Markup of H.R. 3534, Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009
H.R. 3534 (Rahall): To provide greater efficiencies, transparency, returns, and accountability in the administration of Federal mineral and energy resources by consolidating administration of various Federal energy minerals management and leasing programs into one entity to be known as the Office of Federal Energy and Minerals Leasing of the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes. “Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009”
H.R. 5663, Miner Safety and Health Act of 2010
On Tuesday, July 13, 2010, the Education and Labor Committee will hold a hearing on “H.R. 5663, the Miner Safety and Health Act of 2010.” H.R. 5663 will bring our nation’s mine health and safety laws up to date, give MSHA the ability to effectively protect miners’ lives, hold mine operators accountable for putting their workers in unnecessary danger, and expand protections to all other workers by strengthening OSHA.
In April, 29 miners were killed at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch Mine in Montcoal, West Virginia, the worst coal mine disaster in America in 40 years. In the last decade, more than 600 miners have died while working in our nation’s mines.
Witnesses
PANEL I- Joe Main, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Labor
- Dr. David Michaels, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Labor
- Patricia Smith, Solicitor of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor
- Larry Grayson, Professor of Mine Engineering Penn State University
- Lynn Rhinehart, General Counsel, AFL-CIO
- Cecil Roberts, President United Mine Workers of America
- Jonathan Snare partner, Morgan Lewis testifying on behalf of the Coalition for Workplace Safety
- Stanley “Goose” Stewart, coal miner, Chickasaw Village W.Va.
- Bruce Watzman, Senior Vice President for Regulatory Affairs, National Mining Association
The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Chain of Command: An Examination of Information Sharing Practices During a Spill of National Significance
The purpose of this field hearing is to examine the command structure, including roles and responsibilities, for the response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, which was deemed a spill of National Significance.
- Col. Michael Edmonston, Deputy Secretary, Superintendent of State Police, Public Safety Services, Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections
- Frank V. Hibbard, Mayor, Clearwater, Florida
- Rear Admiral Peter V. Neffenger, Deputy National Incident Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
- Juliette N. Kayyem, Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Ray Dempsey, Vice President of Strategy, BP America
Louisiana Supreme Court Building
400 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA
Touring the oil damage in the Gulf Coast with national religious leaders
The Sierra Club holds a conference call, beginning at 3:30 p.m., to discuss experiences touring the oil damage in the Gulf Coast with national religious leaders.
Speakers- Rev. Canon Sally Bingham, founder of Interfaith Power and Light
- Rev. Gerald Durley, pastor at Providence Missionary Baptist Church
- Fr. Dan Krutz, Episcopal priest and director of Louisiana Interchurch Conference
- Rev. Jim Wallis, editor in chief of Sojourners Magazine
- Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
- Rev. Brenda Girton-Mitchell of the Progressive National Baptist Convention
- Sayyid Syeed of the Islamic Society of North America
- Lynn Hybels, co-founder of Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago
- Rev. Kris Peterson, pastor of Bayou Blue Presbyterian Church
- Rabbi Julie Schonfeld of the Rabbinicial Assembly
- Pastor Chris Seay, senior pastor of Ecclesia Church
- Susan Stephenson, executive director of Interfaith Power and Light
CONTACT: Orli Cotel, 415-977-5627, orli.cotel@sierraclub.org
Call in, 888-228-9795; conference ID# code: 86171908. RSVP to orli.cotel@sierraclub.org
White House-Senate Energy Reform Legislation Meeting
President Barack Obama has invited senators to the White House to discuss comprehensive energy and climate legislation.
Attendees:- Senator Harry Reid (D-NV)
- Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
- Senator Max Baucus (D-MT)
- Senator Mark Begich (D-AK)
- Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
- Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
- Senator Tom Carper (D-DE)
- Senator Susan Collins (R-ME)
- Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
- Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH)
- Senator John Kerry (D-MA)
- Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT)
- Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
- Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN)
- Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL)
- Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)
- Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
- Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
- Senator George Voinovich (R-OH)
Ensuring the Safety of Our Nation's Pipelines
Witnesses
Panel 1- Cynthia L. Quarterman, Administrator, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- Honorable Deborah A.P. Hersman, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board
- Tim Felt, President and Chief Executive Officer, Colonial Pipeline Company, representing the Association of Oil Pipelines
- Rocco D’Alessandro, Executive Vice President of Operations, Nicor Gas, representing the American Gas Association
- Gary Sypolt, Chief Executive Officer, Dominion Energy, representing the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America
- Carl Weimer, Executive Director, Pipeline Safety Trust
S. 3497, a bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require leases entered into under that Act to include a plan that describes the means and timeline for containment and termination of an ongoing discharge of oil, and for other purposes; S.
Witnesses
Panel 1- Scott Brown, U.S. Senate
- Ken Salazar, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior
- Marilyn Heiman, Director, U.S. Arctic Program and Offshore Energy Reform Project, The Pew Environment Group
- David Welch, President, Stone Energy Corporation
MMS Reorganization
- Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior
- Michael R. Bromwich, Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement