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112th Congress Hearing Archives

Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Oversight Hearing on "Effect of the President's FY-2012 Budget and Legislative Proposals for the Office of Surface Mining on Private Sector Job Creation, Domestic Energy Production, State Programs and Deficit Reduction"

Thursday, April 7, 2011 | 10:00 AM 1324 Longworth House Office Building
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, April 7, 2011
10:00 a.m.





OVERSIGHT HEARING ON:

  • "Effect of the President’s FY-2012 Budget and Legislative Proposals for the Office of Surface Mining on Private Sector Job Creation, Domestic Energy Production, State Programs and Deficit Reduction"

OPENING STATEMENT:

The Honorable Doug Lamborn
Chairman

WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Joseph Pizarchik
Director
Office of Surface Mining
Department of the Interior

Panel II

Loretta Pineda
Director
Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
Colorado Department of Natural Resources

Bradley C. “Butch” Lambert
Deputy Director
Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals & Energy

Eugene Kitts
Senior Vice President, Mining Services
International Coal Group
(Truth in Testimony Form)

Joe Lovett
Director
Appalachian Center for the Economy and the Environment
(Truth in Testimony Form)

BACKGROUND:

The hearing will also examine the Obama Administration’s proposed rewrite of an existing coal mining rule. According to news reports, the Administration ended a contract with the firm that issued a report saying the proposed rule would cost 7,000 jobs and reduce coal production in 22 states. The Natural Resources Committee is actively investigating this matter.