How Should the Federal Government Address the Health and Environmental Risks of Coal Combustion Waste?

House Natural Resources Committee
   Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee
1334 Longworth

10/06/2008 at 10:00AM

In light of recent reports by the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Research Council on the problems associated with the disposal of coal combustion waste, the Subcommittee will examine the appropriate role of the federal government in assuring the safe disposal of coal combustion waste.

Witnesses

Panel 1

  • Prof. Mark Squillace, Director, Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado School of Law
  • Shari Wilson, Secretary of the Environment, State of Maryland
  • David Goss, Executive Director, American Coal Ash Association

Panel 2

  • Charles Norris, Consultant, GeoHydro, Inc.
  • Dr. Thomas Burke, Director, Risk Sciences and Public Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Lisa Evans, Project Attorney, Earthjustice
  • Norman Harvey, Community Activist, Maryland