[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 198 (Wednesday, December 13, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1457-D1458]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of H. Martin Lancaster, of North Carolina, to be Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senator Faircloth, testified and answered questions in 
his own behalf.
WATER RECLAMATION PROJECTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and 
Public Land Management concluded hearings on S. 901, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and 
construction of certain water reclamation and reuse projects and 
desalination research and development projects, S. 1013, to acquire 
land for exchange for privately held land for use as wildlife and 
wetland protection areas in connection with the Garrison Diversion Unit 
Project, S. 1154, to authorize the construction of the Fort Peck Rural 
Water Supply System, S. 1169, to authorize construction of facilities 
for the reclamation and reuse of wastewater at McCall, Idaho, and S. 
1186, to provide for the transfer of operation and maintenance of the 
Flathead Irrigation and Power Project, after receiving testimony from 
Senators Bennett and Kempthorne; Ada E. Deer, Assistant Secretary of 
Indian Affairs, and Neil Stessman, Regional Director, Great Plains 
Region, Bureau of Reclamation, both of the Department of the Interior; 
Paul Piraino, Alameda County Water District of Fremont, Fremont, 
California; Bob Gurule, City of Albuquerque Public Works, Albuquerque, 
New Mexico; Fred W. Finlinson, Callister, Nebeker & McCollough, Salt 
Lake City, Utah, representing the Central Valley Water Recycling 
Project; Ron Miller, Fort Peck Rural Water District, Glascow, Montana; 
Michael Pablo and Daniel Decker, both of the Confederated Salish and 
Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation, Pablo, Montana; Walt Schock, 
Ross Middlemist and Alan Mikkelsen, all of the Flathead Joint Board of 
Control, St. Ignatius, Montana; Gary Shimun, McCall, Idaho; David 
Rockwell, Dixon, Montana; and Jon Metropoulos, Helena, Montana.
AUTHORIZATION--CLEAN WATER ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee held oversight 
hearings on the implementation and proposed authorization of the Clean 
Water Act, focusing on municipal issues and related measures, S. 

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1390 and S. 1391, receiving testimony from Senator Pressler; Robert W. 
Perciasepe, Assistant Administrator for Water, Environmental Protection 
Agency; Mayor Jeff Wennberg, Rutland, Vermont, on behalf of the 
National League of Cities; Paul Pinault, Narrangansett Bay Water 
Quality Management District Commission, Providence, Rhode Island, on 
behalf of the Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies; Paul 
Marchetti, Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority, 
Harrisburg, on behalf of the Council of Infrastructure Financing 
Authorities; Jessica C. Landman, Natural Resources Defense Council, 
Inc., and Al Bilik, AFL-CIO Public Employee Department, both of 
Washington, D.C.; and Ronald S. Dungan, United Water Resources, Wayne, 
Pennsylvania, on behalf of the National Association of Water Companies.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation 
and Related Matters: Committee resumed hearings to examine certain 
matters relative to the Whitewater Development Corporation, receiving 
testimony from Sylvia M. Matthews, Chief of Staff, Department of the 
Treasury, former Special Assistant to the Assistant to the President 
for Economic Policy; and Bill Burton, Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue, 
Washington, D.C., former Policy and Staff Director for White House 
Chief of Staff.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.