Committee Correspondence

H.R. 2087 Creates Jobs and Supports Economic Development
Dear Colleagues
Mar 19, 2012 - Dear Colleague, This week the House will vote on H.R. 2087, To remove restrictions from a parcel of land situated in the Atlantic District, Accomack County, Virginia. This is a no cost bill that would create hundreds of jobs and stimulate the local economy. H.R. 2087 allows Accomack County to move forward with plans to... More

Chairman Hastings Letter to Assistant Attorney General Moreno on Endangered Species Act Litigation and Settlement Costs
Letters
Mar 19, 2012 - Dear Assistant Attorney General Moreno: The Committee on Natural Resources ("Committee") has jurisdiction over matters involving fisheries and wildlife, including the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ("ESA"), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531-1599. The goal of the ESA was to preserve, protect and recover key domestic species. However, t... More

Chairman Hastings and Ranking Member Murkowski Letter to Acting Administrator Gruenspecht Calling on the Energy Information Agency to Clarify and Re-Release Federal Energy Production Data
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Mar 2, 2012 - Dear Acting Administrator Gruenspecht: On Thursday, January 26, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) recalled its latest available data for oil and gas production on federal lands (Table 1.14 of the Annual Energy Review 2010). According to the agency's announcement, this was necessary because the data "were inco... More

Support S. 1134, A Bipartisan Bridge Proposal to End Bureaucratic Hurdles
Dear Colleagues
Feb 29, 2012 - Dear Colleague: I strongly encourage my colleagues to support Senate bill 1134 being considered today by the House. This bipartisan bill passed the Senate by unanimous consent and ensures federal law does not prevent the states of Wisconsin and Minnesota from replacing an old, unsafe bridge. The bipartisan support for ... More

Chairman Hastings Letter to Council on Environmental Quality Chairwoman Nancy Sutley and Office of Science and Technology Policy Director John Holdren on the National Ocean Council Draft Implementation Plan
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Feb 23, 2012 - Dear Chairwoman Sutley and Director Holdren: I am writing to you as the co-chairs of the National Ocean Council created under Executive Order 13547, which implemented the final recommendations of the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force and created a new National Ocean Policy. In addition to the National Ocean Council, ... More

Chairmen Hastings and Lamborn Letter to Secretary Salazar Regarding Committee's Investigation on Drilling Moratorium Documents and Requesting to Interview Officials
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Feb 23, 2012 - Dear Mr. Secretary: On April 25, 2011, we wrote the Department of the Interior ("Department") to request documents about White House edits to the Executive Summary of the final report entitled "Increased Safety Measures for Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf' ("ISM Report"). On the same date, we wrote se... More

Chairmen Hastings and Lamborn Letter to Council on Environmental Quality Deputy Associate Director for Energy and Climate Change Neal Kemkar Regarding Committee's Investigation on Drilling Moratorium Documents and Requesting an Interview
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Feb 23, 2012 - Dear Mr. Kemkar: On April 25, 2011, we wrote the Department of the Interior ("Department") to request documents about White House edits to the Executive Summary of the final report entitled "Increased Safety Measures for Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf' ("ISM Report"). On the same date, we wrote separ... More

H.R. 3408: Support the Hastings #157 and Labrador #163 Renewable Energy Amendments
Dear Colleagues
Feb 16, 2012 - Dear Colleague, Today, the House will vote on two important renewable energy amendments to H.R. 3408. The Hastings and Labrador amendments would streamline government regulations that are slowing renewable energy development on public lands. Legislation identical to these two amendments passed out of the Natural Resour... More

Department of the Interior Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs Director Christopher Mansour Follow-up Letter to Chairman Hastings Regarding Request for Specified Documents on the 6-month Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Drilling Moratorium
Letters
Feb 9, 2012 - Dear Mr. Chairman, This letter responds to your letters dated January 25 and January 31, 2012, requesting additional information regarding the manner in which the scope of peer review was described in the Executive Summary of the Department of the Interior's (Department's) 2010 report entitled "Increased Safety Measure... More

Department of the Interior Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs Director Christopher Mansour Follow-up Letter to Chairman Hastings Regarding Request for Specified Documents on the Rewrite of the 2008 Stream Buffer Zone Rule
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Feb 9, 2012 - Dear Mr. Chairman, With this letter we are continuing our response to the Committee's general oversight inquiry into the Department of the Interior's ("Department' s") ongoing Stream Protection Rulemaking and to the specific requests made in the Committee's January 25, 2012, letter. This letter provides the Committee d... More

Subcommittee Chairman Young and Ranking Member Boren Joint Letter to Secretary Salazar Regarding Tribal Consultation on Hydraulic Fracturing
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Feb 8, 2012 - Dear Secretary Salazar: It is our understanding that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is currently drafting regulations governing the production of oil and natural gas on Federal lands, including lands managed for the benefit of Indian tribes and their members. We further understand that as part of this regulatory p... More

182 Members Bipartisan Letter to Secretary Salazar Requesting Consideration for New and Expanded Access to the Outer Continental Shelf
Letters
Feb 7, 2012 - Dear Mr. Secretary: With the release of the Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Plan for 2012-2017, we write to express strong bipartisan support in the House for the consideration of new and expanded access to the OCS for the production of oil and natural gas. Opening up new areas of the OCS will bring new jobs, new ener... More

