Wheeling Village Hall – 2 Community Blvd, Wheeling, IL, 60090
Environmental reviews protect communities by studying in advance the
social, environmental, and economic harms that could result from a
construction project. Understanding the potential harms gives the public
and government officials the ability to make informed decision-making
prior to construction and the opportunity to plan for mitigation.
Unfortunately, environmental reviews are skipped for expediency, such as
the Foxconn development in Wisconsin which has the potential to
exacerbate flooding in the Des Plaines River watershed. After severe
flooding in 2017, businesses in Lake County, Illinois utilized
SBA’s disaster loans to rebuild and recover.
With projections of more severe future flooding, the
SBA disaster loan program could face further
unnecessary strain. As Congress considers adapting the program to face
additional challenges related to increasing disasters, it is important
to understand how compliance with required environmental reviews can
ensure the longevity of the SBA disaster
program.
Witnesses
Mike
Warner,
Executive Director, Lake County Stormwater Management Commission,
Libertyville, IL
Howard
Learner,
Executive Director, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Chicago, IL
John
Durning,
Owner, Pizzeria Deville, Libertyville, IL Testimony
Dr. Louis Woo , Special Assistant to the Chairman and
CEO of Foxconn, Fewi Development Corporation
Karen Evans,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and
Emergency Response, U.S. Department of Energy
* Juan
Torres, Co-Chair,
Grid Modernization Lab Consortium and Associate Laboratory Director,
Energy Systems Integration, National Renewable Energy Laboratory *
Kelly
Speakes-Backman,
Chief Executive Officer, Energy Storage Association * Katherine
Hamilton, Chair,
38 North Solutions and Executive Director, Advanced Energy Management
Alliance
On Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. in Hearing Room 1324
Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources is
scheduled to hold a markup and consider the following bills:
H.R.
1373
(Rep. Grijalva), To protect, for current and future generations, the
watershed, ecosystem, and cultural heritage of the Grand Canyon region
in the State of Arizona, and for other purposes. “Grand Canyon
Centennial Protection Act.” Amendments to H.R. 1373 must be drafted to
the amendment in the nature of a substitute, attached to this notice.
H.R.
2181
(Rep. Luján), To provide for the withdrawal and protection of certain
Federal land in the State of New Mexico. “Chaco Cultural Heritage Area
Protection Act of 2019.”
H.R.
3405
(Rep. Grijalva), To direct the Secretary of the Interior to revise the
Final List of Critical Minerals, and for other purposes. “Removing
Uranium from the Critical Minerals List Act.” Amendments to H.R. 3405
must be drafted to the amendment in the nature of a substitute,
attached to this notice.
H.R.
2088,
a bill to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to
reauthorize the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant
Program, and for other purposes, was favorably reported, as amended,
to the House by a voice vote.
H.R.
2119,
a bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize grants
for improving the energy efficiency of public buildings, and for other
purposes, was favorably reported, as amended, to the House by a voice
vote.
Nicolas
Loris,
Deputy Director, Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies and Herbert
and Joyce Morgan Research Fellow, Institute for Economic Freedom, The
Heritage Foundation
J. Alfredo
Gomez, Director,
Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. Government Accountability
Office
Dr. Thomas A.
Burke,
PhD, MPH, Jacob I. and Irene B. Fabrikant
Professor and Chair in Health Risk and Society, Bloomberg School of
Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Deborah
Swackhamer,
Professor Emerita, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of
Minnesota
Cleaning up heavy duty transportation is a critical climate solution and
can help advance climate justice by improving air quality in frontline
communities.
Ryan
Popple
(@rcpopple), President and CEO of Proterra,
Inc. (@Proterra_Inc), a company that manufactures zero-emission
battery-electric buses. Popple is a U.S. Army veteran and previously
worked for Tesla Motors.
Angelo
Logan
(@angeloseanlogan), Campaign Director of the Moving Forward Network
(@The_MFN). Logan is the co-founder of East Yard Communities for
Environmental Justice and has worked with several coalitions focused
on protecting public health and advancing environmental justice.
Michelle
Romero
(@michelledreams2), National Director for Green for All
(@GreenForAll). Romero leads Green for All’s work to create an
inclusive green economy and shift resources from polluters to
communities suffering from pollution.
Tony
Satterthwaite,
President, Distribution Business at Cummins, Inc. (@Cummins). Cummins
is a Fortune 500 engine manufacturing company and its distribution
business employs more than 16,000 people globally.
Dr. Richard B. Alley, Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences and Associate
of the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Pennsylvania State
University
Dr. Robin E. Bell, Lamont Research Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth
Observatory, Columbia University
Dr. Twila A. Moon, Research Scientist, National Snow and Ice Data
Center’s (NSIDC) Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental
Sciences
Dr. Gabriel J. Wolkon, Research Scientist and Manager, Climate and
Cryosphere Hazards Program, Division of Geological & Geophysical
Surveys, Alaska Department of Natural Resources
Dr. W. Tad Pfeffer, Fellow, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research,
University of Colorado Boulde