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H.R.l: ‘‘AMERICAN-MADE ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE JOBS ACT’’; H.R.l: ‘‘ALASKAN ENERGY FOR AMERICAN JOBS ACT’’; H.R.l: ‘‘PROTECTING INVESTMENT IN OIL SHALE: THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL, ENERGY, AND RE- SOURCE SECURITY ACT’’ (PIONEERS ACT); AND H.R. l: COAL MINER EMPLOY- MENT AND DOMESTIC ENERGY INFRA- STRUCTURE PROTECTION ACT.’’ LEGISLATIVE HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION Friday, November 18, 2011 Serial No. 112-85 Printed for the use of the Committee on Natural Resources ( Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.fdsys.gov or Committee address: http://naturalresources.house.gov U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 71-539 PDF WASHINGTON : 2013 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Nov 24 2008 13:06 Mar 12, 2013 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 L:\DOCS\71539.TXT Hresour1 PsN: KATHY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES DOC HASTINGS, WA, Chairman EDWARD J. MARKEY, MA, Ranking Democratic Member Don Young, AK Dale E. Kildee, MI John J. Duncan, Jr., TN Peter A. DeFazio, OR Louie Gohmert, TX Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, AS Rob Bishop, UT Frank Pallone, Jr., NJ Doug Lamborn, CO Grace F. Napolitano, CA Robert J. Wittman, VA Rush D. Holt, NJ Paul C. Broun, GA Rau´ l M. Grijalva, AZ John Fleming, LA Madeleine Z. Bordallo, GU Mike Coffman, CO Jim Costa, CA Tom McClintock, CA Dan Boren, OK Glenn Thompson, PA Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, CNMI Jeff Denham, CA Martin Heinrich, NM Dan Benishek, MI Ben Ray Luja´n, NM David Rivera, FL John P. Sarbanes, MD Jeff Duncan, SC Betty Sutton, OH Scott R. Tipton, CO Niki Tsongas, MA Paul A. Gosar, AZ Pedro R. Pierluisi, PR Rau´ l R. Labrador, ID John Garamendi, CA Kristi L. Noem, SD Colleen W. Hanabusa, HI Steve Southerland II, FL Vacancy Bill Flores, TX Andy Harris, MD Jeffrey M. Landry, LA Jon Runyan, NJ Bill Johnson, OH Mark Amodei, NV Todd Young, Chief of Staff Lisa Pittman, Chief Legislative Counsel Jeffrey Duncan, Democratic Staff Director David Watkins, Democratic Chief Counsel SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES DOUG LAMBORN, CO, Chairman RUSH D. HOLT, NJ, Ranking Democratic Member Louie Gohmert, TX Peter A. DeFazio, OR Paul C. Broun, GA Madeleine Z. Bordallo, GU John Fleming, LA Jim Costa, CA Mike Coffman, CO Dan Boren, OK Glenn Thompson, PA Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, CNMI Dan Benishek, MI Martin Heinrich, NM David Rivera, FL John P. Sarbanes, MD Jeff Duncan, SC Betty Sutton, OH Paul A. Gosar, AZ Niki Tsongas, MA Bill Flores, TX Vacancy Jeffrey M. Landry, LA Edward J. Markey, MA, ex officio Bill Johnson, OH Mark Amodei, NV Doc Hastings, WA, ex officio (II) VerDate Nov 24 2008 13:06 Mar 12, 2013 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 L:\DOCS\71539.TXT Hresour1 PsN: KATHY CONTENTS Page Hearing held on Friday, November 18, 2011 ........................................................ 1 Statement of Members: Hastings, Hon. Doc, a Representative in Congress from the State of Washington .................................................................................................... 7 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 8 Johnson, Hon. Bill, a Representative in Congress from the State of Ohio .. 9 Lamborn, Hon. Doug, a Representative in Congress from the State of Colorado ......................................................................................................... 2 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 3 Markey, Hon. Edward J., a Representative in Congress from the State of Massachusetts ........................................................................................... 5 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 6 Young, Hon. Don, the Representative in Congress for the State of Alaska 37 Statement of Witnesses: Alexander, Ryan, President, Taxpayers for Common Sense ......................... 32 Prepared statement on H.R. 3410 ........................................................... 34 Dana, Todd, Chairman and CEO, Uintah Resources, Inc. ............................ 54 Prepared statement on H.R. 3408 ........................................................... 56 Eikenberry, Bill, Rancher, and Former Wyoming State Associate Director, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior .............. 59 Prepared statement on H.R. 3408 ........................................................... 61 Gardner, J. Steven, P.E., President and CEO, ECSI, LLC ........................... 64 Prepared statement on H.R. 3409 ........................................................... 