On March 5, 2015, Energy and Mineral Resources (EMR) Subcommittee Chairman Doug Lamborn (CO-6) questioned Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell about the Administration’s recently released draft five-year (2017-2022) leasing plan for the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) that, despite a limited offering of one potential lease sale in the Atlantic, is the lowest number of lease… Read more »
TO: The Honorable Dan Ashe
FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman
Dear Director Ashe:
Earlier this month, numerous members of the U,S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives wrote to you regarding the upcoming listing determination for the northern long-eared bat (NLEB), the related 4(d) proposal, and broader efforts to address white nose syndrome (WNS). These members asked for your… Read more »
TO: Rob Bishop, Chairman
FROM: Dan Ashe, Director
Dear Representative Bishop,
Thank you for your letter of March 4, 2015, also co-signed by several of your colleagues, regarding the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (Service) proposed 4(d) rule, which will accompany our final listing decision if we decide to list the northern long-eared bat as "threatened" under the Endangered Species… Read more »
House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) sent a letter today to U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell, urging the agency to withdraw its Proposed Directive on Groundwater Resource Management. The letter was also signed by Committee Vice-Chairman Cynthia Lummis (WY-At large), Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Chairman John Fleming (LA-4) and Vice-Chair… Read more »
TO: Mr. Tom Tidwell
FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman
Dear Chief Tidwell
As you know, bipartisan concern exists over the U.S. Forest Service's (Forest Service) Proposed Directive on Groundwater Resource Management (Groundwater Directive). To date, there are many unanswered questions and growing issues on this far-reaching proposal that would impact 155 National Forests and… Read more »
Politico: “Bishop has already moved to increase the panel’s oversight, opening the door for probes on the Endangered Species Act and federal reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act. ‘[NEPA] is a law that has an impact on every aspect of American life,’ Bishop said. And ESA ‘is a perfect example of an act that is not working,’ he said. ‘If it’s for control, then ESA is… Read more »
House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) submitted his opening statement for today’s oversight hearing for the U.S. Department of the Interior’s fiscal year 2016 budget proposal.
“With our national debt currently exceeding $18 trillion, the Administration’s overall federal budget, including the Interior Department’s $13 billion budget proposal, continues a… Read more »
In response to Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Chairman Doug Lamborn’s (CO-5) questioning about the Administration’s Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas five-year plan, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said she could not guarantee that the Atlantic lease sale would be in the finalized proposal.
“So you guarantee that the Atlantic will be part of final version?” Lamborn… Read more »
House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) today sent a letter to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Dan Ashe, requesting information supporting any final listing determination for the northern long-eared bat (NLEB) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). A final listing decision for the species is expected to be made by April 2, 2015.
The letter,… Read more »
