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The United States Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a June 13th hearing titled:

Oversight of the Army Corps’ Regulation of Surplus Water and the Role of States’ Rights (“Hearing”)

A focus of the witnesses’ testimony was the United States Army Corps of Engineers proposed rule titled:

Use of Corps Reservoir Projects for Domestic Municipal & Industrial Water Supply. 81 Fed. Reg. 91556 (Dec. 16, 2016)

Hearing witnesses included:

• The Honorable Steven M. Pirner

  Secretary

  South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources

• Stephen P. Mulligan

  Legislative Attorney

  Congressional Research Service

• Ward J. Scott

  Policy Advisor

  Western Governors’ Association

A link to the hearing and the three witnesses’ written statements can be found here.