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Mary E. Peters – secretary of Transportation Stephen L. Johnson – administrator, EPA Lurita Doan – administrator, General Services Administration John Paul Woodley – assistant secretary of the Army for civil works Stephen T. Ayers – acting architect of the Capitol

The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, led by Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

• H.R. 523 (Hastings): To require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public land located wholly or partially within the boundaries of the Wells Hydroelectric Project of Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County, Washington, to the utility district. (Douglas County, Washington, PUD Conveyance Act)
• H.R. 1011 (Boucher): To designate additional National Forest System lands in the State of Virginia as wilderness or a wilderness study area, to designate the Kimberling Creek Potential Wilderness Area for eventual incorporation in the Kimberling Creek Wilderness, to establish the Seng Mountain and Bear Creek Scenic Areas, to provide for the development of trail plans for the wilderness areas and scenic areas, and for other purposes. (Virginia Ridge and Valley Act of 2007)

Witnesses:

Panel 1

• Rick Boucher (VA-09) (H.R. 1011)
• Doc Hastings (WA-04) (H.R. 523)

Panel 2

• Mike Ferguson (H.R. 523), Assistant Director, Business and Fiscal Resources, Bureau of Land Management
• Joel Holtrop (H.R. 1011), Deputy Chief, National Forest System, USDA Forest Service

Panel 3 (H.R. 1011)

• Tom Davenport, Manager, Mt. Rogers Outfitters, Damascus, VA
• John Muffo, Supervisor, Montgomery County Board of Supervisors, Blacksburg, VA
• Gerald Gray, Clintwood, VA
• Steve Henson, Executive Director, Southern Appalachian Multiple-Use Council, Clyde, NC

Panel 4 (H.R. 523)

• Bill Dobbins, CEO & Manager, Douglas County (WA) Public Utility District, East Wenatchee, WA
• John Seebach, Hydropower Reform Coalition National Coordinator, American Rivers, Washington, DC

Sylvia Estes – Pipeline and Industrial Group, Virginia Beach, Va. Michael Mitternight – Factory Service Agency, Metairie, La. Terry Thomas – president and CEO, Community Bus Services Inc., Youngstown, Ohio Donn Teske – farmer and president, Kansas Farmers Union, McPherson, Kan. John Felmy – chief economist, American Petroleum Institute

The House Natural Resources Committee, led by Chairman Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), will hold an oversight hearing on “Endangered Species Act Implementation: Science or Politics?” Witnesses: Panel 1 The Honorable P. Lynn Scarlett, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Interior Ms. Jamie Rappaport Clark, Executive Vice President, Defenders of Wildlife Dr. Francesca Grifo, Ph.D., Senior Scientist and Director of Scientific Integrity Program, Union of Concerned Scientists Mr. Jeff Ruch, Executive Director, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility

Panel 2 Dr. Dominick A. DellaSala, Ph.D., Executive Director, Conservation Science & Policy, National Center for Conservation Science & Policy Ms. Judith Schoyer Rodd, Director, Friends of Blackwater Mr. John Young, Retired Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Mr. William P. Horn, Birch, Horton, Bittner & Cherot