[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16876]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           NOTICES OF HEARING


               committee on Energy and natural resources

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that an oversight field 
hearing has been scheduled before the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources.
  The hearing will take place on Wednesday, August 23 at 9 a.m. in the 
U.S. Federal Building Courthouse, Courtroom 1, located at 222 West 7th 
Avenue, 2nd Floor, Anchorage, AK.
  The purpose of the hearing is to conduct oversight on the 
implementation of the federal takeover of subsistence fisheries in 
Alaska. Additionally, the Committee will examine the recent decision by 
the Federal Subsistence Board regarding a ``rural'' determination for 
the Kenai Peninsula. Oral testimony will be provided by members of the 
Federal Subsistence Board.
  Those who wish to submit written statements should write to the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senate, Washington, 
D.C. 20510. For further information, please contact Brian Malnak at 
202-224-8119 or Jo Meuse at 202-224-4756.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the public 
that a hearing has been scheduled before the Subcommittee on Forests 
and Public Land Management of the Senate Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources.
  The hearing will take place on Thursday, September 7, 2000 at 2:30 
p.m. in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in 
Washington, D.C. This hearing was previously scheduled to take place on 
July 26, 2000.
  The purpose of this oversight hearing is to receive testimony on 
potential timber sale contract liability incurred by the government as 
a result of timber sale contract cancellations
  Those who wish to submit written statements should write to the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senate, Washington, 
D.C. 20510. For further information, please call Mark Rey at (202) 224-
6170.


               committee on Energy and Natural resources

                    Subcommittee on water and power

  Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that an oversight hearing has 
been scheduled before the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
  The hearing will take place on Tuesday, September 12, 2000 at 2:30 
p.m. in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in 
Washington, D.C.
  The purpose of this hearing is to conduct oversight on the status of 
the Biological Opinions of the National Marine Fisheries Service and 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the operations of the Federal 
hydropower system of the Columbia River.
  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 Subcommittee on Water and Power, Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources, United States Senate, 364 Dirksen Senate Office 
Building, Washington, D.C. 20510-6150.
  For further information, please call Trici Heninger, Staff Assistant, 
or Colleen Deegan, Counsel, at (202) 224-8115.

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