Promoting Economic and Community Redevelopment and Environmental Justice in the Revitalization and Reuse of Contaminated Properties

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
   Water Resources and the Environment Subcommittee
2167 Rayburn

08/12/2021 at 10:00AM

During this hearing, the subcommittee will receive testimony on federal, state, and local efforts to address the nation’s brownfields and other contaminated properties, and how the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act accelerates those efforts.

Witnesses

  • Lucy Vinis, Mayor, Eugene, OR
  • Michael Goldstein, Chairman, Public Policy, Redevelopment Incentives, and Regulatory Partnerships Committee, National Brownfields Coalition
  • Susan Bodine, Partner, Earth & Water Law
  • Dr. Sacoby Wilson, Associate Professor & Director, Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice & Health, Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, School of Public Health University of Maryland
  • Jerome Shabazz, Executive Director, Overbrook Environmental Education Center, Philadelphia
  • mark! Lopez, East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, Commerce, Calif.