Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on the nominations of Kristine Svinicki to be a member of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Annie Caputo to be a member of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; David Wright to be a member of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and Susan Bodine to be assistant EPA administrator of the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.
Note: Rescheduled from June 7.
Date Tuesday, June 13, 10 a.m.
Place 406 Dirksen Bldg.
Witnesses The nominees testify
Note: The Committee will vote on the Svinicki nomination on June 14.
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on S.517, the “Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act,” to amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid vapor pressure limitations under such Act.
Date Wednesday, June 14, 10 a.m.
Place 406 Dirksen Bldg.
Agenda and Witnesses S 517 — Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act
Witnesses
R. Brooke Coleman, executive director of the Advanced Biofuels Business Council, Boston, Mass.
Jonathan Lewis, senior counsel for the Clean Air Task Force, Boston, Mass.
Mike Lorenz, executive vice president of Sheetz Inc., Claysburg, Pa.
Todd Teske, chairman, president and CEO of the Briggs & Stratton Corp., Milwaukee, Wis.
Janet Yanowitz, principal engineer of Ecoengineering Inc., Boulder, Colo.
House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy hearing on “States’ Perspectives on Energy Security Planning, Emergency Preparedness, and State Energy Programs.”
Date Wednesday, June 14, 10 a.m.
Place 2123 Rayburn Bldg.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power hearing on S.440, to establish a procedure for the conveyance of certain federal property around the Dickinson Reservoir in the State of North Dakota; S.677, the “Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act”; S.685, the “Clean Water for Rural Communities”; S.930, the “Western Area Power Administration Transparency Act”; S.1012, the “New Mexico Drought Preparedness Act”; S.1029, to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to exempt certain small hydroelectric power projects that are applying for relicensing under the Federal Power Act from the licensing requirements of that Act; and S.1030, to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to submit to Congress a report on certain hydropower projects.
Date Wednesday, June 14, 2 p.m.
Place 366 Dirksen Bldg.
Agenda and Witnesses
S 677 — A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to coordinate Federal and State permitting processes related to the construction of new surface water storage projects on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture and to designate the Bureau of Reclamation as the lead agency for permit processing, and for other purposes.
S 685 — A bill to authorize the Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority System and the Musselshell-Judith Rural Water System in the States of Montana and North Dakota, and for other purposes.
S 1030 — A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to submit to Congress a report on certain hydropower projects.
S 1029 — A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to exempt certain small hydroelectric power projects that are applying for relicensing under the Federal Power Act from the licensing requirements of that Act.
S 930 — Western Area Power Administration Transparency Act
S 440 — A bill to establish a procedure for the conveyance of certain Federal property around the Dickinson Reservoir in the State of North Dakota.
S 1012 — New Mexico Drought Preparedness Act
Witnesses
Acting Assistant Interior Secretary for Water and Science Scott Cameron
Mark Gabriel, administrator and CEO of the Western Area Power Administration
Harlowton, Mont. Mayor Jeff Sell
Tom Davis, general manager of the Yuma County Water Users’ Association
Tom Fisher, president of the Patterson Lake Homeowners Association
Mike Hamman, chief engineer/CEO of the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District
Christopher Wynn, vice president of northeast operations at the Brookfield Renewable Energy Group
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