision and dedication of restricted land owned by Alaska Natives. H.R. 620 - To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide supplemental funding and other services that are necessary to assist the State of California or local educational agencies in California in providing educational services for students attending schools located within the Park. H.R. 2696 - To establish Institutes to demonstrate and promote the use of adaptive ecosystem management to reduce the risk of wildfires, and restore the health of fire-adapted forest and woodland ecosystems of the interior West. The Public Lands Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, March 10, at 2:30 p.m. to receive testimony on the following bills: S. 1354, to resolve certain conveyances and provide for alternative land selections under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act related to Cape Fox Corporation and Sealaska Corporation; S. 1575 and H.R. 1092, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to sell certain parcels of federal land in Carson City and Douglas County, Nevada; S. 1778, to authorize a land conveyance between the United States and the City of Craig, Alaska; S. 1819 and H.R. 272, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land to Lander County, Nevada, and the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to Eureka County, Nevada, for continued use as cemeteries; and H.R. 3249, to extend the term of the Forest Counties Payments Committee. Invited Witnesses Include: Panel I: The Honorable Mark Rey Under Secretary National Resources and the Environment Minerals U.S. Department of Agriculture Mr. Tom Lonnie Assistant Director Realty and Resource Protection U.S. Department of the Interior Panel II: Ms. Marilyn Blair President Cape Fox Corporation Ketchikan, AK Mr. Buck Lindekugel Conservation Director SEACC Juneau, AK Mr. Mickey Yarbro Lander County Commissioner Battle Mountain, NV Mr. Dennis E. Wheeler CEO Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation Coeur d’Alene, ID Mr. Dennis Watson Mayor City of Craig Craig, AK The full committee will hold a hearing on Thursday, March 11, at 10 a.m. in SD-366 to receive testimony regarding two bills: S. 2086, a bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to improve the reclamation of abandoned mines; S. 2049, a bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to reauthorize collection of reclamation fees, revise the abandoned mine reclamation program, promote remining, authorize the Office of Surface Mining to collect the black lung excise tax, and make sundry other changes. Panel I: The Honorable Jeffrey D. Jarrett Director, Office of Surface Mining Department of the Interior Mr. Steve Hohmann Director, Division of Abandoned Mine Lands State of Kentucky Department for Surface Mining and Enforcement Also testifying on behalf of: Interstate Mining Compact Commission National Association of Abandoned Mine Land Programs Mr. Evan Green State of Wyoming Abandoned Mine Lands Division Cheyenne, Wyoming Mr. Joe Shirley, Jr. Chairman Navajo Nation Washington, DC Mr. Charles Gauvin President and CEO Trout Unlimited Arlington, VA Mr. Michael Buckner Research Director United Mine Workers of America Fairfax, VA ###