[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2078]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           NOTICE OF HEARING


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been 
scheduled before Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee 
on Public Lands and Forests.
  The hearing will be held on February 27, 2008, 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 the following 
bills: S. 832, to provide for the sale of approximately 25 acres of 
public land to the Turnabout Ranch, Escalante, Utah, at fair market 
value; S. 2229, to withdraw certain Federal land in the Wyoming Range 
from leasing and provide an opportunity to retire certain leases in the 
Wyoming Range; S. 2379, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
cancel certain grazing leases on land in Cascade-Siskiyou National 
Monument that are voluntarily waived by the lessees, to provide for the 
exchange of certain Monument land in exchange for private land, to 
designate certain Monument land as wilderness, and for other purposes; 
S. 2508 and H.R. 903, to provide for a study of options for protecting 
the open space characteristics of certain lands in and adjacent to the 
Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in Colorado, and for other 
purposes; S. 2601 and H.R. 1285, to provide for the conveyance of a 
parcel of National Forest System land in Kittitas County, Washington, 
to facilitate the construction of a new fire and rescue station, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 523, to require the Secretary of the Interior 
to convey certain public land located wholly or partially within the 
boundaries of the Wells Hydroelectric Project of Public Utility 
District No. 1 of Douglas County, Washington, to the utility district; 
H.R. 838, to provide for the conveyance of the Bureau of Land 
Management parcels known as the White Acre and Gambel Oak properties 
and related real property to Park City, Utah, 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 it to the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Washington, DC 
20510-6150, or by e-mail to [email protected].
gov.
  For further information, please contact Kira Finkler at (202) 224-
5523 or Rachel Pasternack at (202) 224-0883.

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