The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Water and Power, led by Rep. Grace Napolitano (D-CA), will hold a legislative hearing on H.R. 24, the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act.

Subject:
House Subcommittee on Water and Power
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 24

When:
Thursday, March 1, 2007, at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
Room 1334 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:
Panel 1
Mr. Dan Dooley, Attorney for the Friant Water Users Authority, Sacramento, CA
Mr. Hamilton Candee, Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, CA
Mr. Jason Peltier, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Ms. Nancy Saracino, Chief Deputy Director of the Department of Water Resources, State of California
The Hon. Lois Wolk, Assembly Member and Chair, Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife, California State Assembly

Panel 2
Mr. Thomas W. Birmingham, General Manager/General Counsel, Westlands Water District, Fresno, CA
Mr. Cannon Michael, Landowner in San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority, Los Banos, California
Mr. Kenneth M. Robbins, Attorney, Merced Irrigation District
Mr. Allen R. Ishida, Supervisor, Tulare County Government, Visalia, CA