Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Schedule for the Week of July 31
July 28, 2006
03:31 PM
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold a business meeting and a full committee hearing next week.
The business meeting will be held Wednesday, August 2, at 11:30 a.m. in D 628.
The purpose of this hearing is to consider the nomination of: John Ray Correll, of Indiana, to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior; Mark Myers, of Alaska, to be Director of the United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; Drue Pearce, of Alaska, to be Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects for the term prescribed by law. (New Position)
The full committee hearing on spent fuel will be held Thursday, August 3, at 10 a.m. in SD 628.
The purpose of this legislative hearing is to receive testimony on S. 2589, to enhance the management and disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, to ensure protection of public health and safety, to ensure the territorial integrity and security of the repository at Yucca Mountain, and for other purposes.
WITNESS LIST
Senator Harry Reid
Senator John Ensign
Panel 1
The Honorable Edward Sproat, III
Director
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
U.S. Department of Energy
The Honorable David Wright
Commissioner, South Carolina Public Service Commission
Testifying on behalf of the National Association of Regulatory and Utility Commissioners
Washington, DC
Geoff Fettus
Esquire
Natural Resources Defense Council
Washington, DC
Robert Loux
Executive Director
Agency for Nuclear Projects
Office of the Governor
State of Nevada
Carson City, NV
TBA
Southern Company
Atlanta, GA
