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The Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will hold a hearing entitled “Getting on the Right Track: Navigating the Future of Intercity Passenger Rail in America” at 11:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, November 29, 2023, in 2167 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

On Wednesday, November 29, 2023, at 10:15 a.m., in 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will hold a legislative hearing on the following bill:

• H.R. 6285 (Rep. Stauber), “Alaska’s Right to Produce Act of 2023”, to ratify and approve all authorizations, permits, verifications, extensions, biological opinions, incidental take statements, and any other approvals or orders issued pursuant to Federal law necessary for the establishment and administration of the Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing program

Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee hearing titled “America Leads the Way: Our History as the Global Leader Reducing Emissions”

Chair Bill Johnson (R-Ohio)

“America has led the world in reducing emissions without sacrificing innovation, economic development, or our national security. We’ve done more than any other country in the world to promote freedom, raise the standard of living, and fight poverty, while also maintaining some of the best environmental and labor standards in the world. This is a legacy worth preserving and building upon. The best way to achieve this is by ensuring a strong energy mix that lowers energy costs for people, creates jobs, encourages innovation, and secures our supply chains.”

On Wednesday, November 29, 2023, the Committee on Homeland Security will hold a hearing entitled, “The High North: How U.S. Arctic Strategy Impacts Homeland Security.”

In commemoration of Native American Heritage Month, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and other House members will hold a roundtable titled, “Strengthening Historic and Cultural Preservation” on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern.

Historic and cultural preservation is a central part of telling America’s story; the places we choose to protect reflect the country’s values. For generations, however, historically underserved communities, including tribal communities, have been left out of historic preservation efforts. In addition, climate change poses new, ever-increasing threats to our historic and cultural resources. Moving forward, we must ensure that preservation efforts are fully resourced to adequately protect the diverse historic and cultural legacy of all Americans.

Expert panelists at the roundtable will discuss these issues and how Congress can better support and improve historic and cultural preservation.

MEMBERS:

• House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.)
• Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee Ranking Member Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.)
• Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.)
• Committee Vice Ranking Member Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.)
• Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.)
• Other Members to be announced.

PANELISTS:

• Sara C. Bronin, Chair, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, Washington, D.C.
• Shaw Sprague, Vice President for Government Relations, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, D.C.
• Reno Keoni Franklin, Chairman, Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria, National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers, Washington, D.C.
• Dr. Shasta Gaughen, Chair, National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers, and Environmental Director and Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Pala Band of Mission Indians, National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers, Washington, D.C.
• Erik Hein, Executive Director, National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, Washington, D.C.

In-person: Capitol Visitor Center, Room CVC 217, Washington, DC

Media interested in attending the roundtable in person should RSVP to [email protected]. Interviews with Ranking Member Grijalva and panelists may be available upon request.

The Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology will hold a field hearing to examine disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery in coastal communities. The hearing will focus on local communities’ current coordination with the federal government, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), will evaluate improvements to that coordination, and address state and local emergency preparedness responsibilities.

Millie M. Charles School of Social Work Auditorium, Southern University at New Orleans, 6804 Press Drive, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70122

Witnesses:

• Tony Robinson, Region 6 Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Homeland Security
• Francisco Sánchez Jr., Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience, Small Business Administration (SBA)
• Casey Tingle, Director, Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP), State of Louisiana
• Pamela Gonzales Granger, President and Owner, McBade Engineers & Consultants, LLC

Join us for a discussion about the future of fossil fuels in a net-zero United States.

About this Event

As the United States decarbonizes its economy and strives for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, production and consumption of fossil fuels will need to decline substantially. Reducing fossil fuel usage will bring significant benefits, like lower emissions and better ambient air quality, but poses challenges for communities that are economically dependent on extraction and production. Marcius Extavour (TIME CO2) will moderate a conversation with Julia Haggerty (Montana State University) and Daniel Raimi (Resources for the Future) about the future of fossil fuels and how to address the technical and societal challenges associated with their changing role. The conversation will include discussion of environmental remediation, maintaining the safety and reliability of existing fossil fuel infrastructure, and socioeconomic impacts in fossil fuel dependent communities.

Participants:

• Marcius Extavour, Time CO2
• Julia Haggerty, Montana State University
• Daniel Raimi, Resources for the Future

The webinar will be webcast on the Climate Conversations: Fossil Fuels webpage on Thursday, November 16 from 3:00-4:15 pm ET. Closed captioning will be provided. The conversation will include questions from the audience and will be recorded and available to view on the page after the event.

