While that amount is virtually unchanged from what was provided last year--so the budget is flat--there are significant funding increases that we should look at in several program areas.

I have always felt that an incremental approach to the legislative approach is a much better way of going.

We believe this is an extremely important public policy matter with many critical questions yet to be answered.

We got those projects funded and that was good.

It will probably be at least 2 years before we would look at something like, say, a 50,000 threshold.

I do intend to follow that.

In Senator Feinstein's home state of California, 24 grants have been funded by the DOD OCRP since the program was created in 1997.

If that is the requirement of the law, that is what we shall do.

I have proposed the Mojave Trails National Monument, and I have endorsed your effort to establish solar study zones.

As far as I know, there is no opposition, which is unusual.

How dare you to see a more difficult permit process than the State of California has anywhere.

$26 million for 2011?

I appreciate that. Thank you. That is my question.

We put in nearly $10 billion for water and sewer projects in fiscal year 2010, including $6 billion through the stimulus.

If you would give me a specific date, I would appreciate it.

So--and I am extrapolating here, and please disabuse me of the notion if it's incorrect--you are essentially saying that this new system offers a much better umbrella of protection.

I am more concerned about a rational policy for protecting treasured landscapes as we move in appropriate ways to take advantage of renewable energy.

Thank you very much. Your work is very much appreciated. Thank you.

Thank you Chairwoman Feinstein, Ranking Member Alexander, and members of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies for the opportunity to provide testimony.

I think it is that, which I think is a very good record. We got those projects funded and that was good.

What percent of emissions do you believe will come under some form of regulation during 2011?

We thank you for this opportunity to present your subcommittee with our views regarding the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) budget request for fiscal year 2011.

I still, to this day, believe that if we move to institute a system affecting the electricity sector first, that it would work well.

Sixty-seven percent of U.S. stationary source emissions come from sources that emit more than 100,000 tons per year of CO2 equivalents.

I think that is right. I think you hit the nail on the head actually.