Sean O’Donnell, Inspector General & Acting Inspector General,
Environmental Protection Agency & U.S. Department of Defense
Michael J. Roark, Deputy Inspector General for Evaluations, U.S.
Department of Defense
Richard G. Kidd, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy
Resilience, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Sustainment, U.S.
Department of Defense
Laura Macaluso, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Force Safety and
Occupational Health, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Readiness,
U.S. Department of Defense
Panel II
Anthony M. Spaniola, Co-Chair, Great Lakes
PFAS Action Network
Andrea Amico, Co-Founder, Testing for Peace
Mark Johnson, Deputy Director for Business and Regulatory Affairs,
Environmental Protection Agency, State of Ohio
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
This
hearing
will examine various perspectives on emerging contaminants, so-called
forever chemicals, and their impacts on public health and water quality.
Specifically, the subcommittee will look at the growing concern in
surface waters, their effects or potential effects on human and aquatic
ecosystems, and the Clean Water Act’s framework for addressing
contaminants in surface waters.
Witnesses:
Dr. Elizabeth Southerland, Former Director of Science and Technology
U.S. EPA Office of Water
Chris Kennedy, Town Manager, Town of Pittsboro, North Carolina
Dr. Elise Granek, Associate Professor, Environmental Science and
Management Department, Portland State University
Charles Moore, Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research
Katie Huffling, Executive Director, Alliance of Nurses for a Healthy
Environment
Dr. James Pletl, Director, Water Quality, Hampton Roads Sanitation
District, Virginia Beach, VA
Any Member wishing to offer an amendment must submit a searchable
electronic copy of the amendment, which should be provided by the Office
of Legislative Counsel, via the Rules Committee’s website by 10:00 a.m.
on Thursday, July 15, 2021.
Members should draft their amendments to the text of Rules Committee
Print 117-10, which contains the text of H.R. 2467, as ordered reported
by the Committee on Energy and Commerce and is available on the Rules
Committee website.