The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Water and Power, led by Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA), will hold an oversight field hearing on "Water Quality Issues in the Lower Colorado River."

Subject:
House Subcommittee on Water and Power
Oversight Field Hearing on "Water Quality Issues in the Lower Colorado River"

When:
Wednesday, May 27, 2009, at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
Pima County Administration Building
Board of Supervisors Hearing Room
130 W. Congress Street
1^st Floor
Tucson, AZ 85701

Witnesses:

Panel 1

Lorri Gray-Lee
Lower Colorado Regional Director
Bureau of Reclamation
Boulder City, NV

Alexis Strauss
Region 9 Water Division Director
Environmental Protection Agency
San Francisco, CA

Mark S. Nexsen
Mayor
Lake Havasu City, AZ

Herb Guenther
Director
Arizona Department of Water Resources
Phoenix, AZ

Panel 2

Eldred Enas
Tribal Council Chairman
Colorado River Indian Tribes
Parker, Arizona

Jonathan T. Overpeck
Director of the Institute for the Study of Planet Earth
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

Roger Patterson (attachment)
Assistant General Manager
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Ronald E. Zegers
Director
Southern Nevada Water Authority
Boulder City, Nevada

David Modeer
General Manager
Central Arizona Project
Phoenix, AZ