The House Natural Resources Committee, led by Chairman Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), will hold an oversight hearing on "The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977: A 30th Anniversary Review."
Subject:
House Natural Resources Committee
Oversight Hearing on "The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977: A 30th Anniversary Review"
When:
Wednesday, July 25, 2007, at 10:00 a.m.
Where:
Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building
Witnesses:
Panel 1
Glenda H. Owens, Deputy Director, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Earl Bandy, Director of Applicant Violator System Office, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Panel 2
Gregory E. Conrad, Executive Director, Interstate Mining Compact Commission, Herndon, Virginia
Stephanie R. Timmermeyer, Cabinet Secretary, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, Charleston, West Virginia
John Husted, Deputy Chief, Division of Mineral Resources Management, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Columbus, Ohio
John Corra, Director, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Panel 3
Cecil E. Roberts, President, United Mine Workers of America, Fairfax, Virginia
Panel 4
Walton Morris, Charlottesville, VA
Joe Lovett, Executive Director, Appalachian Center for the Economy and the Environment, Lewisburg, West Virginia
Brian Wright, Energy Policy Director, Hoosier Environmental Council, Indianapolis, Indiana
Ellen Pfister, Shepherd, Montana, *On behalf of the Northern Plains Resource Council and the Western Organization of Resource Councils
Panel 5
Harold P. Quinn, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Legal & Regulatory Affairs, National Mining Association, Washington, D.C.
William B. Raney, President, West Virginia Coal Association, Charleston, West Virginia
Eric Fry, Director of Regulatory Services, Peabody Coal Company, St. Louis, Missouri, * On behalf of the Illinois Coal Association
Marion E. Loomis, Executive Director, Wyoming Mining Association, Cheyenne, Wyoming
