04/22/2026 at 02:00PM
The Subcommittee on Environment will hold a hearing on April 22, 2026, at 2:00 pm in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Help or Hindrance? The Impact of U.S. Environmental Laws on Critical Material Supply Chains, National Security, and Economic Growth.”
Witnesses:
- Josh Gubkin, Associate General Counsel, Redwood Materials
- Jane Neal, Senior Vice President, AMG Vanadium
- Chris Lehman, Chief Development Officer, Principal Mineral
- Beia Spiller, Fellow, Transportation Program Director, Resources for the Future
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) provides a national framework for the management of solid waste and hazardous waste, including policies to promote the reduction of waste at the source, recycling, and energy recovery first before treatment and disposal.
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, also known as the Superfund law) provides authority for responding to releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances to the environment, and for the assignment of liability and responsibility for remediating the contamination.
The Clean Air Act (CAA) provides EPA authority to regulate the emissions of certain air pollutants from stationary and mobile sources, including authority to regulate emissions of hazardous air pollutants and other emissions from industrial sources.
The Safe Drinking Water Act is the main federal law regulating drinking water and protecting drinking water sources.