The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Water and Power, led by Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA), will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

• H.R. 155 (Herseth Sandlin): To provide compensation to the Lower Brule and Crow Creek Sioux Tribes of South Dakota for damage to tribal land caused by Pick-Sloan projects along the Missouri River (Lower Brule and Crow Creek Tribal Compensation Act)
  
  
• H.R. 5511 (Lamborn): To direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to remedy problems caused by a collapsed drainage tunnel in Leadville, Colorado, and for other purposes (Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel Remediation Act of 2008)
  
  
• H.R. 5710 (T. Udall): To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance to the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority for the planning, design, and construction of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System, and for other purposes (Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System Authorization Act)

Subject:
House Subcommittee on Water and Power
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 155, H.R. 5511 and H.R. 5710

When:
Thursday, May 8, 2008, at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
Room 1334 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:
Panel 1:
Robert Quint, Director of Operations, Bureau of Reclamation, Washington, D.C.
He will be accompanied by Elizabeth Southerland, Director of the Assessment and Remediation Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., to answer questions regarding H.R. 5511.
The Honorable Michael Jandreau, Chairman, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule, South Dakota
Martha Rudolph, Director for Environmental Programs, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environments, Denver, Colorado
Mike Hickman, Chairman, Lake County Commissioners, Leadville, Colorado
David M. Lansford, Chairman of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority, Former Mayor, Clovis, New Mexico