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<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><span class=apple-style-span><b><font size=5 color="#0011cc"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#0011CC;font-weight:
bold'>NEWS</span></font></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span class=apple-style-span><b><font
size=4 color="#0011cc" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
color:#0011CC;font-weight:bold'>Congressman George Miller, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>'s 7</span></font></b></span><span
class=apple-style-span><b><font size=1 color="#0011cc"><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;color:#0011CC;font-weight:bold'>th</span></font></b></span><span
class=apple-style-span><b><font size=4 color="#0011cc"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;color:#0011CC;font-weight:bold'> District</span></font></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:right'><span class=apple-style-span><b><font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-weight:bold'>Monday,
May 21, 2007</span></font></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:right'><span class=apple-style-span><b><font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-weight:bold'>Danny
Weiss, 202-225-2095</span></font></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span class=apple-style-span><b><font
size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:bold'>Miller
and Rahall Launch Inquiry into New Conflict</span></font></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span class=apple-style-span><b><font
size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:bold'>of
Interest at Interior Department</span></font></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span class=apple-style-span><b><font
size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:bold'>Senior
lawmakers press Bush Administration on</span></font></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span class=apple-style-span><b><font
size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:bold'>manipulation
of science in a <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State></span></font></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span class=apple-style-span><b><font
size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:bold'>endangered
species decision</span></font></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>WASHINGTON, DC - Two senior House Democrats launched an inquiry today
into reports that a Bush Administration political appointee may have improperly
removed a California fish from a list of threatened species in order to protect
her own financial interests.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>According to an investigative report published Sunday by the <a
href="http://www.contracostatimes.com/search/ci_5942663"
title="blocked::http://www.contracostatimes.com/search/ci_5942663"><font
color="#0016ff"
title="blocked::http://www.contracostatimes.com/search/ci_5942663"><span
style='color:#0016FF'>Contra Costa Times</span></font></a>, Julie MacDonald,
who resigned this month as Interior Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Fish, Wildlife and Parks, was actively involved in removing the Sacramento
Splittail fish from the federal threatened and endangered species list at the
same time that she was profiting from her ownership of an 80-acre farm in
Dixon, CA that lies within the habitat area of the threatened fish.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>MacDonald's financial disclosure statement shows that she earns as much
as $1 million per year from her ownership of the 80-acre active farm. Federal
law bars federal employees from participating in decisions on matters in which
they have a personal financial interest.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The Sacramento Splittail, a small fish found only in <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State>'s
<st1:place w:st="on">Central Valley</st1:place>, depends on floodplain habitat
and has been described by the Fish and Wildlife Service as facing
"potential threats from habitat loss."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Today, Rep. George Miller (D-CA) and Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV), chairman
of the Natural Resources Committee, wrote to Interior Secretary Kempthorne
requesting a full accounting of MacDonald's role in the Sacramento Splittail
decision, an explanation of her apparent conflict of interest, and a thorough
review of the science underlying the decision to remove the Sacramento
Splittail from the threatened species list.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><br>
"It looks like another Bush Administration official was protecting her own
bottom line instead of protecting the public interest," said Miller, a
senior member and former chairman of the Natural Resources Committee and a
long-time proponent of the Endangered Species Act and Bay-Delta fish and
wildlife issues. "We are going to fully investigate this matter and
determine whether public policy was improperly altered because of personal
conflicts of interest.<br>
<br>
"This news raises serious questions about the integrity of the Interior
Department and its policy decisions," Miller added. "The
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta has enough problems without political appointees
at scientific agencies cooking the books. Who thought it was acceptable for a
Deputy Assistant Secretary to change a major policy decision to exempt her own
million-dollar enterprise from the Endangered Species Act even though federal
law prohibits such conflicts?"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Rahall, who has served on the Natural Resources Committee since 1976
and became its chairman in January, called on the Department to fully explain
what happened. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>"Time and again, this Administration has demonstrated a complete
disregard for scientists and their work," Rahall said. "Political
appointees at the Interior Department have been allowed to overrule biologists
and to work more closely with special interests than with their own staff. The
Interior Department must explain its deputy assistant secretary's actions in
this very troubling case, which is apparently the latest in a long line of
efforts to undercut species recovery."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><br>
The letter from Miller and Rahall comes just two weeks after <a
href="http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/hearings/hearingdetail.aspx?NewsID=71"
title="blocked::http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/hearings/hearingdetail.aspx?NewsID=71"><font
color="#0016ff"
title="blocked::http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/hearings/hearingdetail.aspx?NewsID=71"><span
style='color:#0016FF'>a May 9 Committee hearing</span></font></a> at which
Deputy Interior Secretary Lynn Scarlett was questioned about recent
controversies in the implementation of the Endangered Species Act. Her prepared
testimony did not mention a report by the Department's Inspector General on an
investigation into MacDonald, nor did her testimony indicate awareness of the
serious consequences of MacDonald's actions. In the course of the hearing,
Scarlett affirmed that "where there is scientific manipulation, we want to
correct that," but no specifics were provided.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>MacDonald resigned from the Interior Department just one week before
Scarlett testified.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The Endangered Species Act established a policy of protecting and
recovering species in decline and their habitats. Fish, wildlife, and plants
