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Hearing to Focus on Brownfields Program Role in Helping Revitalize Communities

Washington, DC, July 17, 2015 | Justin Harclerode (202) 225-9446
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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. 

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