"Oversight Hearing on Federal Actions to Clean Up Contamination
from Legacy Uranium Mining and Milling Operations"
BACKGROUND: Senator Tom Udall (D-NM), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Children's Health and Environmental Responsibility, will convene a hearing to conduct oversight on the status of existing federal plans and activities to clean up contamination from legacy or Cold War era uranium mining and milling operations.
WHEN: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2011
10:00 AM ET
LOCATION: EPW Hearing Room
406 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC
WEBCAST: Webcast will be available at http://epw.senate.gov starting at
10:00 AM ET
WITNESSES: (Order subject to change)
Panel:
Mr. James Woolford, Director of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Mr. David Geiser, Director, Office of Legacy Management, U.S. Department of Energy
Mr. Michael Weber, Deputy Executive Director, Materials, Waste, Research, State, Tribal, and Compliance Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Just a reminder: If you would like us to save a seat for you, please let your Senate Press Gallery know, and drop Nathan McCray at
U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
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