Link to GPO ACCESS, where published EPW hearings, bills, and reports are available.
Index:
Opening Statements:
Statements by the witness:
Robert W. Perciasepe nominated by the President to be Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency.
Opening Statements:
Statements by Senators and Representatives from the Northwestern States:
Statements by the witnesses:
Daniel D. Roby
Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon
Joseph Cloud
Professor of Zoology
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho
Richard K. Fisher, Jr.
Vice President, Technology
Voith Hydro, Inc.
York, Pennsylvania
Colonel Eric Mogren
Deputy Commander, Northwestern Division
United States Army Corps of Engineers
Portland, Oregon
Danny Consenstein
Columbia Basin Coordinator
National Marine Fisheries Service
Seattle, Washington
Opening Statements:
Statements by the witnesses:
Isadore Rosenthal, nominated by the President to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.
Andrea Kidd Taylor, nominated by the President to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.
William Clifford Smith, nominated by the President to be a Member of the Mississippi River Commission.
Opening Statements:
Statements by the witnesses:
Sen. Alfonse M. D'Amato, New York
Rep. Gerald Solomon, New York
Brian McLean, Director
Acid Rain Division Office of Air and Radiation
Environmental Protection Agency
Edward "Skip" Kropp
Deputy Director, Office of Air Quality
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
Charleston, West Virginia
Bernard Melewski
Counsel and Legislative Director
The Adirondack Council
Albany, New York
William F. Tyndall
Vice President of Environmental Services
Cinergy Corporation
Cincinnati, Ohio
Opening Statements:
Statements by the witnesses:
Mercury Issue:
Opening Statements:
Statements by the witnesses:
Greta Joy Dicus, of Arkansas, nominated by the President to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Jeffrey S. Merrifield, of New Hampshire, nominated by the President to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Opening Statements:
Statements by the witnesses:
Sen. Thad Cochran, Mississippi
Sen. John Breaux, Louisiana
Statement of Sen. Trent Lott, Mississippi
Kevin Adams
Chief, Office of Law Enforcement
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Department of Interior
Doug Inkley
Senior Scientist and Special Assistant to the President
National Wildlife Federation
Vienna, Virginia
Tanya Metaksa
Executive Director, Institute for Legislative Action
National Rifle Association
Fairfax, Virginia
Laura Hood
Director of Science
Defenders of Wildlife
Brent Manning
Director, Illinois Department of Environmental Resources,
on behalf of the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Opening Statements:
Statements by the witnesses:
Robert A. Peck
Commissioner, Public Buildings Service General Services Administration
Washington, DC
Bruce A. Lehman
Commissioner
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Arlington, VA
Michael Kirk
Executive Director
American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association
Arlington, VA
Peter J. Sepp
Vice President for Communications
National Taxpayers Union
Alexandria, VA
David Williams
Research Director
Citizens Against Government Waste
Washington, DC
Johnnie Frazier
Acting Inspector General
U.S. Department of Commerce
Washington, DC
Allan V. Burman
President, Jefferson Solutions
Washington, DC
Samuel R. Collins
Engagement Partner
Deva & Associates, P.C.
Bethesda, MD
Statements submitted for the record:
Sen. John McCain, Arizona
Sen. Orrin Hatch, Utah
Eisenhower Civic Association
International Trademark Association
Opening Statements:
Statements by the witnesses:
Gerry Jackson
Assistant Director for Ecological Services
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Service
Jacqueline Savitz
Executive Director
Coast Alliance
Thomas Z. Hayward, Jr.
President
Terra Cotta Realty, Inc.
Ralph DeGennaro
Executive Director
Taxpayers for Common Sense
Opening Statements:
Statement by the witnesses:
Robert A. Peck
Commissioner, Public Buildings Service
General Services Administration
Washington, D.C.
Judge Norman H. Stahl
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Chairman, Committee on Security and Facilities
Judicial Conference of the United States
Concord, N.H.
A. Peter Burleigh
Acting U.S. Representative to the United Nations
U.S. Mission to the United Nations
New York City, N.Y.
Judge Michael Ponsor
U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
Springfield, MA.
Judge B. Avant Edenfield
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia
Savannah, GA.
