The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, led by Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), will hold an oversight hearing on "Management by Exclusion: The Forest Service Use of Categorical Exclusions from NEPA."

Subject:
House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
Oversight Hearing on "Management by Exclusion: The Forest Service Use of Categorical Exclusions from NEPA"

When:
Thursday, June 28, 2007, at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
Room 1334 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:
Panel 1
Mr. Mark Rey, Undersecretary, Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture
Ms. Robin Nazzaro, Director of Natural Resources and Environment, Government Accountability Office
Mr. Harrison Pollak, Deputy Attorney General, State of California

Panel 2
Mr. Thomas C. Jensen, Sonneschein, Nath & Rosenthal LLP, Washington, D.C.
Mr. Mark Menlove, Executive Director, Winter Wildlands Alliance
Dr. Barry Noon, Professor, Colorado State University
Nathaniel Lawrence, Senior Attorney, Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC)
Mr. Ray Vaughan, Executive Director, Wildlaw
Mr. John Stavros, New Harmony, UT

Opening Statement
Chairman Raul Grijalva