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2000 CIS S 18113

TITLE: Energy and Water Development Appropriations, FY2000

CIS-NO: 2000-S181-13  
SOURCE: Committee on Appropriations. Senate  
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve the full text of testimony  
DOC-NO: S. Hrg. 106-381  
DATE: Mar. 9, 11, 18, Apr. 13, 1999  
LENGTH: iii+866+xvii p. il. Index.  
CONG-SESS: 106-1  
ITEM-NO: 1033; 1033-A  
SUDOC: Y4.AP6/2:S.HRG.106-381  
MC-ENTRY-NO: 2000-10733  
 
INCLUDED IN LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L. 106-60

SUMMARY:
Hearings before the Subcom on Energy and Water Development Appropriations to consider FY2000 budget requests for civil works and energy programs, including DOE activities.
 
Supplementary material (p. 525-866) includes witnesses' written replies to Subcom questions and submitted statements and correspondence concerning various Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation water resource, flood control, navigation, and related projects, and DOE energy research activities.
 
Includes a subject index (p. ix-xvii).
 
H.R. 2605 and S. 1186, cited on cover, are not discussed.

CONTENT-NOTATION: Energy and water resources dev programs, FY2000 approp

BILLS: 106 H.R. 2605; 106 S. 1186

DESCRIPTORS:  
    PUBLIC WORKS; ENERGY RESOURCES; WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT; ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS; BUREAU OF RECLAMATION; NAVIGATION; RIVERS AND WATERWAYS; HARBORS AND PORTS; RECLAMATION OF LAND; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; ENERGY RESEARCH; FLOOD CONTROL

00-S181-13 TESTIMONY NO: 1     Mar. 9, 1999 p. 1-62
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   BENEKE, PATRICIA J. (Assistant Secretary, Water and Science, Department of Interior)
   MARTINEZ, ELUID L. (Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation)
 
BUDGET EXPLANATION: Department of Interior FY2000 request for Central Utah Project Completion Act program.
   Bureau of Reclamation FY2000 request for water resources development programs in western States as follows:
   a. Water and related resources programs, including water and energy programs management and development; fish, wildlife, and land management and development; and operations, maintenance, and rehabilitation of water and power facilities.
   b. Central Valley Project Restoration Fund for fish and wildlife restoration in California, and the California Bay-Delta Ecosystem Restoration program for the San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers.
   c. Loans to local jurisdictions in California for construction of irrigation systems and reclamation projects.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Bur of Reclamation programs, FY2000 approp
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR; CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT; UTAH; WILDLIFE AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; DAMS AND RESERVOIRS; FEDERAL AID TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS; CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT, CALIF.; SACRAMENTO RIVER; CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACT; CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SAN JOAQUIN RIVER; LOANS; CALIFORNIA; IRRIGATION
 
 
00-S181-13 TESTIMONY NO: 2     Mar. 9, 1999 p. 63-191
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   WESTPHAL, JOSEPH W. (Assistant Secretary, Civil Works, Department of Army; accompanied by a staff official)
   BALLARD, JOE N. (Lt. Gen.) (Chief, Army Corps of Engineers)
 
BUDGET EXPLANATION: Army Corps of Engineers FY2000 request for civil works programs, including:
   a. General investigations, including preconstruction engineering and design.
   b. Construction projects.
   c. Operation and maintenance of completed navigation, hydropower, flood control, and recreation projects, and environmental stewardship.
   d. Flood control and Mississippi River and tributaries projects.
   e. General regulatory functions.
   f. Formerly utilized sites remedial action program.
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Highlights of Corps of Engineers FY2000 budget request; overview of Corps activities.
 
INSERTION:
   -- Army Corps of Engineers, FY2000 funding capabilities, tables by State and project (p. 121-145).
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Army Corps of Engrs programs, FY2000 approp
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   RESEARCH; OUTDOOR RECREATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND PROCEDURE; RECLAMATION OF LAND; DEPARTMENT OF ARMY; ENGINEERING; MISSISSIPPI RIVER
 
 
00-S181-13 TESTIMONY NO: 3     Mar. 11, 1999 p. 193-267
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   REIS, VICTOR H. (Assistant Secretary, Defense Programs, DOE)
   GOTTEMOELLER, ROSE E. (Director, Office of Nonproliferation and National Security)
   HOLGATE, LAURA S. (Director, Office of Fissile Materials Disposition)
 
