HEARING OF THE SENATE ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE SUBJECT: NOMINATIONS CHAIRED BY: SENATOR MARK UDALL (D-CO) WITNESSES: WILMA A. LEWIS, TO BE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERIOR FOR LAND AND MINERALS MANAGEMENT; RICHARD NEWELL, TO BE ADMINISTRATOR, ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION; ROBERT ABBEY, TO BE DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR LOCATION: 366 DIRKSEN SENATE... (Part 11).
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HEARING OF THE SENATE ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE SUBJECT: NOMINATIONS CHAIRED BY: SENATOR MARK UDALL (D-CO) WITNESSES: WILMA A. LEWIS, TO BE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERIOR FOR LAND AND MINERALS MANAGEMENT; RICHARD NEWELL, TO BE ADMINISTRATOR, ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION; ROBERT ABBEY, TO BE DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR LOCATION: 366 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME: 2:00 P.M. EDT DATE: THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2009(Part 11)
MR. ABBEY: Well, Senator, again, I have not seen that letter, but I will assure you that, if confirmed, and if that decision has not already been made by the Secretary, that I will work with him and any others within the Department to issue you a decision and to work with your office on that.
SEN. WYDEN: Okay. One last one on forestry and, of course, Ms. Lewis, if you want to add anything on forestry as well, you're welcome to do that. Biomass -- we have had a great deal of difficulty getting biomass treated as the extraordinary opportunity it presents for the west. It's an opportunity to create good paying jobs that take this, you know, wood waste and get it to mills, it's merchantable, you know, timber.
It's a clean source of energy. It'll reduce the risk of fire and certainly it's a plus in terms of climate change, and we have been trying to particularly get it treated as a priority for this administration, and it's going to mean we're going to have to have some new policies in order to get it off federal land. And you'll have a chance right now to speak...
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