SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES
State Capitol, Room 4202, in Sacramento, California
Monday, November 23, 2009
10:00 a.m. PST
OVERSIGHT FIELD HEARING ON:
- "Abandoned Mines and Mercury in California"
WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:
Panel I
Jim Abbott
Acting State Director of the California State Office
Bureau of Land Management
Department of the Interior
Accampanied by:
Dr. Charles Alpers
Research Chemist
U.S. Geological Survey
Department of the Interior
Randy Moore
Regional Forester, Region 5, Pacific Southwest
U.S. Forest Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Daniel Meer
Assistant Superfund Division Director, Region 9, Pacific Southwest
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Panel II
Arthur G. Baggett, Jr.
Board Member
State Water Resources Control Board
State of California Environmental Protection Agency
With Opening Remarks By:
The Honorable Linda Adams
Secretary of the State of California Environmental Protection Agency
Bridgett Luther
Director
Department of Conservation
State of California Natural Resources Agency
Panel III
The Honorable Steve Wilensky
Supervisor—2nd Supervisorial District
Calaveras County Board of Supervisors
State of California
Bob Schneider
Board Member and Senior Policy Director
Tuleyome
Julian C. Isham PG, CEG, CHG
Geology Manager
Shaw Environmental Inc.
Testifying on behalf of the Northwest Mining Association
Elizabeth Martin
Chief Executive Officer
The Sierra Fund
