TO: Ms. Christy Goldfuss
Ms. Eileen Sobeck
FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman
John Fleming
Don Young
Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen
Dear Ms. Goldfuss and Ms. Sobeck:
The House Natural Resources Water, Power and Oceans Subcommittee recently held an oversight hearing on the potential designation of marine national monuments, including one off of the coast of New England. We are sending… Read more »
TO: The Honorable Gina McCarthy
FROM: Jason Chaffetz, Chairman
Rob Bishop, Chairman
Cynthia M. Lummis, Chairman
Dear Administrator McCarthy:
On August 5, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency cause the spill of mine waste from a site in San Juan County, Colorado, into the regional river system. According to media reports, EPA's operation of heavy equipment on the site led to the… Read more »
TO: Mr. Dennis Greaney
FROM: Jason Chaffetz, Chairman
Rob Bishop, Chairman
Cynthia M. Lummis, Chairman
Dear Mr. Greaney:
An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) spokesman identified your company, Environmental Restoration, LLC, as the contractor "whose work caused a mine spill in Colorado that released an estimated three million gallons of toxic sludge into a major river system." The… Read more »
TO: The Honorable Gene L. Dodaro
FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman
Dear Comptroller Dodaro:
The National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA") of 1969 and its implementing regulations strongly emphasize interagency cooperation in order to incorporate valuable expertise and streamline the environmental review process.
Read the Chairman's entire letter here. Read more »
TO: The Honorable Neil Kornze
FROM: Jason Chaffetz, Chairman
Rob Bishop, Chairman
Cynthia M. Lummis, Chairman
Tom McClintock, Chairman
Paul Gosar, Member
Dear Mr. Kornze:
According to media reports, you are considering merging the New Mexico and Arizona Bureau of Land Management (BLM) state offices in an attempt to boost efficiencies and reduce operating costs.[1] We are… Read more »
TO: Neil Kornze
FROM: The Honorable Rob Bishop, Chairman
Dear Director Kornze,
The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations ("Subcommittee") recently learned that a number of reclamation bonds for renewable energy projects on federal lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management's ("BLM") Rawlins Field Office were removed from a safe and shredded. The wrongful destruction of these… Read more »
Congressional Research Service
BY: Carol Hardy Vincent, Specialist in Natural Resources Policy
DATE: April 21, 2015
Each of the four major federal land management agencies maintains tens of thousands of diverse assets, including roads, bridges, buildings, and water management structures. These agencies are the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Fish and Wildlife Service… Read more »
