Hearing to Review the Impact of the Indirect Land Use and Renewable Biomass Provisions in the Renewable Fuel Standard

1300 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C.
| May 6, 2009 11:00am

WASHINGTON - On May 6, 2009, the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research held a hearing to review the impact of the indirect land use and renewable biomass provisions in the renewable fuel standard. 

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Witnesses

Panel 1

Dr. Joe Glauber , Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

Ms. Margo T. Oge , Director, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.

Panel 2

Dr. Bruce A. Babcock , Director, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

Mr. Michael Pechart , Deputy Secretary for Marketing and Economic Development, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Mr. R. Brooke Coleman , Executive Director, New Fuels Alliance, Boston, Massachusetts

Mr. Manning Feraci , Vice President of Government Affairs, National Biodiesel Board, Washington, D.C.

Mr. Nick Bowdish , General Manager, Platinum Ethanol, Arthur, Iowa

Ms. Anitra Webster , family forest owner, on behalf of American Forest Foundation, Lynchburg, Virginia