SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS BACKGROUND 128 BAIRD 34 65 66 67 BARCIA 25 57 60 BEN WU 5 BRANDT 46 56 58 60 66 71 CAMERON WILSON 5 CARLTON 39 55 60 62 63 64 65 70 EHLERS 20 28 30 32 33 34 39 42 45 49 53 55 56 57 60 61 65 68 72 ERIC WEBSTER 5 EVANS 35 GILCHREST 61 63 64 GUTKNECHT 68 69 HOEKSTRA 29 30 32 JOHN MIMIKAKIS 5 MARTY RALSTON 5 MARY DERR 5 MIKE QUEAR 5 SHORT 55 69 SMITH 49 56 67 68 72 SPECIFIC RESEARCH NEEDS RELATED TO SHIP BALLAST 130 WILLIAMS 42 54 64 66 70 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS STATEMENT OF HON. PETER HOEKSTRA, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF MICHIGAN PAGE 29 STATEMENT OF DR. DAVID EVANS, ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR, OFFICE OF OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; CO-CHAIR OF THE AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES TASK FORCE PAGE 35 STATEMENT OF DR. JAMES T. CARLTON, PROFESSOR OF MARINE SCIENCES, WILLIAMS COLLEGE, WILLIAMSTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS; DIRECTOR, THE MARITIME STUDIES PROGRAM OF WILLIAMS COLLEGE AND MYSTIC SEAPORT PAGE 39 STATEMENT OF MS. LORI WILLIAMS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES COUNCIL PAGE 42 STATEMENT OF DR. STEPHEN B. BRANDT, DIRECTOR, GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY PAGE 45 STATEMENT OF MR. SCOTT SMITH, WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE, AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES COORDINATOR, WESTERN REGIONAL PANEL DIRECTOR OF THE AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES TASK FORCE PAGE 49 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING