Subcommittee Hearing: Subcommittee on Water and Power Legislative Hearing

Date: Friday, September 19, 2014 Time: 10:00 AM

WHAT: Subcommittee on Water and Power Legislative Hearing on:

  • H.R. 4924 (Gosar), To direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Water Rights Settlement Agreement and the Hualapai Tribe Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Agreement, to provide for the lease of certain land located within Planet Ranch on the Bill Williams River in the State of Arizona to benefit the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program, and to provide for the settlement of specific water rights claims in the Bill Williams River watershed in the State of Arizona. “Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Act of 2014”

WHERE: 1324 Longworth House Office Building, US Capitol Complex, Washington DC
WHEN: 10:00AM, Friday, September 19, 2014

WITNESSES:

The Honorable Marietta J. Pagilawa
Council Member
Hualapai Tribe
Peach Springs, Arizona

Mr. Francis McAllister
Vice President of Land & Water
Freeport Minerals Corporation
Phoenix, Arizona

Mr. Thomas Buschatzke
Assistant Director
Arizona Department of Water Resources
Phoenix, Arizona

The Honorable Michael Black
Director
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Department of the Interior
Washington, DC