Challenges facing Domestic Oil and Gas Development: Review of Bureau of Land Management/U.S. Forest Service Ban on Horizontal Drilling on Federal Lands.

Conservation, Energy, and Forestry | 1324 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C.
| Jul 8, 2011 10:00am

Friday, July 8, 2011 - 10:00 a.m. ET
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C.
Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry of the Committee on Agriculture and Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources of the Committee on Natural Resources
Joint Public Hearing
RE: Challenges Facing Domestic Oil and Gas Development: Review of Bureau of Land Management/U.S. Forest Service Ban on Horizontal Drilling on Federal Lands

Witnesses

Panel 1

Hon. Bob Abbey , Director,, Bureau of Land Management

Hon. Joel Holtrop , Deputy Chief,, U.S. Forest Service

Maureen Hyzer , Forest Supervisor,, George Washington & Jefferson National Forest

Hon. Tony Ferguson , Director,, Minerals and Geology Management, USDA Forest Service

Craig L. Mayer, Esq., General Counsel,, Pennsylvania General Energy, LLC

Panel 2

Kate Giese Wofford , Executive Director,, Shenandoah Valley Network

Amy Mall , Senior Policy Analyst,, Natural Resources Defense Council

Maureen Matsen , Deputy Director of Natural Resources and Senior Advisor on Energy,, Commonwealth of Virginia

David Miller, PE, F.ASCE , Director,, Standards, American Petroleum Institute

Lee Fuller , Vice President of Government Relations,, Independent Petroleum Association of America