we have the honorable bob abby the director of bureau of land management. tommy boudreau and the honorable james watson, director of the bureau of safety and environmental enforcement. gentlemen, thank you. director boudreau and watson, this is your first hearing before the committee with these two new bureaus created in october of last year so we offer a special welcome to both of you. the subcommittee was fortunate to have the opportunity to discuss many aspects of energy development when secretary salazar appeared before us two weeks ago. i'm especially grateful that we had the opportunity to discuss the potential for offshore wind development to create new manufacturing and assembly jobs and to generate renewable energy in my home state of rhode island and other states. however, as i know that many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle will agree, there's much more to discuss about energy policy which is whooi we've convened this additional hearing today. making sure the right resources and policies are in place is what safe and responsible energy

and in that vein, governor need from wyoming and governor from colorado are working with bob abby, thea template that was developed in wyoming so that we can allow the development to move forward and at the same time have a western state strategy that is protective of the habitat, that is protective of the sage grouse. it seems to me that indeed with all of these issues, that being pro-active as were now doing in southern new mexico and in texas with the dems lizard, working with oil and gas industry to set up conversation programs that will allow oil and gas, that will dash the we will be able to do that with respect to the sage grouse. >> okay spent and utah, and your governor are very involved in it speaks you could potentially be supportive of that, such a plan in utah, especially given the state, you know, primary burden of the regulations in enforcing and implementing and so forth? >> that's a possibility. it is. >> great. next, i want to talk you about about the central project which you mention in your opening remarks. as you know of course in your proposed budget, you propose