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Bishop, Fleming, Young and Radewagen Letter to Christy Goldfuss and Eileen Sobeck
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Oct 7, 2015 - TO: Ms. Christy Goldfuss Ms. Eileen Sobeck FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman John Fleming Don Young Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen Dear Ms. Goldfuss and Ms. Sobeck: The House Natural Resources Water, Power and Oceans Subcommittee recently held an oversight hearing on the potential designation of marine national monuments, incl... More

Bishop Letter to the Honorable Sally Jewell and the Honorable Tom Vilsack
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Oct 7, 2015 - TO: The Honorable Sally Jewell The Honorable Tom Vilsack FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman Dear Secretaries Jewell and Vilsack: The Land and Water Conservation Fund Act (LWCF) is over 50 years old and has only been amended a few times in that 50 years. The House Committee on Natural Resources (Committee) is closely examining ... More

Chaffetz, Bishop and Lummis Letter to the Honorable Sally Jewell
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Sep 3, 2015 - TO: The Honorable Sally Jewell FROM: Jason Chaffetz, Chairman Rob Bishop, Chairman Cynthia M. Lummis, Chairman Dear Secretary Jewell: On August 5, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency cause the spill of mine waste from a site in San Juan County, Colorado, into the regional river system. According to media reports,... More

Chaffetz, Bishop and Lummis Letter to the Honorable Gina McCarthy
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Sep 1, 2015 - TO: The Honorable Gina McCarthy FROM: Jason Chaffetz, Chairman Rob Bishop, Chairman Cynthia M. Lummis, Chairman Dear Administrator McCarthy: On August 5, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency cause the spill of mine waste from a site in San Juan County, Colorado, into the regional river system. According to media r... More

Chaffetz, Bishop and Lummis Letter to Dennis Greaney
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Sep 1, 2015 - TO: Mr. Dennis Greaney FROM: Jason Chaffetz, Chairman Rob Bishop, Chairman Cynthia M. Lummis, Chairman Dear Mr. Greaney: An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) spokesman identified your company, Environmental Restoration, LLC, as the contractor "whose work caused a mine spill in Colorado that released an estimated th... More

Chairman Bishop Letter to the Comptroller General of the United States Gene L. Dodaro
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Jul 15, 2015 - TO: The Honorable Gene L. Dodaro FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman Dear Comptroller Dodaro: The National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA") of 1969 and its implementing regulations strongly emphasize interagency cooperation in order to incorporate valuable expertise and streamline the environmental review process. Read the Cha... More

Chairman Bishop Letter to the Managing Director of the Council on Environmental Quality Christy Goldfuss
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Jul 13, 2015 - TO: Ms. Christy Goldfuss FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman Dear Ms. Goldfuss: I write regarding two proposed Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") rules to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants as part of President Obama's Climate Action Plan. These rules will regulate greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions from both ... More

Chaffetz, Bishop, Lummis, McClintock, & Gosar Call on the BLM to Suspend the Merger of Arizona and New Mexico State Offices
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May 18, 2015 - TO: The Honorable Neil Kornze FROM: Jason Chaffetz, Chairman Rob Bishop, Chairman Cynthia M. Lummis, Chairman Tom McClintock, Chairman Paul Gosar, Member Dear Mr. Kornze: According to media reports, you are considering merging the New Mexico and Arizona Bureau of Land Management (BLM) state offices in an attempt to boo... More

Chairman Rob Bishop Letter to Neil Kornze Director of the Bureau of Land Management
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May 1, 2015 - TO: Neil Kornze FROM: The Honorable Rob Bishop, Chairman Dear Director Kornze, The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations ("Subcommittee") recently learned that a number of reclamation bonds for renewable energy projects on federal lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management's ("BLM") Rawlins Field Office were... More

Deferred Maintenance of Federal Land Management Agencies: FY2005-FY2014 Estimates
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Apr 21, 2015 - Congressional Research Service BY: Carol Hardy Vincent, Specialist in Natural Resources Policy DATE: April 21, 2015 Each of the four major federal land management agencies maintains tens of thousands of diverse assets, including roads, bridges, buildings, and water management structures. These agencies are the Bureau o... More

Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service Dan Ashe Letter to Chairman Bishop Regarding the Clean Air Act and Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act
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Apr 20, 2015 - TO: The Honorable Rob Bishop, Chairman FROM: Dan Ashe, Director Dear Chairman Bishop, Thank you for your letter of April 2, 2015, regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) recent proposals of two rules implementing the Clean Air Act. As discussed at the March 19,20 15, joint hearing before the Subcommittees... More

Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Joseph G. Pizarchik Letter to Subcommittee Chairman Gohmert Regarding the Stream Protection Rule
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Apr 17, 2015 - TO: The Honorable Louie Gohmert FROM: Joseph G. Pizarchik, Director Dear Mr. Chairman, Thank you for your letter dated April 2, 2015, cosigned by Representatives, Bishop, Lamborn, and Mooney, regarding state cooperating agency involvement in providing input on the preparation of the Stream Protection Rule (SPR) Draft E... More

Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Joseph G. Pizarchik Letter to Chairman Bishop Regarding the Stream Protection Rule
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Apr 17, 2015 - TO: The Honorable Rob Bishop FROM: Joseph G. Pizarchik, Director Dear Mr. Chairman, Thank you for your letter dated April 2, 2015, cosigned by Representatives, Gohmert, Lamborn,and Mooney, regarding state cooperating agency involvement in providing input on the preparation of the Stream Protection Rule (SPR) Draft Envi... More

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Safety, Resources Protection, and Emergency Services Kim Thorsen Letter to Subcommittee Chairman Gohmert
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Apr 14, 2015 - TO: The Honorable Louie Gohmert FROM: Kim Thorsen, Deputy Assistant Secretary Thank you for your letter of March 27, 2015 requesting information about Department of Homeland Security (DHS) access to Department of the Interior (DOI) lands in the four southwestern states bordering Mexico. The Secretary has asked that I p... More

Chairman Bishop Letter to Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Joseph Pizarchik Regarding the New Stream Protection Rule
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Apr 2, 2015 - TO: The Honorable Joseph Pizarchik FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman Dear Director Pizarchik: On February 23, 2015, eleven state agencies that had previously entered into a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement ("OSM") concerning the development of an environmental i... More

Chairman Bishop Letter to Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service Dan Ashe Regarding the EPA Clean Air Act Rules Affecting Species Habitat
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Apr 2, 2015 - TO: The Honorable Dan Ashe FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman Dear Director Ashe: At the joint hearing before the Subcommittees on Water, Power, and Oceans and Federal Lands held on March 19,2015, you confirmed that the Fish and Wildlife Service ("FWS") has not consulted with the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") on whet... More

Chairman Bishop Letter to Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service Dan Ashe Follow-up Letter regarding the Northern Long-Eared Bat
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Mar 30, 2015 - TO: The Honorable Dan Ashe FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman Dear Director Ashe: On March 4. 2015, I sent you a letter requesting certain information regarding the proposed listing of the Northern Long-Eared Bat ("NLEB"). Specifically, the letter requested that you provide, among other things, "data, population models, or any... More

Chairman Bishop Letter to Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson Regarding Border Security
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Mar 27, 2015 - TO: The Honorable Jeh Johnson FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman Dear Secretary Johnson, The Department of the Interior ("DOI") manages millions of acres on our Southern border under a variety of restrictive law and regulations. The Committee on Natural Resources ("Committee") has continually expressed concerns that the result... More

Chairman Bishop Letter to Secretary of the Department of the Interior Sally Jewell Regarding Border Security
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Mar 27, 2015 - TO: The Honorable Sally Jewell FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman Dear Secretary Jewell, The Department of the Interior ("DOI") manages millions of acres on our Southern border under a variety of restrictive laws and regulations. The Committee on Natural Resources ("Committee") has continually expressed concerns that the resul... More

Chairman Bishop Letter to Secretary of the Department of the Interior Sally Jewell for Cooperation in Evaluating the Procedures Used for Acknowledging Tribal Status
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Mar 26, 2015 - TO: The Honorable Sally Jewell FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman Dear Madam Secretary: We are writing to request your cooperation in evaluating the procedures used for acknowledging tribal status and the impacts of modifying the regulations governing such determinations. The Department of the Interior has published proposed r... More

Chairman Bishop Letter to Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service Dan Ashe Regarding Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act
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Mar 17, 2015 - TO: The Honorable Dan Ashe FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman Dear Director Ashe, In order to facilitate a more productive discussion at the March 19th joint budget hearing before the Subcommittees on Federal Lands and Water, Power, and Oceans, it is requested that you be prepared to answer the following questions: Read the Ch... More

Chairman Bishop Letter to Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service Regarding the Upcoming Listing Determination for the Norther Long-Eared Bat
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Mar 16, 2015 - TO: The Honorable Dan Ashe FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman Dear Director Ashe: Earlier this month, numerous members of the U,S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives wrote to you regarding the upcoming listing determination for the northern long-eared bat (NLEB), the related 4(d) proposal, and broader efforts to addr... More

Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service Dan Ashe Letter to Chairman Bishop Regarding the Final Listing Decision of the Northern Long-Eared Bat
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Mar 16, 2015 - TO: Rob Bishop, Chairman FROM: Dan Ashe, Director Dear Representative Bishop, Thank you for your letter of March 4, 2015, also co-signed by several of your colleagues, regarding the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (Service) proposed 4(d) rule, which will accompany our final listing decision if we decide to list the no... More

Chairman Bishop Letter to Chief of the U.S. Forest Service Tom Tidwell Concerning the Proposed Directive on Groundwater Resource Management
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Mar 12, 2015 - TO: Mr. Tom Tidwell FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman Dear Chief Tidwell As you know, bipartisan concern exists over the U.S. Forest Service's (Forest Service) Proposed Directive on Groundwater Resource Management (Groundwater Directive). To date, there are many unanswered questions and growing issues on this far-reaching pro... More

Chairman Bishop Letter to Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service Dan Ashe Concerning the Potential Listing of the Northern Long-Eared Bat
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Mar 4, 2015 - TO: The Honorable Dan Ashe FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman Dear Director Ashe: We write to express our concerns regarding the potential listing of the northern long-eared bat (NLEB), as well as the proposed 4(d) rule that would accompany such a listing. We also write to ensure that any efforts to protect the NLEB do not cau... More

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