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110th Congress Hearing Archives

Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans Legislative Hearing on H.R. 3223, H.R. 5451, H.R. 5452 and H.R. 5453

Thursday, February 28, 2008 | 10:00 AM

SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES, WILDLIFE AND OCEANS
1334 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, February 28, 2008
10:00 a.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

  • H.R. 3223 (Allen): To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to establish a grant program to ensure coastal access for commercial and recreational fishermen and other water-dependent coastal-related businesses, and for other purposes. "Keep Our Waterfronts Working Act of 2007"
  • H.R. 5451 (Bordallo): To reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, and for other purposes. "Coastal Zone Reauthorization Act of 2008"
  • H.R. 5452 (Capps): To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize grants to coastal States to support State efforts to initiate and complete surveys of coastal State waters and Federal waters adjacent to a State's coastal zone to identify potential areas suitable or unsuitable for the exploration, development, and production of renewable energy, and for other purposes. "Coastal State Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2008"
  • H.R. 5453 (Capps): To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize assistance to coastal states to develop coastal climate change adaptation plans pursuant to approved management programs approved under section 306, to minimize contributions to climate change, and for other purposes. "Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act of 2008"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Honorable Thomas H. Allen, (ME-1)

Panel II

David Kennedy
Director
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
United States Department of Commerce

Robert Bailey
Chairman
Reauthorization Committee
Coastal States Organization

Jaime C. Kooser, Ph.D.
President
National Estuarine Research Reserves Association

Evangeline Lujan
Director
Guam Coastal Management Program Administrator
All-Island Group

Panel III

Robert Stokes
Chairman of the Board
Restore America's Estuaries

Jim Connors
Senior Planner
Maine State Planning Office
Maine Working Waterfront Coalition

Carolyn Elefant
General Counsel
Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition