The Committee on Natural Resources will hold a Member Day
hearing
on, Thursday, November 2, 2023, at 10:15 a.m.
EDT in 1324 Longworth House Office Building.
Members are encouraged to testify on issues within the Committee’s
jurisdiction, including specific legislation or topics of importance to
them and their constituents.
Members who wish to appear before the Committee are asked to notify
Sophia Varnasidis, Director of Legislative Operations,
[email protected] by 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 31. Members are
requested to submit their statements to Sophia Varnasidis,
[email protected] by 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 1, 2023.
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 EPA’s proposed standards for coal and new
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that it needs, where and when we need it.
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
