Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Schedule for the Week of July 31

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Schedule for the Week of July 31

The following press release was published by the Senate Committee On Energy & Natural Resources on July 28, 2006. It is reproduced in full below.

Washington, D.C. - The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold a business meeting and a full committee hearing next week.

The business meeting will be held Wednesday, Aug. 2, at 11:30 a.m. in D 628.

The purpose of this hearing is to consider the nomination of: John Ray Correll, of Indiana, to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior, vice Jeffery D. Jarrett. Mark Myers, of Alaska, to be Director of the United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, vice Charles G. Groat, resigned. Drue Pearce, of Alaska, to be Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects for the term prescribed by law. (New Position)

The full committee hearing on spent fuel will be held Thursday, Aug. 3, at 10 a.m. in SD 628.

The purpose of this legislative hearing is to receive testimony on S. 2589, to enhance the management and disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, to ensure protection of public health and safety, to ensure the territorial integrity and security of the repository at Yucca Mountain, and for other purposes.

WITNESS LIST

Senator Harry Reid

Senator John Ensign

Panel 1

The Honorable Edward Sproat, III

Director

Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management

U.S. Department of Energy

The Honorable David Wright

Commissioner, South Carolina Public Service Commission

Testifying on behalf of the National Association of Regulatory and Utility Commissioners

Washington, DC

Geoff Fettus

Esquire

Natural Resources Defense Council

Washington, DC

Robert Loux

Executive Director

Agency for Nuclear Projects

Office of the Governor

State of Nevada

Carson City, NV

TBA

Southern Company

Atlanta, GA

Source: Senate Committee On Energy & Natural Resources

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