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. 493: To direct the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate regulations concerning the storage and disposal of matter referred to as ‘other wastes' in the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, and for other purposes. Coal Ash Reclamation, Environment, and Safety Act of 2009"

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Subject:
House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 493

When:
Thursday, February 12, 2009, at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:
Mr. John R. Craynon, Chief, Division of Regulatory Support, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior
Ms. Sandy Gruzesky, Director, Division of Water, Department for Environmental Protection, State of Kentucky
Mr. Tom FitzGerald, Director, Kentucky Resources Council
Mr. Davitt McAteer, Vice President for Sponsored Programs, CEO of the Center for Educational Technologies & National Technology Transfer Center, Wheeling Jesuit University
Mr. Nick Akins, Executive Vice President for Generation, American Electric Power Service Corporation

Opening Statement:
Chairman Nick J. Rahall