listed as "endangered" are in danger of extinction and the federal
government is required to take action to recover them. Species are listed as
"threatened" if it is determined that they may soon become
endangered. Other threatened species in the Bay-Delta region include the green
sturgeon and the delta smelt.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The full text of the letter to The Hon. Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of
the Interior, is below.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>May 21, 2007<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The Honorable Dirk Kempthorne <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Secretary <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Department of the Interior <br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">1849 C Street, N.W.</st1:address></st1:Street>
<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">DC</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">20240</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Dear Secretary Kempthorne: <br>
We are writing to reiterate the request we made at the House Natural Resources
Committee's hearing on May 9, 2007, and subsequently in writing by Chairman
Nick J. Rahall, II, for a complete accounting of how the Department of the
Interior is responding to the Inspector General's investigation of Julie
MacDonald. Yesterday's newspaper report in the<span class=apple-style-span>
Contra Costa Times</span> on Julie MacDonald and her role in the decision to
remove the Sacramento Splittail from the list of threatened species demands an
immediate response from the Department. This new information adds very serious
charges to her record.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The<span class=apple-style-span> </span>Contra Costa Times reports
("Decision on splittail raises suspicions") that the Fish and
Wildlife Service, at MacDonald's direction, may have improperly ignored
scientific evidence when deciding to eliminate the Sacramento Splittail's
threatened species designation, and that MacDonald, a non-scientist, was
heavily involved in the decision. By statute, as you know, listing and
de-listing decisions can only be made on the basis of the best scientific and
commercial data available.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>More egregious still, the article demonstrates that MacDonald was
profiting significantly from agricultural property in Sacramento Splittail
habitat. It is our understanding that this is the first and only time that a
fish species has been removed from the list of threatened species for reasons
other than extinction. It is unacceptable that such an unprecedented policy
decision may have been made because a Deputy Assistant Secretary had a direct
and substantial personal financial interest.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>In light of this highly troubling new report, please provide us with a
full accounting of former Deputy Assistant Secretary MacDonald's role from
2002-2004 in the Sacramento Splittail decision, including but not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Details of her
contacts with staff in the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>
and Nevada Operations Office and elsewhere within the Department
regarding the Sacramento Splittail; <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A complete
accounting of the changes made by Julie MacDonald, and others, to the
Sacramento Splittail listing documents after they were sent to
Washington; and <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Communications
regarding the Sacramento Splittail, if any, between MacDonald and
interests outside the Department, including the San Luis &
Delta-Mendota Water Authority, the State Water Contractors, or the
California Farm Bureau.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ol>
</ul>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>In addition, please provide us with a full account of former Deputy
Assistant Secretary MacDonald's apparent conflict of interest, including but
not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Details of her participation
in decisions affecting the management of fish and wildlife species in the
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta region, especially those on or near her
property; <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A description of
Interior Department decisions, if any, from which she recused herself based
on a conflict of interest, or the appearance of a conflict; <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A list of officials
at the Department who were aware that she continued to own and profit
from agricultural property in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>
while serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary; and <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>All advice or
ethics opinions provided to her by the Department regarding these
matters.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ol>
</ul>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>In order to determine the Interior Department's role in overseeing
MacDonald's activities, please provide a description of all formal or informal
action taken by the Department in response to her 2004 decision to leak
documents to the California Farm Bureau's lobbyist in an apparent attempt to
undermine a scientific decision regarding the threatened Delta smelt.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Finally, in order to address the significant policy implications of MacDonald's
actions, we request that you direct the Fish and Wildlife Service to
re-evaluate whether its decision to de-list the Sacramento Splittail was based
solely upon the best available scientific and commercial data, as required by
law, and to report these findings to the Congress. In addition, please provide
us with the results of each of the three statistical methods employed by the
Fish and Wildlife Service to determine the health of the Sacramento Splittail's
population. Endangered species decisions must be based on accurate and reliable
scientific analysis, not the conflict of interest of a senior departmental
official. This is especially true for significant and sensitive decisions such
as this one, which could affect the management of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>'s Bay-Delta and water operations.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>We appreciate your prompt attention to our request. Please contact Ben
Miller with Rep. George Miller's staff at (202) 225-2095, or Lori Sonken with
the Natural Resources Committee staff at (202) 225-6065, with any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;
margin-left:0in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>_______________________ _______________________ <br>
GEORGE MILLER NICK J. RAHALL, II <br>
Member of Congress Chairman, Committee on Natural Resources<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Byron Leydecker</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Friends of <st1:place w:st="on">Trinity
River</st1:place>, Chair</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:gray'>PO Box</span></font></i></em></st1:Street><em><i><font
color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:gray'> 2327</span></font></i></em></st1:address><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
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<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">94942-2327</st1:PostalCode></span></font></i></em></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>415 383 4810 </span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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