Open Meeting

Commission meetings are held in Commission Meeting Room (Room 2C) at FERC Headquarters, 888 First St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426

Meeting agenda
Item No.	Docket No.	Company
ADMINISTRATIVE
A-1	AD24-1-000	Agency Administrative Matters
A-2	AD24-2-000	Customer Matters, Reliability, Security and Market Operations
A-3	AD06-3-000	Market Update
A-4	AD07-13-017	FY2023 Report on Enforcement
ELECTRIC
E-1	ER22-2185-001	Black Hills Colorado Electric, LLC
	ER22-2185-000
E-2	ER20-1041-003	Wabash Valley Power Association, Inc.
E-3	EL21-78-000	PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
E-4	ER23-2656-000	Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company
	ER23-2662-000	Kentucky Utilities Company
	ER21-894-000 ER21-895-000 ER21-896-000 ER21-897-000 ER21-900-000 ER21-904-000 (Consolidated)	Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company
	ER21-894-002	Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company
E-5	EC98-2-006 ER18-2162-005	Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company
E-6	ER23-2893-000 TS23-8-000	Horus West Virginia I, LLC
E-7	EL24-2-000	EverBright, LLC
E-8	EL23-86-000	The Carlyle Group Inc.and NineDot Energy, LLC
E-9	ER22-682-004 ER22-682-000 ER22-682-003	Duke Energy Progress, LLC
E-10	ER23-2033-001	ITC Midwest, LLC
E-11	ER23-1335-000	Ameren Illinois Company
GAS
G-1	OR18-7-002	Epsilon Trading, LLC, Chevron Products Company, and Valero Marketing and Supply Company v. Colonial Pipeline Company
	OR18-12-002	BP Products North America, Inc., Trafigura Trading LLC, and TCPU, Inc. v. Colonial Pipeline Company
	OR18-17-002	TransMontaigne Product Services LLC v. Colonial Pipeline Company
	OR19-1-001	Southwest Airlines Co. and United Aviation Fuels Corporation v. Colonial Pipeline Company
	OR19-4-001	Phillips 66 Company v. Colonial Pipeline Company
	OR19-16-001	American Airlines, Inc. v. Colonial Pipeline Company
	OR19-20-000	Metroplex Energy, Inc. v. Colonial Pipeline Company
	OR19-27-000	Gunvor USA LLC v. Colonial Pipeline Company
	OR19-36-000	Pilot Travel Centers, LLC v. Colonial Pipeline Company
	OR20-7-000	Sheetz, Inc. v. Colonial Pipeline Company
	OR20-9-000 (consolidated)	Apex Oil Company, Inc. and FutureFuel Chemical Company v. Colonial Pipeline Company
G-2	OR18-7-003	Epsilon Trading, LLC, Chevron Products Company, and Valero Marketing and Supply Company v. Colonial Pipeline Company
	OR18-12-003	BP Products North America, Inc., Trafigura Trading LLC, and TCPU, Inc. v. Colonial Pipeline Company
	OR18-17-003	TransMontaigne Product Services LLC v. Colonial Pipeline Company
	OR19-1-002	Southwest Airlines Co. and United Aviation Fuels Corporation v. Colonial Pipeline Company
	OR19-4-002	Phillips 66 Company v. Colonial Pipeline Company
	OR19-16-002	American Airlines, Inc. v. Colonial Pipeline Company
	OR19-20-001	Metroplex Energy, Inc. v. Colonial Pipeline Company
	OR19-27-001	Gunvor USA LLC v. Colonial Pipeline Company
	OR19-36-001	Pilot Travel Centers, LLC v. Colonial Pipeline Company
	OR20-7-001	Sheetz, Inc. v. Colonial Pipeline Company
	OR20-9-001 (consolidated)	Apex Oil Company, Inc. and FutureFuel Chemical Company v. Colonial Pipeline Company
G-3	OMITTED
HYDRO
H-1	P-3472-026	Aspinook Hydro, LLC
H-2	P-15111-001	Saugerties Community Hydro, LLC
H-3	P-2934-042	New York State Electric & Gas Corporation
CERTIFICATES
C-1	CP22-502-000	Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC
	CP22-503-000	Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC
C-2	OMITTED
C-3	CP23-468-000	Virginia Electric and Power Company
C-4	CP20-50-002	Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
C-5	CP22-501-000	Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC
C-6	CP20-528-002 CP20-529-001	Stingray Pipeline Company, L.L.C.

The purpose of the business meeting of the full committee is to consider the legislation on the agenda.

• Agenda Item 1: A Committee resolution appointing the members of the subcommittees for the 118th Congress.
• Agenda Item 2: S. 461, a bill to make certain irrigation districts eligible for Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program pumping power, and for other purposes. (Mr. Cramer).
• Agenda Item 3: S. 594, a bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to prioritize the completion of the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes. (Mr. Heinrich).
• Agenda Item 4: S. 636, a bill to establish the Dolores River National Conservation Area and the Dolores River Special Management Area in the State of Colorado, to protect private water rights in the State, and for other purposes. (Mr. Bennet).
• Agenda Item 5: S. 1118, a bill to establish the Open Access Evapotranspiration (OpenET) Data Program. (Ms. Cortez Masto).
• Agenda Item 6: S. 1254, a bill to designate and expand the wilderness areas in Olympic National Forest in the State of Washington, and to designate certain rivers in Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park as wild and scenic rivers, and for other purposes. (Mrs. Murray).
• Agenda Item 7: S. 1348, a bill to redesignate land within certain wilderness study areas in the State of Wyoming, and for other purposes. (Mr. Barrasso).
• Agenda Item 8: S. 1521, a bill to amend the Federal Power Act to modernize and improve the licensing of non-Federal hydropower projects, and for other purposes. (Mr. Daines).
• Agenda Item 9: S. 1634, a bill to provide for the designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation management areas, and conservation areas in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes. (Mr. Bennet).
• Agenda Item 10: S. 1662, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Midvale Irrigation District the Pilot Butte Power Plant in the State of Wyoming, and for other purposes. (Mr. Barrasso).
• Agenda Item 11: S. 1776, a bill to provide for the protection of and investment in certain Federal land in the State of California, and for other purposes. (Mr. Padilla).
• Agenda Item 12: S. 1889, a bill 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. (Ms. Murkowski).
• Agenda Item 13: S. 1890, a bill to provide for the establishment of a grazing management program on Federal land in Malheur County, Oregon, and for other purposes. (Mr. Wyden).
• Agenda Item 14: S. 1955, a bill to amend the Central Utah Completion Act to authorize expenditures for the conduct of certain water conservation measures in the Great Salt Lake basin, and for other purposes. (Mr. Lee).
• Agenda Item 15: S. 2160, a bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize certain extraordinary operation and maintenance work for urban canals of concern. (Mr. Risch).
• Agenda Item 16: S. 2169, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out watershed pilots, and for other purposes. (Mr. Wyden).
• Agenda Item 17: S. 2247, a bill to reauthorize the Bureau of Reclamation to provide cost-shared funding to implement the endangered and threatened fish recovery programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins. (Mr. Hickenlooper).
• Agenda Item 18: S. 2581, a bill to extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000. (Mr. Crapo).
• Agenda Item 19: S. 2615, a bill 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. (Ms. Murkowski).
• Agenda Item 20: S. 3033, a bill to withdraw certain Federal land in the Pecos Watershed area of the State of New Mexico from mineral entry, and for other purposes. Mr. Heinrich).
• Agenda Item 21: S. 3036, a bill 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. (Mr. Lee).
• Agenda Item 22: S. 3044, a bill to redesignate the Mount Evans Wilderness as the “Mount Blue Sky Wilderness”, and for other purposes. (Mr. Hickenlooper).
• Agenda Item 23: S. 3045, a bill to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of California, and for other purposes. (Mr. Padilla).
• Agenda Item 24: S. 3046, a bill to make permanent the authority to collect Shasta-Trinity marina fees. (Mr. Padilla).

Full committee hearing on emergency preparedness and response.

Witnesses:

• Bobby Small, Jr., Acting Executive Director, Office of Emergency Management and Resiliency, Department of Veterans Affairs Accompanied by:
• Michelle Dorsey, MD, Deputy Assistant Under Secretary, Health Operations, Veterans Health Administration
• Derrick Jaastad, Executive Director, Office of Emergency Management, Veterans Health Administration
• John Balbus, MD, MPH, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Climate Change and Health Equity, Department of Health and Human Services