[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 95 (Wednesday, July 19, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S7932]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           NOTICE OF HEARING


                    SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER

  Ms. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been 
scheduled before the Subcommittee on Water and Power of the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources.
  The hearing will be held on Thursday, July 27, 2006 at 2:30 p.m. in 
Room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on S. 3638, to 
encourage the Secretary of the Interior to participate in projects to 
plan, design, and construct water supply projects and to amend the 
Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to 
encourage the design, planning, and construction of projects to treat 
impaired surface water, reclaim and reuse impaired groundwater, and 
provide brine disposal in the State of California; S. 3639, to amend 
the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to 
provide standards and procedures for the review of water reclamation 
and reuse projects; H.R. 177, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to participate in the Prado Basin Natural Treatment System 
Project, to authorize the Secretary to carry out a program to assist 
agencies in projects to construct regional brine lines in California, 
to authorize the Secretary to participate in the Lower Chino Dairy Area 
desalination demonstration and reclamation project, and for other 
purposes.; H.R. 2341, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of a 
project to reclaim and reuse wastewater within and outside of the 
service area of the City of Austin Water and Wastewater Utility, Texas; 
and H.R. 3418, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater 
Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the Central Texas Water Recycling and Reuse Project, and 
for other purposes.
  Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses may 
testify by invitation only. However, those wishing to submit written 
testimony for the hearing record should send two copies of their 
testimony to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United 
States Senate, Washington, DC 20510-6150.
  For further information, please contact Joshua Johnson at 202-224-
5861 or Steve Waskiewicz at 202-228-6195.

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