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Documents Requested on Interior Department’s Decision to Close Drakes Bay Oyster Company

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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA – 04) sent letters today to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Department of the Interior Deputy Inspector General Mary Kendall seeking information about the Administration’s decision to not allow the continued operation of the Drakes Bay Oyster Company within the Point Reyes National Seashore in Northern…

Chairman Hastings Letter to Deputy Inspector General Mary Kendall Regarding Drakes Bay Oyster Farm

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Tags: Oversight

Dear Ms. Kendall: On February 7, 2013, the Office of Inspector General ("IG") issued a final report of its investigation into a scientific integrity complaint associated with the Department of the Interior's (" Department") September 2011 Draft Environmental Impact Statement ("DEIS") for the Drakes Bay Oyster Company Special Use Permit. For several years, serious…

Chairman Hastings Letter to Secretary Salazar Regarding Drakes Bay Oyster Farm

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This letter seeks information about the Department of the Interior's ("Department") November 29,2012, decision not to allow an oyster farm to continue operating within the Point Reyes National Seashore. The National Park Service ("NPS") has for years been dogged by allegations that the science used to estimate harbor seal disturbances and more recently impacts on the…

Chairman Hastings Unveils Draft Proposal to Restore Active Forest Management and Help Rural Schools & Counties

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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today unveiled a draft proposal to address the expiration of the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program. The draft proposal, Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act, renews the federal government’s commitment to manage forest resources for the benefit of rural schools and counties by allowing active forest…

31 Bipartisan Members Send Letter Questioning Obama Administration’s Retroactive Sequestration Cuts to SRS Payments used for Rural Schools and Emergency Services

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House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) and a bipartisan group of 30 Members of Congress sent a letter today to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Office of Management and Budget Director Jeffrey Zients questioning why the Obama Administration is retroactively subjecting Secure Rural School (SRS) payments, which were made to counties in…