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News Releases

November 19, 2008	Energy and Commerce Committee Investigates Adequacy of EPA E-Waste Regulations
Sept. 29, 2008	House Approves Mercury Export Ban Act
Sept. 24, 2008	Government Report Links Factory Farms to Harmful Air Emissions, Water Pollution
July 22, 2008	Energy and Commerce Committee Leaders Challenge Proposed Exemption to PCB Import Ban Read the Letter »
July 15, 2008	Rep. Gene Green Named Chairman of Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee
June 30, 2008	Three DOD Facilities in Direct Violation of EPA Environmental Orders
April 22, 2008	Chairman Dingell Comments on Earth Day
April 10 , 2008	Dingell, Sportsmen Organizations Release Climate Change Report
March 18, 2008	Energy and Commerce Leaders Question EPA on Agriculture Pollution Exemption; Rule Change Would Lift Reporting Requirements for Ammonia, Hydrogen Sulfide
February 4, 2008	Wynn Blasts Bush EPA Cuts
January 31, 2008	Key Lawmakers Seek Probe into Bottled Water, Drinking Water Issues
January 22, 2008	FDA Reports Perchlorate Widespread; Millions of Children at Risk from Exposure Levels
November 8, 2007	Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials Approves HR 1747, the "Safe Drinking Water for Healthy Communities Act of 2007"
October 30, 2007	Committee Approves Mercury Export Ban Act of 2007; Bill prohibits the sale, distribution, and transfer of elemental mercury; creates a long-term storage solution
October 4, 2007	Subcommittee Highlights Deficiencies in EPA Environmental Justice Program; Legislative Remedies Discussed
Aug. 2, 2007	Subcommittee on Environment & Hazardous Materials Approves Mercury Export Ban Act of 2007; Bill prohibits the sale, distribution, and transfer of elemental mercury by Federal agencies
April 24, 2007	Dingell Hails House Passage of Canadian Trash Legislation
March 23, 2007	Committee Urges Acting Inspector General to Halt Premature Closure of Regional Offices read the letter »
February 22, 2007	"GAO Finds Delayed Cleanup of Leaking Underground Storage Tanks Threatens Groundwater and Public Health; $12 Billion in Public Funds Needed for Cleanup"
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Letters

November 19, 2008	Letter to EPA Administrator Johnson regarding the Adequacy of EPA E-Waste Regulations
October 2, 2008	Dingell writes Majority Leader Hoyer regarding a Senate-added provision to H.R. 1424, the "Emergency Economic Stabilization Act that would provide a tax credit for carbon sequestration
July 21, 2008	Letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Johnson regarding Proposed Exemption to PCB Import Ban
June 25, 2008	Letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Johnson regarding Department of Defense Facilities in direct violation of EPA environmental orders Letter to Department of Justice » Letter to Office of Management and Budget » Status of Department of Defense Federal Facility Superfund Sites » Enforcement Order - May 7, 2008 » Enforcement Order - February 4, 2008 » Enforcement Order - November 13, 2008 »
March 18, 2008	Letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding a proposed EPA rule change that would lift emissions reporting requirements for dangerous airborne pollutants that are emitted from the waste of large factory farms or Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO)
January 31, 2008	Letter to GAO Comptroller General Walker in regard to EPA enforcement of the Safe Drinking Water Act
Sept. 13, 2007	Letter to EPA Administrator Johnson in regard to a funding shortfall and the slowdown in construction completions at Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites President Bush's Budget Request for Superfund Program »
July 25, 2007	Letter to U.S. Comptroller General Walker asking the GAO to assist with the Committee's inquiry into the current state of the Superfund Program
April 26, 2007	Letter to EPA Administrator Johnson in regard to the library system at the EPA
April 23, 2007	Letter to EPA Administrator Johnson in regard to the buyout initiative being conducted by Mr. Bill Roderick at the EPA
April 13, 2007	Letter to EPA Administrator Johnson in regard to an inquiry into EPA expenditures for the Performance Track program
March 22, 2007	Letter to EPA Acting Inspector General Roderick in regard to premature closure of regional offices
February 16, 2007	EPA Administrator Johnson about the slowdown of cleanups at highly contaminated Superfund National Priorities List sites
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Statements

Sept. 24, 2008	Chairman Dingell at the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials hearing entitled, “Hazardous Substance Releases and Reporting under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA).”
July 24, 2008	Chairman Dingell at the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials hearing entitled, “Carbon Sequestration: Risks, Opportunities, and Protection of Drinking Water.”
June 12, 2008	Chairman Dingell, Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials Hearing entitled, “H.R. 5533, the Chemical Facilities Act of 2008, and H.R. 5577, the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2008.”
February 28, 2008	Chairman Dingell, Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials "Legislative Hearing on S.742 And Draft Legislation to Ban Asbestos in Products"
November 6, 2007	Chairmen Dingell at the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials Markup on HR 1747, the "Safe Drinking Water for Healthy Communities Act of 2007"
Aug. 2, 2007	Chairman Dingell at the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials Markup on H.R. 1534, Mercury Export Ban Act of 2007
March 20, 2007	Chairman Dingell at the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials markup of H.R. 518 The International Solid Waste Importation and Management Act of 2007
March 8, 2007	Chairman Dingell at the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality Joint hearing entitled "The Environmental Protection Agency Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Request"
February 13, 2007	Chairman Dingell at the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality hearing entitled, "Addressing Climate Change -- Views from Private Sector Panels"
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Dear Colleague Letters

May 2, 2007	"Myth vs. Fact: Animal Feeding Operations, Protection of Drinking Water Supplies & the Superfund Law"
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