SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Tuesday, July 21, 2012
2:00 p.m.
LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:
- H.R. 3972 (Pickett), To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from charging State and local government agencies for certain uses of the sand, gravel, and shell resources of the outer Continental Shelf.
- H.R. 3878 (Cubin), To subject certain reserved mineral interests of the operation of the Mineral Leasing Act, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 1467 (Ney), To provide for the continuance of oil and gas operations pursuant to certain existing leases in the Wayne National Forest.
WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY:
Panel I
The Honorable Owen Pickett, VA-02
Member of Congress
The Honorable Meyera Oberndorf
Mayor
City of Virginia Beach, Virginia
Carol Hartgen
Chief, Office of International Activities and Marine Minerals
Minerals Management Service
U.S. Department of the Interior
Panel II
Carson W. Culp
Assistant Director
Minerals, Realty and Resource Protection
Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Department of the Interior