Full Committee hearing to examine the vegetation management requirements for electricity assets located on federal lands

September 19, 2017
09:30 AM
366 Dirksen Senate Office Building

The full committee hearing will be held on Tuesday, September 19, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. EDT in Room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.

The purpose of this hearing is to examine the vegetation management requirements for electricity assets located on federal lands and to receive testimony on Section 2310 of S. 1460, the Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017, and H.R. 1873, the Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act.

The hearing will be webcast live on the committee’s website, and an archived video will be available shortly after the hearing is complete. Witness testimony will be available on the website at the start of the hearing.

Archived Webcast

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Opening Remarks

  • Sen. Lisa Murkowski

    Chairman
    Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
  • Sen. Maria Cantwell

    Ranking Member
    Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Witness Panel 1

  • Mr. Glenn Casamassa

    Associate Deputy Chief
    National Forest System, U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • Mr. John Ruhs

    Acting Deputy Director of Operations
    Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior
  • Mr. Mark Hayden

    General Manager
    Missoula Electric Cooperative
  • Mr. Scott Miller

    Senior Regional Director - Southwest Region
    The Wilderness Society
  • Mr. Andrew Rable

    Manager, Forestry and Special Programs
    Arizona Public Service