The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, led by Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA), will hold a legislative hearing on the following bill:

• H.R. 2262: To modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands, consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining claims, and for other purposes. (The Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2007)

Subject:
House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 2262 -- Royalties and Abandoned Mine Reclamation

When:
Tuesday, October 2, 2007, at 2:00 p.m.

Where:
Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:
Panel 1 (Royalty Assessment)
Mr. Salvatore Lazarri, Specialist in Public Finance Resources, Science and Industry Division Congressional Research Service
Mr. James Otto, Independent Consultant
Mr. James F. Cress, Attorney, Holme Roberts & Owen LLP

Panel 2 (Abandoned Mine Reclamation)
Mr. Jim Hanlon, Director of the Office of Wastewater Management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Mr. Tony L. Ferguson, Director of Minerals and Geology Management, U.S. Forest Service
Sen. Greg Lind, State Senator, Montana
Ms. Laura Skaer, Executive Director, Northwest Mining Association