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1 CIS S 1817
TITLE: Energy and
Water Development Appropriations, FY2001
CIS-NO: 2001-S181-7
SOURCE: Committee on Appropriations. Senate
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DOC-NO: S. Hrg. 106-831
DATE: Mar. 21, 28, Apr. 11, 2000
LENGTH: iii+667+xii p. il.
Index.
CONG-SESS: 106-2
ITEM-NO: 1033; 1033-A
SUDOC: Y4.AP6/2:S.HRG.106-831
MC-ENTRY-NO: 2001-8197
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-26431-1.
INCLUDED IN LEGISLATIVE
HISTORY OF: P.L.
106-377
SUMMARY:
Hearings before the Subcom on
Energy and Water Development Appropriations to consider FY2001 budget requests
for civil works and energy programs, including DOE activities.
Supplementary material (p. 378-667) 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. v-xii).
H.R. 4635, H.R. 4733,
and H.R. 5483, cited on cover, are not discussed.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Energy and water resources dev
programs, FY2001 approp
BILLS: 106
H.R. 4635; 106
H.R. 4733; 106
H.R. 5483
DESCRIPTORS:
SUBCOM ON ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS.
SENATE; 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
01-S181-7 TESTIMONY NO: 1 Mar. 21, 2000
p. 1-72
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
WESTPHAL, JOSEPH W. (Assistant Secretary, Civil Works,
Department of Army; accompanied by staff officials)
BALLARD, JOE N. (Lt. Gen.) (Chief, Army Corps of
Engineers)
BUDGET EXPLANATION: Army Corps of Engineers FY2001
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 FY2001 budget
request; overview of Corps activities.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Army Corps of Engrs programs, FY2001 approp
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
RESEARCH; OUTDOOR RECREATION;
CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND PROCEDURE; RECLAMATION
OF LAND; DEPARTMENT OF ARMY; ENGINEERING; MISSISSIPPI RIVER
01-S181-7 TESTIMONY NO: 2 Mar. 21, 2000 p.
73-94
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
MARTINEZ, ELUID L. (Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation;
accompanied by a staff official)
JOHNSTON, J. RONALD
(Program Director, Central Utah Project Completion Act Office, Department of
Interior)
BUDGET EXPLANATION: Bureau of Reclamation FY2001
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.
Department of Interior FY2001
request for Central Utah Project Completion Act program.
CONTENT
NOTATION:
Bur of Reclamation programs, FY2001 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 VALLEY PROJECT
RESTORATION FUND; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SAN JOAQUIN RIVER; LOANS; CALIFORNIA;
IRRIGATION; CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACT
01-S181-7 TESTIMONY NO: 3 Mar. 28, 2000 p. 95-185
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
GIOCONDA, THOMAS F. (Brig. Gen.) (Acting Deputy
Administrator, Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security Administration
(NNSA), DOE)
GOTTEMOELLER, ROSE E. (Acting Deputy
Administrator, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, NNSA)
BOWMAN, FRANK L. (Adm.) (Director, Naval Nuclear
Propulsion Program, NNSA)
HABIGER, EUGENE E. (Director,
Office of Security and Emergency Operations, DOE)
BUDGET
EXPLANATION: NNSA FY2001 request for:
a. Nuclear weapons
stockpile stewardship and management.
b. Nonproliferation
programs, including activities to secure and eliminate weapons-grade nuclear
materials in Russia, and to monitor compliance with nuclear nonproliferation and
test ban treaties.
c. Fissile materials disposition,
including disposition of post-Cold War stockpiles of surplus plutonium and
highly enriched uranium, and for technical support to Russia for disposal of
surplus fissile materials.
d. Naval reactors development.
Office of Security and Emergency Operations FY2001 request
for department-wide security and emergency operations, including protection of
nuclear weapons and materials, computer information systems, and nuclear
facilities against theft, sabotage, and terrorist activities.
CONTENT NOTATION:
DOE natl def and nuclear material
disposition programs, FY2001 approp
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION; NUCLEAR WEAPONS;
DEFENSE BUDGETS AND APPROPRIATIONS; STOCKPILING; ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT;
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS;
RUSSIA; FOREIGN RELATIONS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES AND MATERIALS SECURITY; COMPUTERS;
GOVERNMENT INFORMATION AND INFORMATION SERVICES; ROBBERY AND THEFT; SABOTAGE;
TERRORISM; PLUTONIUM; URANIUM; NAVAL REACTORS
01-S181-7 TESTIMONY NO: 4 Apr. 11, 2000 p. 187-322
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
DECKER,
JAMES F. (Acting Director, Office of Science, DOE)
REICHER, DAN W. (Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy, DOE)
MAGWOOD, WILLIAM D., IV
(Director, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science, and Technology, DOE)
BUDGET EXPLANATION: DOE Office of Science FY2001 request for:
Energy research programs as follows:
a. Advanced scientific computing research, including
mathematical and computational sciences and laboratory technology research.
b. Basic energy sciences research in materials sciences;
chemical sciences; engineering and geosciences; and energy biosciences.
c. Biological and environmental research, including life
sciences; environmental processes; environmental remediation; and medical
applications and measurement sciences.
d. Fusion energy
sciences.
e. High energy physics, including operation of
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, and
Brookhaven National Laboratory.
f. Nuclear physics.
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 FY2001 request for solar and renewable
energy programs, including solar building technology research; photovoltaics;
concentrating solar power technologies; biomass/biofuels energy systems; wind
energy systems; international renewable energy program; geothermal systems;
hydrogen research; hydropower development; and electric energy systems and
energy storage.
DOE FY2001 request for nuclear energy
R&D, including advanced radioisotope power systems; nuclear power plant
optimization; isotope production and distribution; and uranium programs.
CONTENT NOTATION:
DOE programs, FY2001
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; SOLAR ENERGY; BIOMASS ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES; ELECTRIC POWER;
BATTERIES AND FUEL CELLS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN
SCIENCE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS AND CONTRACTS; NUCLEAR RESEARCH;
NUCLEAR POWER; ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AND REACTORS; MATERIALS SCIENCE;
ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; PHYSICS; FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR
LABORATORY; STANFORD LINEAR ACCELERATOR CENTER; BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY;
LABORATORIES; WIND ENERGY; HYDROGEN; URANIUM
01-S181-7
TESTIMONY NO: 5 Apr. 11, 2000 p. 323-378
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
ITKIN, IVAN
(Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, DOE)
HUNTOON, CAROLYN L. (Assistant Secretary, Office of
Environmental Management, DOE)
BUDGET EXPLANATION: DOE Office of
Civilian Radioactive Waste Management FY2001 request for civilian nuclear waste
disposal programs, including assessment of waste repository at Yucca
Mountain site in Nevada.
DOE Office of
Environmental Management FY2001 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.
CONTENT NOTATION:
DOE environmental mgmt and radioactive waste disposal,
FY2001 approp
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL; RECLAMATION OF LAND; GOVERNMENT
PRIVATIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS; YUCCA
MOUNTAIN, NEV.; NEVADA
LOAD-DATE: January 31,
2002 
