[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 11800]
[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 field hearing has been 
scheduled before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 
Subcommittee on National Parks. The hearing will be held on Monday, 
July 21, 2008, at 9:30 a.m., at the Destination Center at Blue Ridge 
Parkway, 195 Hemphill Knob Road, Asheville, North Carolina.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony regarding the All 
Taxa Biodiversity Inventory of all species within the Great Smoky 
Mountains National Park. Specifically, the hearing will address: (1) 
How much has been learned up to this point and at what cost? (2) What 
is left to be done and what is the estimated time and cost to complete 
the inventory? (3) How has the data been used and are there other ways 
to use it? (4) What changes, if any, should be made in the program and 
(5) Should the program be expanded to include other National Parks?
  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 Pastenack at (202) 224-0883.

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