COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
10:00 a.m.

OVERSIGHT HEARING ON:

• "The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977: A 30th Anniversary Review"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Glenda H. Owens
Deputy Director
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.

Earl Bandy
Director of Applicant Violator System Office
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.

Panel II

Gregory E. Conrad
Executive Director
Interstate Mining Compact Commission
Herndon, Virginia

Stephanie R. Timmermeyer
Cabinet Secretary
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
Charleston, West Virginia

John Husted
Deputy Chief
Division of Mineral Resources Management
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Columbus, Ohio

John Corra
Director
Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
Cheyenne, Wyoming

Panel III

Cecil E. Roberts
President
United Mine Workers of America
Fairfax, Virginia

Panel IV

Walton Morris
Charlottesville, Virginia

Joe Lovett
Executive Director
Appalachian Center for the Economy and the Environment
Lewisburg, West Virginia

Brian Wright
Energy Policy Director
Hoosier Environmental Council
Indianapolis, Indiana

Ellen Pfister
Shepherd, Montana
*On behalf of the Northern Plains Resource Council and the Western Organization of Resource Councils

Panel V

Harold P. Quinn
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Legal & Regulatory Affairs
National Mining Association
Washington, D.C.

William B. Raney
President
West Virginia Coal Association
Charleston, West Virginia

Eric Fry
Director of Regulatory Services
Peabody Coal Company
St. Louis, Missouri
*On behalf of the Illinois Coal Association 

Marion E. Loomis
Executive Director
Wyoming Mining Association
Cheyenne, Wyoming