Hearings and Business Meetings

FULL COMMITTEE HEARING: Consolidation of OSM and BLM.

The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the Secretary of the Interior’s Order No. 3315 to Consolidate and Establish the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement within the Bureau of Land Management.

November 17, 2011
09:30 AM

The hearing will be webcast live on the Committee's website, and an archived video will be available shortly after the hearing is complete. Witnesses' testimony will be available on the website at the start of the hearing.

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  • Mr. John Corra

    Director
    Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Testifying on behalf of the State of Wyoming & the Reclamation Committee of the Western Interstate Energy Board, Cheyenne, WY
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Witness Panel 1

  • The Honorable David Hayes

    Deputy Secretary
    Department of the Interior
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  • The Honorable Robert Abbey

    Director
    Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior

Witness Panel 2

  • Mr. Bradley C. “Butch” Lambert

    Deputy Director
    Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals & Energy, Testifying on behalf of the Interstate Mining Compact Commission & the National Association of Abandoned Mine Land Programs, Big Stone Gap, VA
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  • Mr. John Corra

    Director
    Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Testifying on behalf of the State of Wyoming & the Reclamation Committee of the Western Interstate Energy Board, Cheyenne, WY
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  • Mr. Patrick McGinley

    Professor
    West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown, WV
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  • Ms. Katie Sweeney

    General Counsel
    Legal and Regulatory Affairs, The National Mining Association, Washington, D.C.
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  • Ms. DarAnne Dunning

    Western Organization of Resource Councils, Helena, MT
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