Opening Statements:
Statement by the witnesses:
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California
Rep. Brian Bilbray, California
John D. Dunlap III
Chairman, California Air Resources Board
Sacramento, California
Ned Sullivan
Commissioner, Maine Department of Environmental Conservation
Augusta, Maine
Daniel S. Greenbaum
President, Health Effects Institute
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Al Jessel
Senior Fuels Specialist, Chevron Products Company
San Francisco, California
Douglas A. Durante
Executive Director, Clean Fuels Development Coalition
Arlington, Virginia
Additional Statements submitted by:
Sen. Thomas Daschle, South Dakota
Robert W. Gee
Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy and International Affairs
Department of Energy
Margo T. Oge
Director of Office of Mobile Sources
Office of Air and Radiation
Environmental Protection Agency
Opening Statements:
Statement by the witnesses:
Terrence L. Bracy,
Nominated to be Member of the Board of Trustees
of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation
Norine Noonan,
Nominated to be Assistant Adminstrator for Research and Development
Environmental Protection Agency
Opening Statements:
Statement by the witnesses:
Romulo Diaz,
Nominated to be Assistant Administrator for Administration
Environmental Protection Agency
J. Charles Fox,
Nominated to be Assistant Adminstrator for Water
Environmental Protection Agency
Opening Statements:
Statement by witnesses:
Chairman Shirley Ann Jackson
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nils Diaz
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Edward McGaffigan
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Joe F. Colvin
President and CEO
Nuclear Energy Institute
Washington, D.C.
James T. Rhodes
Chairman and CEO
Institute of Nuclear Power Operations
Atlanta, GA
Gary Jones
Associate Director for Energy Resources and Science Issues
U. S. General Accounting Office
Washington, D.C.
David Lochbaum
Nuclear Safety Engineer
Union of Concerned Scientists
Washington, D.C.
Steven M. Fetter
Managing Director
Global Power Group
Fitch IBCA Inc.
New York, NY
Opening Statements:
Statement by witnesses:
James Lee Witt
Director
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Hal Daub
Mayor, Omaha, Nebraska,
on behalf of the National League of Cities
Joseph Myers
Director, Florida Division of Emergency Management
Tallahasse, Florida,
on behalf of the National Emergency Management Association
Albert Ashwood
Director, Oklahoma Department of Civil Emergency Management
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Dan Summers
Director, Department of Emergency Management for New Hanover County,
Wilmington, North Carolina
Opening Statements:
Statement by the witness:
Nikki L. Tinsley,
Opening Statements:
Statements by witnesses:
William Daley,
Secretary of Commerce
Opening Statements:
Statements by witnesses:
S. 263, Bear Protection Act
S. 361, Rhino and Tiger Product Labeling Act
S. 659, Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1997
S. 1970, Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act of 1998
S. 2094, Fish and Wildlife Revenue Enhancement Act of 1998
S. 2244, National Wildlife Refuge System Volunteer and Partnership Enhancement Act of 1998
H.R. 2807, Rhino and Tiger Product Labeling Act
H.R. 3113, Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Reauthorization Act of 1998
Opening Statements by Members of the Committee on Environment and Public Works:
Statements by other Senators::
Statements by the Witnesses:
John Rogers
Deputy Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Washington, DC
Ginette Hemley
Vice President for Species Conservation, World Wildlife Fund
Washington, DC
Wayne Pacelle
Senior Vice President, The Humane Society of the United States
Washington, DC
Kristin Vehrs
Deputy Director, American Zoo and Aquarium Association
Bethesda, MD
Molly Krival
Past President, Ding Darling Wildlife Society
Sanibel, FL
Gary Taylor
Legislative Director, International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Washington, DC
Thomas Crane
Program Manager, Great Lakes Commission
Ann Arbor, MI
Opening Statements by Senators:
Statements by the Witnesses:
Joseph Westphal
Assistant Secretary for Civil Works
U.S. Department of the Army
Kurt J. Nagle
President, American Association of Port Authorities
Alexandria, Virginia
Scott E. Faber
Director of Floodplain Programs
American Rivers
Louisa M. Strayhorn
Councilwoman
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Grover Fugate
Executive Director, Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council
Wakefield, Rhode Island
Kenneth Pringle
Mayor, Borough of Belmar
Belmar, New Jersey
Stephen Higgins
Beach Erosion Administrator
Broward County, Florida
Opening Statements by Senators:
Statements by the Witnesses:
Opening Statements by Senators:
Statements by the Witnesses:
Opening Statements by Senators:
Statements by the Witnesses:
Opening Statements by Senators:
Statements by the Witnesses:
Opening Statements by Senators:
Statements by the Witnesses: