Ill is up rise, either pie. Ill summarize it. I am here to product response to the oil spill and designed with the efforts to deal with the consequences. Before i do this, however, i want to express sincere regret as to what happened on behalf of all the employees of exxon and certainly on behalf of myself i really cant tell you how say we are sympathetic and particularly those in alaska and the Prince William sound area and thats where the difficulty is creating a great deal of problems for those people. As weve by, and we will continue doing all we can can in spilling up the and theyve already been this uponment in the area, and high the skies make it a particularly different problem. A few comments about the spill to put it in perspective and its been changed many times. The spill is 240,000 barrels that occurred early on march 24. We have other factual information. The weather was clear. The ship had no known mechanical difficulty. A change was requested because of ice and the outg
Go nats. Were here today talking about good things, reclation. And im going to keep my comments bereave because i know colleagues have been very engaged in this and a couple of you want to make some opening comments as well. But we have three pieces this morning that were kring, s 1665 which is sim pli fooigs access act. Senator hien lak calls it the sore act. I like the acronym. S1723, the ski area fee retention. We all love skiing. Already. Extraordinary. Cant wait. S1967, the reclation not red tape act from senator widen. This hearing is building off one that we held in march where we focused on improsk access ichb structure and permitting to meet the demand on our federal lands. The proposals that were looking at today i think are a good start in addressing those issues. Senator hien wick and widen have put forward legislation to streamline the systems in place to process permits for our outfitters, guides and nonprofits. Senator gardners bill would help facilitate the private inve
So, we are here to talk about good things, recreation and im going to keep my, to brief because i know colleagues are very engaged in a couple of you want to make opening comments as well but we have three pieces this morning were considering, 1665 which is simple fight Outdoor Access for recreation act, senator heinrich calls at the sort act, i like the acronym there. In 1723, the ski area retention act from senator gardner, we all love skiing. I cant wait. 1967, the recreation. This hearing is building off one that we held in march where we focus in improving access and permitting to meet the increasing demands to provide highquality recreation opportunities on our land. Proposals that were looking at today are a good start in addressing those issues. Senator heinrich, white and have put forward legislation to streamline and simple by the system to process permits for our outfitter guide and nonprofit for those who operate across the spectrum and federal lien. Senator gardner will fa
So, we are here to talk about good things, recreation and im going to keep my, to brief because i know colleagues are very engaged in a couple of you want to make opening comments as well but we have three pieces this morning were considering, 1665 which is simple fight Outdoor Access for recreation act, senator heinrich calls at the sort act, i like the acronym there. In 1723, the ski area retention act from senator gardner, we all love skiing. I cant wait. 1967, the recreation. This hearing is building off one that we held in march where we focus in improving access and permitting to meet the increasing demands to provide highquality recreation opportunities on our land. Proposals that were looking at today are a good start in addressing those issues. Senator heinrich, white and have put forward legislation to streamline and simple by the system to process permits for our outfitter guide and nonprofit for those who operate across the spectrum and federal lien. Senator gardner will fa
Morning, everyone, the committee will come to order. Happy halloween. Happy world series. Everybody stayed up late watching the game. Kind of exciting. Kind of exciting. So we are here to talk about good things, recreation, and im going to keep my comments brief because i know colleagues have been very engaged in this and a couple of you want to make some opening comments as well but we have three pieces this morning that were considering, s1665, which is the simplifying Outdoor Access for recreation act. Senator heinrich calls it the s. O. A. R. Act. I like the acronym there, pretty good. S1723, the ski area fee retention act from senator gardner. We all love skiing, or we love skiing. I cant wait. S1967, the recreation not red tape act from senator wyden. This hearing is building off one that we held in march where we focus in improving access, infrastructure and permitting to meet the increasing demands to provide highquality recreation opportunities on our federal lands. So the pro