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“TRIBUTE TO HOWARD ROITMAN” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E838 on May 16, 2006.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
TRIBUTE TO HOWARD ROITMAN
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HON. MARK UDALL
of colorado
in the house of representatives
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Mr. Howard Roitman. On May 12, 2006, Mr. Roitman is leaving the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to assume the position of Deputy Executive Director of the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (ASTSWMO) here in Washington.
Howard Roitman has worked on important environmental issues and programs for the State of Colorado for nearly 20 years. He joined the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment in 1987 to serve as manager of the Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Program. He later served as director of the department's combined remedial action and Superfund oversight programs before becoming director of the Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division. Since January 2003 he has been the department's director of environmental programs.
His service has resulted in a safer, higher quality of life for all Coloradans. He was personally involved or oversaw efforts to cleanup radioactive waste piles, superfund sites, waste disposal facilities and pollution control and materials management at many industries and businesses across the State.
In addition to his service at the Department of Public Health and Environment, he was past president the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials, an organization that supports the environmental agencies of the states and trust territories. He also served as the chair of the Environmental Council of the States compliance committee and as chair of the Council's subcommittee on Long Term Stewardship. In his work on the subcommittee, he was responsible for successful negotiation of a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Departments of Energy, Defense, and Interior. He also is recognized as a national spokesman for states on federal facilities issues. He also is on the faculty of the University of Denver's University College Environmental Policy and Management Program.
Prior to his work with the State of Colorado, he worked for the Solicitor's Office and the Office of Surface Mining for the U.S. Department of Interior's Denver regional office and private consulting work in government regulation, natural resources and environmental protection.
Howard Roitman is now moving on to a nationwide organization where he can share his expertise on environmental protection with other States and the Nation. ASTSWMO focuses on the needs of state hazardous waste programs; non hazardous municipal solid waste and industrial waste programs; recycling, waste minimization and reduction programs; Superfund and State hazardous waste cleanup programs; waste management and cleanup activities at federal facilities, and underground storage tank and leaking underground storage tank programs.
Howard Roitman has also spoken eloquently about the need for State-
based programs and actions to address climate change. He is one of a growing number of State-based regulators who understand this environmental challenge.
Colorado has benefited from Howard Roitman's strong public service commitment and environmental ethic. I ask my colleagues to thank him for this service and to wish him much success at his new post.
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