House hearings on ARRA infrastructure spending announced

Bureau of Reclamation and United States Geological Survey
What: Discussion of $1 billion distributed by the Department of the Interior for shovel-ready water projects, including project oversight.
Where: House Water and Power Subcommittee (1324 Longworth)
When: Tuesday, April 28, 10 a.m.
Witnesses: Bill McDonald, acting commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation; Matthew Larsen, associate director for water, USGS; Ron His Horse Is Thunder, chairman, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Great Plains Tribal Chairman's Association; Dan Keppen, executive director, Family Farm Alliance; Rich Atwater, CEO and general manager, Inland Empire Utilities Agency, president WaterReuse Association; and Mike McDowell, general manager, Heartland Consumers Power District

Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Transportation
What: Project report on how DOT is spending $48 billion of stimulus funding and how EPA is spending $6 billion.
Where: House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (2167 Rayburn)
When: Wednesday, April 29, 11 a.m.
Witnesses: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson

White House Office of Management and Budget
What: Discussion of how OBM reviews federal regulations, particularly its role in the scientific regulatory process.
Where: House Science and Technology Subcommittee (2318 Rayburn)
When: Thursday, April 30, 10 a.m.
Witnesses: Rick Melberth, director of Federal Regulatory Policy for OMB Watch; Rena Steinzor, professor at the University of Maryland Law School; and Caroline Smith DeWaal at the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Other witnesses TBA.