[Senate Hearing 114-392]
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                                                        S. Hrg. 114-392

OVERSIGHT OF THE IMPACT OF EPA AND FWS REGULATIONS ON CITIZENS PRIVATE 
                                PROPERTY

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                              FIELD HEARING

                               BEFORE THE


 SUBCOMMITTEE ON SUPERFUND, WASTE MANAGEMENT, AND REGULATORY OVERSIGHT

                                 OF THE

                              COMMITTEE ON
                      ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS
                          UNITED STATES SENATE

                    ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS

                             SECOND SESSION

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                            AUGUST 30, 2016

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               COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS

                    ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS
                             SECOND SESSION

                  JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma, Chairman
DAVID VITTER, Louisiana              BARBARA BOXER, California
JOHN BARRASSO, Wyoming               THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware
SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO, West Virginia  BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland
MIKE CRAPO, Idaho                    BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont
JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas               SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, Rhode Island
JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama               JEFF MERKLEY, Oregon
ROGER WICKER, Mississippi            KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND, New York
DEB FISCHER, Nebraska                CORY A. BOOKER, New Jersey
MIKE ROUNDS, South Dakota            EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts
DAN SULLIVAN, Alaska

                 Ryan Jackson, Majority Staff Director
               Bettina Poirier, Democratic Staff Director
                              
                              
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 Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight

                   MIKE ROUNDS, South Dakota Chairman
DAVID VITTER, Louisiana              EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts
MIKE CRAPO, Idaho                    THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware
JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas               JEFF MERKLEY, Oregon
DAN SULLIVAN, Alaska                 CORY A. BOOKER, New Jersey
JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma (ex        BARBARA BOXER, California(ex 
    officio)                             officio)
                            
                            
                            
                            C O N T E N T S

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                            AUGUST 30, 2016
                           OPENING STATEMENTS

Rounds, Hon. Mike., U.S. Senator from the State of South Dakota..     1

                               WITNESSES

McGrath, Shaun, Region 8 Administrator, U.S. Environmental 
  Protection Agency..............................................     6
    Prepared statement...........................................    11
Walsh, Noreen, Regional Director, Mountain-Prairie Region, Fish 
  and Wildlife Service...........................................    15
    Prepared statement...........................................    20
Clayton, Chuck, President, Prairie Pothole Consulting on behalf 
  of the Izaak Walton League of America..........................    43
    Prepared statement...........................................    49
Parker, Denise, Volunteer, Humane Society of the United States...    48
    Prepared statement...........................................    57
Rhoden, Larry, Rancher and former State Senator..................    56
    Prepared statement...........................................    65
Lage, Jeff, President, South Dakota Home Builders Association....    64
    Prepared statement...........................................    71
 Williams, Myron, South Dakota Cattlemen's Association...........    70
    Prepared statement...........................................    84

 
 OVERSIGHT OF THE IMPACT OF EPA AND FWS REGULATIONSON CITIZENS PRIVATE 
                                PROPERTY

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                        TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2016

                                       U.S. Senate,
                 Committee on Environment and Public Works,
                                                    Washington, DC.

            OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. MIKE ROUNDS, 
          U.S. SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA

    Senator Rounds. Good morning, everyone. one bit of 
housekeeping, I would remind all of the witnesses that are 
going to be testifying today that the mics that are there in 
front of them are hot all the time and they are very sensitive, 
so just be aware of that.
    Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. The Environment and 
Public Works Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste and Regulatory 
Oversight is meeting today to conduct a field hearing entitled 
``Oversight of the Impact of U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency and Fish and Wildlife Service Regulations on Citezens' 
Private Property Rights."
    I would like to thank our witnesses for being with us 
today, and I look forward to hearing your testimony.
    Thorughout this Congress, this subcommittee has conducted 
systematic oversight of the federal regulatory process to make 
certain federal
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