The Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, chaired by U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-OH), will hold a hearing next week on the cleanup of brownfields in the United States, the impacts of redeveloping brownfields in U.S. communities, and the status of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s brownfields program.
The hearing, entitled “Helping Revitalize American Communities Through the Brownfields Program," is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 22, 2015 in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building.
Witness List (updated 7/20/15):
Panel I
The Honorable Mathy Stanislaus, Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Panel II
Ms. Cindy Hafner, Chief Legal Counsel, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
The Honorable J. Christian Bollwage, Mayor of the City of Elizabeth, New Jersey
Ms. Kelley C. Race, PG, LSP, Brownfields Program Manager, TRC
Mr. Paul Gruber, on behalf of the National Ground Water Association
Ms. Vernice Miller-Travis, Vice Chair, Maryland Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities; Member, National Environmental Justice Advisory Council to U.S. EPA
More information about the hearing, including testimony, additional background information and live webcast, will be posted here as it becomes available.
Source: House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