BUDGET EXPLANATION: DOE FY2000 request for nuclear weapons stockpile management and stewardship activities.
   Office of Nonproliferation and National Security FY2000 request for counterproliferation programs.
   Office of Fissile Materials FY2000 request for disposition of stockpiles of surplus plutonium and highly enriched uranium, and technical support to Russia for fissile materials disposition.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   DOE natl def and nuclear material disposition programs, FY2000 approp
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   NATIONAL DEFENSE; NUCLEAR FACILITIES AND MATERIALS SECURITY; DEFENSE BUDGETS AND APPROPRIATIONS; ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RUSSIA; FOREIGN RELATIONS; PLUTONIUM; URANIUM
 
 
00-S181-13 TESTIMONY NO: 4     Mar. 18, 1999 p. 269-381
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   OWENDOFF, JAMES M. (Acting Assistant Secretary, Environmental Management, DOE)
   BARRETT, LAKE H. (Acting Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management)
 
BUDGET EXPLANATION: DOE FY2000 request for nuclear weapons facilities cleanup and waste disposal programs, including closure of weapons plants, privatization activities, management of hazardous and radioactive wastes, and development of new cleanup and waste disposal technologies.
   Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management FY2000 request for civilian nuclear waste disposal programs, including assessment of waste repository at Yucca Mountain site in Nevada.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   DOE environmental mgmt and radioactive waste disposal, FY2000 approp
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL; RECLAMATION OF LAND; GOVERNMENT PRIVATIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS; YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEV.; NEVADA
 
 
00-S181-13 TESTIMONY NO: 5     Apr. 13, 1999 p. 383-523
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   KREBS, MARTHA A. (Director, Office of Science, DOE)
   MAGWOOD, WILLIAM D., IV (Director, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science, and Technology)
   REICHER, DAN W. (Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, DOE)
 
BUDGET EXPLANATION: DOE Office of Science FY2000 request for:
   Energy research programs as follows:
   a. Basic energy sciences research in materials sciences; chemical sciences; engineering and geosciences; and energy biosciences.
   b. Biological and environmental research, including life sciences; environmental processes; environmental remediation; and medical applications and measurement sciences.
   c. High energy physics, including operation of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, European Laboratory for Particle Physics, and university and other high energy physics facilities.
   d. Nuclear physics.
   e. Fusion energy.
   f. Computational and technology research, including mathematical and computational sciences, and laboratory technology research.
   g. Multi-program energy laboratories and facilities support.
   h. Energy research analyses.
   i. Energy research program direction.
   j. Science education programs for university students and faculty and pre-college teachers.
   Technical information management.
   DOE FY2000 request for nuclear energy R&D, including advanced radioisotope power systems; nuclear power plant optimization; isotope production and distribution; and uranium programs.
   DOE FY2000 request for solar and renewable energy programs, including solar building technology research; photovoltaics; concentrating solar power; wind energy systems; biopower/biofuels energy; geothermal systems; hydrogen; electric energy systems and energy storage; hydropower; and international solar energy program.
 
INSERTIONS:
   a. Lugar, Richard G. and Woolsey, R. James, "New Petroleum" regarding ethanol production (p. 440-447).
   b. DOE Office of Science, "Spallation Neutron Source Project Assessment Report and Action Plan" with DOE letter of agreement, 1999 (p. 479-486).
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   DOE programs, FY2000 approp
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   CHEMISTRY; EARTH SCIENCES; BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL RESEARCH; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; NUCLEAR FUSION; COMPUTERS; MATHEMATICS; FEDERAL AID TO HIGHER EDUCATION; TEACHER EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT INFORMATION AND INFORMATION SERVICES; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR RESEARCH; NUCLEAR POWER; ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AND REACTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; BIOMASS ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES; ELECTRIC POWER; BATTERIES AND FUEL CELLS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN SCIENCE; PLANNING; ETHANOL; PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; MATERIALS SCIENCE; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; PHYSICS; FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY; STANFORD LINEAR ACCELERATOR CENTER; BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY; EUROPEAN LABORATORY FOR PARTICLE PHYSICS; LABORATORIES; URANIUM; WIND ENERGY; HYDROGEN

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