The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, led by Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA), will hold an oversight field hearing on "Abandoned Mines and Mercury in California."
Subject: House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
Oversight Field Hearing on "Abandoned Mines and Mercury in California"
When: Monday, November 23, 2009, at 10:00 a.m.
Where: California State Capitol
Room 4202
Sacramento, CA
Witnesses:
Panel 1
Mr. Jim Abbott
Acting State Director of the California State Office
Bureau of Land Management
Department of the Interior
With: Dr. Charles Alpers Research Chemist U.S. Geological Survey
Department of the Interior
Mr. Randy Moore
Regional Forester
Region 5
Pacific Southwest
US Forest Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Mr. Daniel Meer
Assistant Superfund Division Director
Region 9
Pacific Southwest
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Panel 2
Mr. Arthur G. Baggett, Jr.
Board Member
State Water Resources Control Board
State of California Environmental Protection Agency
With Opening Remarks by: The Honorable Linda Adams
Secretary of the State of California Environmental Protection Agency
Ms. Bridgett Luther
Director
Department of Conservation
State of California Natural Resources Agency
Panel 3
The Honorable Steve Wilensky
Supervisor
2nd Supervisorial District
Calaveras County Board of Supervisors
State of California