SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, June 23, 2011
10:00 a.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 461 (Chaffetz), To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal features of the electric distribution system to the South Utah Valley Electric Service District, and for other purposes. "South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act;"
• H.R. 795 (Smith), To expand small-scale hydropower. "Small-Scale Hydropower Enhancement Act of 2011;" and
• H.R. 2060 (Walden), To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to adjust the Crooked River boundary, to provide water certainty for the City of Prineville, Oregon, and for other purposes. "Central Oregon Jobs and Water Security Act."

OPENING STATEMENTS:

The Honorable Tom McClintock
Chairman

The Honorable Paul Gosar
Subcommittee Member

WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Robert Lynch (H.R. 795)
Attorney
Robert S. Lynch & Associates
Phoenix, Arizona
(Truth in Testimony Form)

Gary Esslinger (H.R. 795)
Treasurer – Manager
Elephant Butte Irrigation District
Las Cruces, New Mexico
(Truth in Testimony Form)

Robert Quint (H.R. 461, H.R. 795, H.R. 2060)
Senior Advisor and Chief of Staff to the Commissioner
Bureau of Reclamation
Washington, DC

Steve Forrester (H.R. 2060)
City Manager
City of Prineville, Oregon

Dan Gardner (H.R. 2060)
on behalf of IBEW 280
Tangent, Oregon
(Truth in Testimony Form)

Steve Moyer (H.R. 2060)
Vice President of Government Affairs
Trout Unlimited
Arlington, Virginia
(Truth in Testimony Form)

Panel II (H.R. 461)

The Honorable Richard Moore
Mayor
Payson, Utah

Blair Hamilton
Chairman of the Board
South Utah Valley Electric Service District
Payson, Utah

Calvin Crandall
Chairman of the Board
Strawberry Water Users Association
Springville, Utah
(Truth in Testimony Form)