66 Helmericks, Mark, Founder of Colville, Inc., Colville Village, Alaska ......... 15 Prepared statement on H.R. 3407 ........................................................... 16 McGinley, Patrick C., Professor of Law, West Virginia University College of Law ............................................................................................................ 72 Prepared statement on H.R. 3409 ........................................................... 73 Milito, Erik, Upstream Director, American Petroleum Institute ................. 27 Prepared statement on H.R. 3410 ........................................................... 29 Sweeney, Tara M., Senior Vice President, External Affairs, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation .................................................................................... 11 Prepared statement on H.R. 3407 ........................................................... 12 Van Tuyn, Peter, Alaska Conservationist and Environmental Attorney, Bessenyey & Van Tuyn, LLC, on behalf of the Alaska Wilderness League ............................................................................................................ 17 Prepared statement on H.R. 3407 ........................................................... 18 Wagner, Hon. Frank W., Senator, The General Assembly of Virginia ........ 25 Prepared statement on H.R. 3410 ........................................................... 26 Zaluski, Joseph J., Executive Vice-President, ECSI, LLC ............................ 68 Prepared statement on H.R. 3409 ........................................................... 70 Additional materials supplied: Hrenko, Rikki, CEO, Enefit American Oil Company, Statement submitted for the record ................................................................................................. 102 U.S. Department of the Interior, Statement submitted for the record ........ 98 (III) VerDate Nov 24 2008 13:06 Mar 12, 2013 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 L:\DOCS\71539.TXT Hresour1 PsN: KATHY VerDate Nov 24 2008 13:06 Mar 12, 2013 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 L:\DOCS\71539.TXT Hresour1 PsN: KATHY LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R.l: (STIVERS) ‘‘AMERICAN-MADE ENERGY AND INFRA- STRUCTURE JOBS ACT’’; H.R.l: (HASTINGS OF WA AND YOUNG OF AK) ‘‘ALASKAN ENERGY FOR AMERICAN JOBS ACT’’; H.R.l: (LAMBORN) ‘‘PROTECTING INVESTMENT IN OIL SHALE: THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL, ENERGY, AND RESOURCE SECURITY ACT’’ (PIONEERS ACT); AND H.R.l: (JOHNSON OF OH) ‘‘COAL MINER EMPLOYMENT AND DOMESTIC ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION ACT.’’ Friday, November 18, 2011 U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Committee on Natural Resources Washington, D.C. The Subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 9:34 a.m., in Room 1324, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Doug Lamborn [Chairman of the Subcommittee] presiding. Present: Representatives Lamborn, Hastings, Fleming, Flores, Landry, Johnson, Thompson, Duncan of South Carolina, Amodei, Rivera, Young, Southerland, and Markey. Mr. LAMBORN. The Committee will come to order, there being present a quorum, which under Committee Rule 3(e), is two Members. The Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources is meeting today to hear testimony on four bills. The first one is the American Made Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act, H.R. 3410. There is also Alaskan Energy for America Jobs Act, H.R. 3407; Protecting In- vestment in Oil Shale the Next Generation of Environmental Energy and Resources Security Act, H.R. 3408; and Coal Miner Employment and Domestic Energy Infrastructure Protection Act, H.R. 3409. Mr. LAMBORN. Under Committee Rule 4(f), opening statements are limited to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Sub- committee. However, it is my intention to recognize the Full Com- mittee Chairman and Ranking Member as well as the author of one of the pieces of legislation. I ask unanimous consent to include any other Member’s opening statement in the hearing record if submitted to the clerk by close of business today. Hearing no objection, so ordered. (1) VerDate Nov 24 2008 13:06 Mar 12, 2013 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 L:\DOCS\71539.TXT Hresour1 PsN: KATHY 2 STATEMENT OF THE HON. DOUG LAMBORN, A REPRESENTA- TIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF COLORADO Mr. LAMBORN. I now recognize myself for 5 minutes. Today the Subcommittee is considering a package of bills designed to create and save jobs, open American lands for energy development, and generate new revenue for the American Treasury. Combined, these bills provide one of the largest single