Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power held an oversight hearing to examine the negative impacts to water supplies and hydropower rates that will result from the Obama Administration’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget and priorities for the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), the Four Power Marketing Administrations (PMAs) and the U.S. Geologic Survey’s Water Resources… Read more »
Dear Ms. Haynes:
We write to request information related to the Department of the Interior's ("DOI") Klamath Non-use Valuation Survey ("Survey"). According to press reports on the issue, DOI contracted with RTI International to provide information gathering services related to this issue. The Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") control number for the Survey is 1090-0010.
Through… Read more »
Dear Commissioner Connor:
We write to request information related to the Department of the Interior's ("DOI") Klamath Non-use Valuation Survey ("Survey"). The Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") control number for the Survey is 1090-0010.
Through this letter, we request information regarding communication on this issue between the Bureau of Reclamation ("BOR") and DOI, as well as… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today released the following statement in response to a memorandum from Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu to the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and all other Power Marketing Administrations (PMA) that includes directives that could increase the cost of energy for millions of American families and small businesses. Read more »
Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2842, the Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act of 2012, with a bipartisan vote of 265-154. Sponsored by Rep. Scott Tipton (CO-03), H.R. 2842 is an action plan to create new American jobs and eliminate bureaucratic hurdles to small hydropower production.
Specifically, the bill authorizes hydropower… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings delivered the following statement on the House floor today in support of H.R. 2842, the Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act of 2011 – a plan to create new American jobs and expand production of clean, renewable hydropower by cutting duplicative, bureaucratic red tape.
“Mr. Chairman, I rise… Read more »
Next week, the House of Representatives will consider H.R. 2842, The Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act of 2011, sponsored by Rep. Scott Tipton (CO-03). This legislation will create American jobs and expand production of clean, renewable American energy by eliminating duplicative red tape on small canal and pipeline hydropower development… Read more »
Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1837, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act, with a bipartisan vote of 246-175. This comprehensive bill would restore water deliveries that have been cut-off due to federal regulations and environmental lawsuits, protect tens of thousands of jobs, ensure a reliable water supply for people and fish, secure water rights, and… Read more »
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings delivered the following statement on the House floor today in support of H.R. 1837, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act. The bill would restore water supplies, provide job certainty to farmers and communities in California’s San Joaquin Valley and decrease reliance on foreign food sources.
“Mr. Speaker, I… Read more »
