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EPA Testimony Statements - 113th Congress 1st Session

Congressional Hearings Held Before the House and Senate Committees for 2013

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First Session of the 113th Congress

Agency Witness EPA Program Office Hearing Date Congressional Committee Holding Hearing Subject of Congressional Hearing
Victoria D. Wassmer, Nominee for the Chief Financial Officer 12/17/2013 (PDF) (3 pp, 79K) Senate Environment and Public Works EPA Nomination as the Chief Financial Officer(PDF)(3pp, 79K)
Christopher Grundler Director Office of Transportation and Air Quality Office of Air and Radiation 12/11/2013 (PDF) (10 pp, 79K) Senate Environment and Public Works Overview of the Renewable Fuel Standard Program (PDF)(10pp, 79K)
Janet McCabe
Acting Assistant Administrator
Office of Air and Radiation
11/14/2013 (PDF) (6 pp, 357K) House Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power Hearing on EPA’s Proposed GHG Standards for New Power Plants and Whitfield-Manchin Legislation (PDF)(6pp, 357K)
Jim Jones, Assistant Administrator for Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention 11/13/2013 (PDF) (7 pp, 66K) Senate Environment and Public Works TSCA Reforms(PDF)(7pp,66K)
Michael Shapiro, Principal Deputy Associate Administrator for Water 10/29/2013 (PDF) (10 pp, 79K) House Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Overview on EPA's Regulation of Vessel Discharges under the Clean Water Act (PDF)(11pp, 58K)
Nicholas A. Dipasquale, Director Chesapeake Bay Program Office 09/03/2013 (PDF) (16 pp, 162K) Senate Environment and Public Works, Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife Chesapeake Bay  (PDF)(16pp, 162K)
Jim Jones, Nominee as Assistant Administrator for Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention 07/23/2013 (PDF) (2 pp, 37K) Senate Environment and Public Works EPA Nomination as Assistant Administrator for Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention(PDF)(2pp,37K)
Ken Kopocis, Nominee as Assistant Administrator for Office of Water 7/23/2013 (PDF) (2 pp, 52K) Senate Environment and Public Works EPA Nomination as Assistant Administrator for Office of Water(PDF)(2pp,52K)
Avi S. Garbow, Nominee for General Counsel 7/23/2013 (PDF) (3 pp, 206K) Senate Environment and Public Works EPA Nomination as the General Counsel (PDF)(3pp,206K)
Barry Breen, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response  06/27/2013 (PDF) (7 pp, 50K) Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Oversight of Federal Risk Management and Emergency Planning Programs to Prevent and Address Chemical Threats, Including the Events Leading Up to the Explosions in West, TX and Geismar, LA (PDF)(7 pp, 50K)
John Vandenberg, Division Director in EPA's National Center for Environmental Assessment in the Office of Research and Development  06/12/2013 (PDF) (6 pp, 1MB) House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on the Environment EPA Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and Integrated Science Assessments (ISAs) (PDF)(6 pp, 1MB)
Michael Shapiro, Principal Deputy Associate Administrator for Water 05/22/2013 (PDF) (10 pp, 44K) Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife Nutrient Trading and Water Quality (PDF)(10 pp, 44K)
Nancy K. Stoner, Acting Assistant Administrator 05/22/2013 (PDF) (7 pp, 56K) House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment Fiscal Year 2014 Budget for the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water (PDF)(7 pp, 56K)
Mathy Stanislaus, Assistant Administrator 05/22/2013 (PDF) (7 pp, 58K) House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment Fiscal Year 2014 Budget for the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (PDF)(7 pp, 58K)
Written Testimony from the EPA Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response 05/17/2013 (PDF) (8 pp, 76K) House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment and Economy Proposed Amendments to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act and the Solid Waste Disposal(PDF)(8 pp, 76K)
Bob Perciasepe, Acting Administrator 05/16/2013 (PDF) (4 pp, 177K) House Committee on Energy and Commerce Joint Subcommittees on Energy and Power & Environment and the Economy   Fiscal Year 2014 Budget for the Environmental Protection Agency (PDF)(4 pp, 175K)
Bob Perciasepe, Acting Administrator 05/08/2013 (PDF) (2 pp, 26K) House Committee on Appropriations   Fiscal Year 2014 Budget for the Environmental Protection Agency (PDF) (2 pp, 26K)
Kevin Teichman, Ph.D. Senior Science Advisor Office of Research and Development 04/26/2013 (PDF) (6 pp, 29K) Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Energy and Subcommittee on the Environment Joint Hearing on Review of Federal Hydraulic Fracturing Research  Activities (PDF)(6 pp, 29K)
Bob Perciasepe, Acting Administrator 04/23/2013 (PDF) (4 pp, 30K) Senate Committee on Appropriations  Fiscal Year 2014 Budget for the Environmental Protection Agency (PDF) (4pp, 30K)
Written Testimony from the EPA Office of Air and Radiation 04/12/2013 (PDF) (5 pp, 177K) House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy   Legislative Hearing on the Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013 (PDF)(5pp, 177K)
Mathy Stanislaus, Assistant Administrator 04/11/2013 (PDF) (3 pp, 49K) Subcommittee on Environment and Economy
House Committee on Energy and Commerce United States House of Representatives
Discussion draft of the Coal Ash Recycling and Oversight Act of 2013 (PDF) (3 pp, 49K)
Gina McCarthy Assistant Administrator 04/08/2013 (PDF) (4 pp, 34K) Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Hearing on the Nomination of Gina McCarthy to be Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (PDF) (4 pp, 34K)
Michael Shapiro, Principal Deputy Associate Administrator for Water 03/13/2013 (PDF) (9 pp, 2MB) House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Water Infrastucture Financing (PDF) (9 pp, 2MB)