[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 11531-11532]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      NOTICES OF HEARINGS/MEETINGS


                subcommittee on public lands and forests

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that a hearing originally 
scheduled before the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests of the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on Wednesday, June 16th, at 
2:30 p.m. in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, has 
been indefinitely postponed.

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  The purpose of the hearing was to receive testimony on: 1. the 
grounding of multi-engine fire-retardant aircraft, 2. steps the Forest 
Service and Department of the Interior have taken to provide 
alternative aerial support for initial attack and extended attack fire 
fighting operations in the short run, and 3. the feasibility and 
desirability of designing and implementing an inspection process to 
allow the use of multi-engine fire-retardant aircraft in the future.
  For further information, please contact Frank Gladics at 202-224-2878 
or Amy Millet at 202-224-8276.

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