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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5 color="#0000cc"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#0000CC;font-weight:
bold'>Congressman George Miller, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>'s
7<sup>th</sup> District</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Miller: Congressional Hearing on Bay-Delta Crisis July 2</span></font></b>
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<p><st1:State w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>WASHINGTON</span></font></st1:State> -- A
congressional panel will travel to <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>
next month to investigate the causes of the Bay-Delta ecosystem collapse,
Congressman George Miller (D-Martinez) announced Monday. Miller and
several of his Bay Area colleagues requested the hearing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
hearing will focus on the disappearing native fish populations of the Bay-Delta
and the responsibility of federal agencies to prevent species extinction and
properly manage <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>'s
water for homes, businesses, and farms. The hearing will be conducted by the
House Natural Resources Committee's Water and Power Subcommittee, led by
Chairwoman Grace Napolitano (D-Norwalk). It will be held in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Vallejo</st1:place></st1:City> on July 2. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>"We
have an emergency on our hands," said Miller, a long-time champion of
Bay-Delta fish and wildlife issues and Congress' leading expert on <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State> water
issues. "<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>'s
economy and its environment need a water policy that is not predicated on
sacrificing the Delta. Right now state and federal agencies are lurching from
crisis to crisis and failing to adapt to old problems and new challenges alike.
This hearing will be an important step in establishing a more sustainable
course before the whole system is taken over by the courts, to the detriment of
both our economy and our environment."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><st1:State w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>California</span></font></st1:State>'s two main fresh
water systems, one operated by state Department of Water Resources and the
other the federal Bureau of Reclamation, supply water to homes, farms, and
commercial and industrial entities throughout <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>. They were both temporarily
shut down recently in response to the Delta fisheries' collapse and court
rulings that federal and state agencies have violated endangered species law.
The recent court actions, coupled with new scientific reports, have drawn
increased attention to the decline of the native fish populations of the Sacramento-San
Joaquin Delta, especially the threatened delta smelt, which scientists say is
in increasing peril. The pumps have since restarted at lower levels than
usual and with no certainty as to how long they will remain on.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On June
8, Miller <a
href="http://www.house.gov/georgemiller/pdfs/bay-delta_letter6-8-07.pdf">led a
congressional request</a> for the hearing. Miller was joined by five other
Bay-Delta area Members of Congress - Reps. Tauscher, Honda, Thompson, Woolsey,
and Lantos - asking that the subcommittee examine the science of the failing
estuary and determine how the federal and state agencies are responding to the
crisis. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>WHAT: <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and
Power Hearing on "Extinction is not a Sustainable Water Policy: The
Bay-Delta crisis and the implications for <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State> water management" </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>WHEN: Monday,
July 2, 2007 <br>
9:00 a.m., PST <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>WHERE:
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Vallejo</st1:place></st1:City> City
Council Chambers <br>
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street
w:st="on">555 Santa Clara Street</st1:Street> <br>
<st1:City w:st="on">Vallejo</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">94590</st1:PostalCode></st1:address>
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