State
Energy and Low-Income Energy Programs –
Briefing
A
Capitol Hill briefing on Tuesday, February 13, will focus on energy
efficiency, renewable energy, and low-income energy activities by
the states. State
officials will describe innovative local approaches, as well as review the
administration's fiscal 2008 budget
proposal. Federally-funded programs to be
discussed will include the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
(LIHEAP), State Energy Program (SEP), and Low-Income
Weatherization Assistance Program. The February 13 briefing will run
from 3:00
pm
until 4:30
pm
in 428 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact: Ari Strauss with the
Northeast-Midwest Senate Coalition
(202/224-0606).
Chesapeake
Bay Task Force –
Meeting
The Chesapeake Bay
Watershed Task Force co-chairs – Reps. Chris Van Hollen
(D-MD), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Tom
Davis (R-VA) – are convening the first meeting of the Task
Force in the 110th Congress. The Northeast-Midwest
Institute will sponsor the breakfast meeting, which will begin at
8:30
a.m. on
Friday, February 16, in 2325
Rayburn
House
Office
Building. State and
private groups, as well as the administration, will discuss the
state of the Bay and progress of the clean up. Task Force members also will
discuss legislative and appropriations strategies for the upcoming
session of Congress.
Contact: Peter Marx with the
Northeast-Midwest Institute (202/464-4008).
Great
Lakes Provisions in Water Resources Development Act --
Letter
The House and Senate
Great Lakes Task Forces are circulating letters that seek several
legislative provisions within WRDA for the Army Corps of Engineers.
Principal among the requests is authorization for the
dispersal barrier in the Chicago Ship and
Sanitary
Canal. Additional
requests include reauthorizing the Remedial Action Plan and Sediment
Remediation Program; allowing in-kind contributions for the Great
Lakes Fishery & Ecosystem Restoration program and the John Glenn
Basin Program; and authorizing a study on erosion in the St. Clair
River. The signature deadline is February 26. Contact: Joy Mulinex with the
Great Lakes
Task
Forces
(202/224-1211).
