[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5195]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           NOTICE OF HEARING


                subcommittee on public lands and forests

  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 the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests.
  The hearing will be held on Tuesday, April 15, 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. 570 and H.R. 1011, to designate additional National Forest 
System lands in the State of Virginia as wilderness or a wilderness 
study area, to designate the Kimberling Creek Potential Wilderness Area 
for eventual incorporation in the Kimberling Creek Wilderness, to 
establish the Seng Mountain and Bear Creek Scenic Areas, to provide for 
the development of trail plans for the wilderness areas and scenic 
areas, and for other purposes; S. 758 and H.R. 1311, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey the Alta-Hualapai Site to the city 
of Las Vegas, Nevada, for the development of a cancer treatment 
facility; S. 1680, to provide for the inclusion of certain non-Federal 
land in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and the Alaska Peninsula 
National Wildlife Refuge in the State of Alaska, and for other 
purposes; S. 2109, to designate certain Federal lands in Riverside 
County, California, as wilderness, to designate certain river segments 
in Riverside County as a wild, scenic, or recreational river, to adjust 
the boundary of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National 
Monument, and for other purposes; S. 2124, to direct the Secretary of 
Agriculture to convey certain land in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National 
Forest, Montana, to Jefferson County, Montana, for use as a cemetery; 
and S. 2581, to designate as wilderness additional National Forest 
System lands in the Monongahela National Forest in the State of West 
Virginia, 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 email to [email protected]
.gov.

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