Department of the Interior Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs Director Christopher Mansour Letter to Chairman Hastings Regarding Request for Specified Documents on the 6-month Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Drilling Moratorium
Letters
Feb 2, 2012 - Dear Mr. Chairman: The Department of the Interior ("Department") is in receipt of your letter dated January 25, 2012, regarding the Department's ongoing response to the Committee's April 25,2011, letter. In that letter, the Committee seeks information regarding the Department's Office ofInspector General 20 10 Report o... More

Department of the Interior Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs Director Christopher Mansour Letter to Chairman Hastings Regarding Request for Specified Documents on the Rewrite of the 2008 Stream Buffer Zone Rule
Letters
Feb 2, 2012 - Dear Mr. Chairman: The Department of the Interior ("Department") is in receipt of your January 25, 2012, letter regarding the Office of Surface Mining's (OSM) ongoing process to develop a Stream Protection Rule. The Department has begun processing the several new requests for additional documents contained in that lett... More

Chairman Hastings Follow-up Letter to Secretary Salazar Requesting Cooperation and Production of Specified Documents on the 6-month Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Drilling Moratorium
Letters
Jan 31, 2012 - Dear Mr. Secretary: This letter is a follow up to our January 25, 2012 letter providing the Department of the Interior ("Department") a final opportunity to comply with our April 25, 2011 request for documents about White House edits to the Executive Summary of the final report entitled "Increased Safety Measures for E... More

Chairman Hastings Letter to Secretary Salazar Requesting Cooperation and Production of Specified Documents on the Rewrite of the 2008 Stream Buffer Zone Rule
Letters
Jan 25, 2012 - Dear Mr. Secretary: For nearly one year, we've patiently and persistently sought the Department of the Interior's ("Department") compliance with our requests for documents, communications, and information related to the rewrite of the 2008 Stream Buffer Zone Rule ("Rule") by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and... More

Chairman Hastings Letter to Secretary Salazar Requesting Cooperation and Production of Specified Documents on the 6-month Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Drilling Moratorium
Letters
Jan 25, 2012 - Dear Mr. Secretary: It is with disappointment and deep frustration that we must again write regarding the Department of the Interior's failure to comply in a meaningful way to our April 25, 2011 request seeking 5 categories of documents related to White House edits that led to the inclusion of the 6-month Gulf of Mexic... More

19 Members of Pacific Northwest Delegation Bipartisan Letter to Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu Concerning FERC's Bonneville Environmental Redispatch Order
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Jan 24, 2012 - Dear Secretary Chu, We write today regarding the December 7, 2011 order issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in the matter of the Bonneville Power Administration's environmental redispatch policy. As you know, the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is a Power Marketing Administration (PMA), one ... More

Chairman Hastings Letter to Committee Members on Camera Installation in 1334 Longworth Committee Hearing Room
Letters
Nov 30, 2011 - TO: Members, Committee on Natural Resources FROM: Doc Hastings, Chairman RE: Camera Installation in 1334 Hearing Room After many months of planning, camera installation for the Committee's 1334 Hearing Room has begun today, November 30th. This is the culmination of an effort undertaken at the outset of this Congress to... More

Chairman Hastings Letter to Committee Member Mark Amodei on Subcommittee Assignments
Letters
Nov 18, 2011 - Dear Mr. Amodei: By this letter, I am appointing you to serve on the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands (ranking after Ms. Noem) and the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources (ranking after Mr. Johnson of Ohio). These appointments are effective immediately. Read the entire letter HERE. More

Chairman Hastings Letter to Committee Member Bill Johnson on Subcommittee Assignment
Letters
Nov 18, 2011 - Dear Mr. Johnson: I and Subcommittee Chairman Rob Bishop thank for your very active service on the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands during the 112'h Congress. By this letter, I accept your immediate resignation from the Subcommittee to allow our newest House Member to serve there. Read the entir... More

Chairmen Hastings and McClintock Letter to Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu on Risky WAPA Loans by Energy Department
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Nov 9, 2011 - Dear Secretary Chu: We write to request an immediate and indefinite halt to any allocation of taxpayer dollars through the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) borrowing authority enacted in the 2009 stimulus spending law, officially known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. As the respective Chairmen of... More

Chairman Hastings Memorandum to Committee Members Re-referring H.R. 2719
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Oct 17, 2011 - TO: Members of the Committee on Natural Resources FROM: Chainnan Doc Hastings RE: Recall and re-referral of H.R. 2719 Pursuant to Committee on Natural Resources Rule 6(e), I hereby give notice of my intent to recall and re-refer the following bill to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs, ... More

House Committee on Natural Resources Final Recommendations to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Co-Chairs Hensarling and Murray
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Oct 14, 2011 - Dear Co-Chairs Hensarling and Murray: The Natural Resources Committee is committed to addressing our Nation's record debt and deficit levels and doing its part to contribute to the Joint Select Committee's efforts to cut at least $1.5 trillion in federal govemment spending from Fiscal Year 2012 to Fiscal Year 2021. Our... More

Chairmen Hastings and Lamborn Follow-up Letter to Secretary Salazar Requesting Complete Compliance, Sets Deadline for Document Requests and Information on the 6-month Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Drilling Moratorium
Letters
Oct 13, 2011 - Dear Mr. Secretary: On September 28, 2011, the Committee once again wrote you to request that the Department of the Interior (DOI) provide documents and information relating to the Committee's investigation into whether senior officials of DOI, in an effort to help justify their decision to impose a 6-month moratorium ... More

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