[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18230]
[From the U.S. 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, September 21, 2006 at 2:30 p.m. 
in Room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on S. 1106, to 
authorize the construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit in the State 
of Colorado, and for other purposes; S. 1811, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility of enlarging the 
Arthur V. Watkins Dam Weber Basin Project, UT, to provide additional 
water for the Weber Basin Project to fulfill the purposes for which 
that project was authorized; S. 2070, to provide certain requirements 
for hydroelectric projects on the Mohawk River in the State of New 
York; S. 3522, to amend the Bonneville Power Administration portions of 
the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000 to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2006 through 2012, and for 
other purposes; S. 3832, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
establish criteria to transfer title to reclamation facilities, and for 
other purposes; S. 3851, to provide for the extension of preliminary 
permit periods by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for certain 
hydroelectric projects in the State of Alaska; S. 3798, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to exclude and defer from the pooled 
reimbursable costs of the Central Valley Project the reimbursable 
capital costs of the unused capacity of the Folsom South Canal, Auburn-
Folsom South Unit, Central Valley Project, and for other purposes; H.R. 
2563, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct feasibility 
studies to address certain water shortages within the Snake, Boise, and 
Payette River systems in Idaho, and for other purposes; and H.R. 3897, 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau 
of Reclamation to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Madera 
Irrigation District for purposes of supporting the Madera Water Supply 
Enhancement Project.
  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 Nate Gentry at 202-224-2179 
or Steve Waskiewicz at 202-228-6195.

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