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The United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a hearing titled:

To Examine Vegetation Management Requirements for Electricity Assets Located on Federal Lands

The hearing was also scheduled to hear 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 witnesses scheduled for the September 19th hearing included:

• 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 Hyden

  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

A link to the witnesses written statements can be found here.