SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Wednesday, February 8, 2006
10:00 a.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 4013 (Cannon) To amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to provide for conjunctive use of surface and groundwater in Juab County, Utah
• H.R. 4080 (Cubin) To extend the contract for the Glendo Unit of the Missouri River Basin Project in the State of Wyoming. "Glendo Unit of the Missouri River Basin Project Contract Extension Act of 2005"
• H.R. 4204 (Doolittle) To direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer ownership of the American River Pump Station Project, and for other purposes. American River Pump Station Project Transfer Act of 2006  
• H.R. 4301 (Herseth) To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain parcels of land acquired for the Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal features of the initial stage of the Oahe Unit, James Division, South Dakota, to the Commission of Schools and Public Lands and the Department of Game, Fish, and Parks of the State of South Dakota for the purpose of mitigating lost wildlife habitat, on the condition that the current preferential leaseholders shall have an option to purchase the parcels from the Commission, and for other purposes. "Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal Land Conveyance Act of 2006"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Mr. Don Christiansen (H.R. 4013)
General Manager
Central Utah Water Conservancy District
Orem, UT

Mr. Einar L. Maisch (H.R. 4204)
Director of Strategic Affairs
Placer County Water Agency
Auburn, CA 

Ms. Darla Pollman-Rogers (H.R. 4301)
Attorney at Law Riter, Rogers, Wattier, and Brown LLP
Pierre, SD

Panel II

Mr. Reed Murray (H.R. 4013)
Program Director for the Central Utah Completion Act Office
U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, DC

Mr. Larry Todd (H.R. 4080, H.R. 4204, H.R. 4301)
Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Administration and Budget
Bureau of Reclamation
Washington, DC