July 02, 2018
By:
Walter G. Wright
Category:
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
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The United States Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a June 13th hearing titled:
Oversight of the Army Corps’ Regulation of Surplus Water and the Role of States’ Rights (“Hearing”)
A focus of the witnesses’ testimony was the United States Army Corps of Engineers proposed rule titled:
Use of Corps Reservoir Projects for Domestic Municipal & Industrial Water Supply. 81 Fed. Reg. 91556 (Dec. 16, 2016)
Hearing witnesses included:
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The Honorable Steven M. Pirner
Secretary
South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources
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Stephen P. Mulligan
Legislative Attorney
Congressional Research Service
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Ward J. Scott
Policy Advisor
Western Governors’ Association
A link to the hearing and the three witnesses’ written statements can be found here.
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