The purpose of this
hearing
is to examine the opportunities and challenges in deploying carbon
capture utilization and sequestration and direct air capture
technologies on federal and non-federal lands.
Witnesses:
Brad J. Crabtree, Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy and Carbon
Management, U.S. Department of Energy
Bruno Pigott, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of
Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Erin Burns, Executive Director, Carbon180
Lily R. Barkau, P.G., Groundwater Section Manager, Water Quality
Division, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
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The purpose of this subcommittee
hearing
is to receive testimony on pending legislation.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, Chair
Bills:
S.
175, to
codify certain public land orders relating to the revocation of
certain withdrawals of public land in the State of Alaska;
S.
1348,
to redesignate land within certain wilderness study areas in the State
of Wyoming, and for other purposes;
S.
1719,
to amend the Health Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to establish
emergency fireshed management areas, and for other purposes;
S.
1764,
to improve Federal activities relating to wildfires, and for other
purposes;
S.
1889,
to provide for the recognition of certain Alaska Native communities
and the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act, and for other purposes;
S.
2132,
to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a pilot program
for the establishment and use of a pre-fire-suppression stand density
index, and for other purposes;
S.
2151,
to amend the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of
2004 to require the establishment of an additional Institute under
that Act;
S.
2581,
to extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination
Act of 2000;
S.
2615,
to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that
Village Corporations shall not be required to convey land in trust to
the State of Alaska for the establishment of Municipal Corporations,
and for other purposes;
S.
2855,
to modernize and streamline the permitting process for broadband
infrastructure on Federal land, and for other purposes;
S.
2867,
to address the forest health crisis on the National Forest System and
public lands, and for other purposes;
S.
2991,
to improve revegetation and carbon sequestration activities in the
United States, and for other purposes;
S.
3033,
to withdraw certain Federal land in the Pecos Watershed area of the
State of New Mexico from mineral entry, and for other purposes;
S.
3036,
to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of
Utah certain Federal land under the administrative jurisdiction of the
Bureau of Land Management within the boundaries of Camp Williams,
Utah, and for other purposes;
S.
3044,
to redesignate the Mount Evans Wilderness as the “Mount Blue Sky
Wilderness”, and for other purposes;
S.
3045,
to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over
certain Federal land in the State of California, and for other
purposes;
S. 3046 / H.R.
3324,
to extend the authority to collect Shasta-Trinity Marina fees through
fiscal year 2029;
S.
3062,
to provide for the removal of small-diameter trees in fire hazard
areas, and for other purposes; and
S.
3079, to
establish a policy regarding appraisal and valuation services for real
property for a transaction over which the Secretary of the Interior
has jurisdiction, and for other purposes
Witnesses:
Nada Wolff Culver, Principal Deputy Director, Bureau of Land
Management, U.S. Department of the Interior
Jacqueline Emanuel, Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System,
U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mark S. Boshell, Deputy Director, Utah Public Lands Policy
Coordinating Office
On Wednesday, October 25, 2023, at 2:15 p.m. in room 1334 Longworth
House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee
on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries will hold a legislative
hearing
on the following bills:
H.R.
520
(Rep. McClintock), To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to
provide that artificially propagated animals shall be treated the same
under that Act as naturally propagated animals;
H.R.
2990
(Rep. Bonamici), “National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Improvements Act of 2023”;
H.R.
5103
(Rep. Donalds), “Fishery Improvement to Streamline untimely regulatory
Hurdles post Emergency Situation Act” or the “FISHES Act”;
H.R.
5504
(Rep. Newhouse), To require the Director of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service and the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to withdraw proposed
rules relating to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other
purposes;
H.R.
5874
(Rep. Ciscomani), “Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program Act” or
the “TAAP Act”; and
Discussion Draft of H.R.
___ (Rep.
Graves of Louisiana), To prohibit the implementation of certain
documents until the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the
National Marine Fisheries Service issues documents relating to the
Rice’s whale.
Gary Frazer, Assistant Director for Ecological Services, U.S. Fish &
Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Dr. Richard Spinrad, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and
Atmosphere & NOAA Administrator, Department
of Commerce [invited]
Shalanda Young, Director, Office of Management and Budget, Washington,
D.C. [invited]
Jonathan Wood, Vice President of Law and Policy, Property and
Environment Research Center
Dr. Alex Loureiro, Scientific Director, EnerGeo Alliance
Dr. Sharon B. Megdal, Director, Water Resources Research Center, The
University of Arizona
Robert E. Beal, Executive Director, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission
Tom Birmingham, Water Policy Expert
Dr. Barbara Taylor, Red List Coordinator for the Cetacean Specialist
Group, International Union for the Conservation of Nature, San Diego,
CA [Minority Witness]
Stephen Roady, Senior Lecturing Fellow, Duke University School of Law,
Professor of the Practice, Duke School of the Environment [Minority
Witness]
