[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 18398-18399]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             CONFIRMATIONS

  Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate Friday, September 15, 
2006:


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       DONALD C. JOHNSON, OF TEXAS, A CAREER MEMBER OF THE SENIOR 
     FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF MINISTER-COUNSELOR, TO BE 
     AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED 
     STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA.


                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

       MARK MYERS, OF ALASKA, TO BE DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES 
     GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

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             CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

       WILLIAM B. WARK, OF MAINE, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE CHEMICAL 
     SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD FOR A TERM OF FIVE 
     YEARS.
       WILLIAM E. WRIGHT, OF FLORIDA, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE 
     CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD FOR A TERM OF 
     FIVE YEARS.
       THE ABOVE NOMINATIONS WERE APPROVED SUBJECT TO THE 
     NOMINEES' COMMITMENT TO RESPOND TO REQUESTS TO APPEAR AND 
     TESTIFY BEFORE ANY DULY CONSTITUTED COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE.