Domenici Calls for Spent Nuclear Fuel Strategy
WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today called for the swift deployment of an integrated spent nuclear fuel management strategy, including the implementation of more proliferation-resistant recycling technologies to aid in the expansion of nuclear power. In an Energy Committee hearing to discuss […]
Bingaman on GNEP Hearing
Let me open today’s hearing on the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership by thanking the witnesses for taking the time today out of their busy schedules to testify. The purpose of today’s hearing is to understand the Department of Energy’s Global Nuclear Energy Partnership or GNEP from both policy and programmatic viewpoints. […]
Domenici Opening Statement on Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today issued the following statement at today’s committee hearing on the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, Policy Issues Thirty Years Later: “Three months ago, we marked the 30th anniversary of the Surface Mining Control […]
The Week Ahead (Nov. 12-16)
On Tuesday, Nov. 13, the full committee will receive testimony on the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977: Policy Issues 30 Years Later. Witnesses include Brent Wahlquist, Office of Surface Mining, Department of the Interior; Joanna Prukop, secretary, Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources, State of New Mexico; Gregory Conrad, Interstate Mining Compact Commission; Arvin […]
President Pressed on Royalties Muddle
As reported last week, a Federal court ruling in a lawsuit brought by Kerr-McGee could cost the U.S. Treasury more than $60 billion in lost revenues. Kerr-McGee (now owned by Anadarko) had argued that specific amounts of oil and gas produced from public lands in the Gulf of Mexico should be royalty free, regardless of […]
Domenici Warns of Impending Energy Workforce Shortages
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today warned that the energy industry is facing impending workforce shortages that must be addressed. In an Energy Committee hearing to discuss energy sector workforce issues, Domenici noted that nearly 500,000 employees who work […]
The Week Ahead (Nov. 5-9)
On Tuesday, Nov. 6, the full committee will receive testimony on the domestic energy industry workforce. Witnesses include Emily DeRocco, assistant secretary, Department of Labor; Patricia Hoffman, deputy director, Department of Energy; Andra Cornelius, Workforce Florida Inc.; Norm Szydlowski, president and chief executive officer, Colonial Pipeline; Paul Bowers, president, Southern Company; Ray Stults, associate director, […]
Kerr-McGee Lawsuit : A Raid on the Treasury
This week, by favoring Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corp. (now Anadarko) in its lawsuit against the Interior Department, a district court in Louisiana dramatically expanded the amount of royalty-free oil and gas that will be produced from Federal offshore leases in the Gulf of Mexico. The company had challenged the authority of the Federal government […]
Bingaman, Domenici on Mining Law Modernization
The House of Representatives today approved changes to the law that governs mining of hardrock minerals. The House cleared, 244-166, the Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2007 (HR 2262), which puts in place new royalty and environmental requirements for the General Mining Law of 1872. Signed by President Ulysses S. Grant, there is broad […]
Domenici Celebrates New Milestone In Quest for a Nuclear Renaissance
WASHINGTON – Just one month after heralding the first application to build a nuclear power plant in nearly 30 years, U.S. Senator Pete Domenici today celebrated news that a second application has been received, marking a further progress in the quest for a nuclear renaissance. Domenici, who served as ranking member of […]