Week of May 29

No business
Memorial Day district work period

San Francisco Chronicle
House Votes Major Changes to Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Act
Implementation of the 1973 ESA

ANWR Energy Exploration:
Putting it in Perspective

Dow Jones:
Lawmaker Eyes Energy Bill To Halt CNOOC-Unocal

AGENDA

Oversight Hearing on
Developing Biomass Potential: Turning Hazardous Fuels into Valuable Products

WITNESSES

Rep. Greg Walden's Opening Statement

PANEL I

Chris Risbrudt
Director, Forests Products Laboratory
USDA, Forest Service

PANEL II

Bill Carlson
Vice President for Business Development, Wheelabrator Technology
Chairman, USA Biomass Power Producers Alliance

Todd S. Brinkmeyer
President
Plummer Forest Products

Dr. David C. Tilotta
Department of Wood & Paper Science
North Carolina State University

Dr. Peter Johnston
Manager for Technology Development
Arizona Public Service

PANEL III

Masood Akhtar
President
Center for Technology Transfer

Tom Coston (Emissions Attachment)
Fuels for Schools Coordinator
Bitterroot Resource Conservation and Development Area

Lynn Jungwirth
Executive Director
Watershed Research & Training Center

Jason Drew
Director for Nevada/Tahoe Conservation District
National Association of Conservation Districts