Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Full Committee Hearing to Receive Testimony on the Potential for Oil and Gas Exploration in the 1002 Area
366 Dirksen Senate Office Building 09:30 AM
The full committee hearing will be held on Thursday, November 2, 2017, at 9:30 a.m. EDT in Room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the potential for oil and gas exploration and development in the non-wilderness portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, known as the “1002 Area” or Coastal Plain, to raise sufficient revenue pursuant to the Senate reconciliation instructions included in H. Con. Res. 71.
Witness Panel 1
The Honorable Don Young
United States Congressman
The Honorable Bill Walker
Governor
State of Alaska
The Honorable Dan Sullivan
United States Senator
Witness Panel 2
The Honorable Byron Mallott
Lieutenant Governor
State of Alaska
Mr. Greg Sheehan
Principal Deputy Director, Fish & Wildlife Service
U.S. Department of the Interior
Mr. Samuel Alexander
Tribal Member
Gwichyaa Zhee Gwich’in Tribal Government
Mr. Matthew Rexford
Tribal Administrator
Native Village of Kaktovik
Mr. Aaron Schutt
President and CEO
Doyon, Ltd.
Ms. Lois Epstein PE
Arctic Program Director
The Wilderness Society
Mr. Richard Glenn
Executive Vice President, Land & Natural Resources
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation
Mr. Pat Pourchot
Former Special Assistant to the Secretary
of the Interior for Alaska Affairs, Anchorage
Dr. Matthew Cronin
Biologist and Former Research Professor
Animal Genetics, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Committee Notice:
https://www.energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings-and-business-meetings?ID=97CD66D2-BD9D-49AD-87EB-DE4C68A888DF
