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The Subcommittee on Environment of the United States House Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled a hearing addressing the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act or Superfund program.

The hearing is entitled:

Modernizing the Superfund Cleanup Program

The Subcommittee hearing notice references the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) establishment of a Superfund Task Force whose objectives include the following recommendations:

• Improving the cleanup process
• Incentive and expedite remediation
• Encourage private investment in cleanups
• Promote reuse of remediated properties

The hearing will evaluate EPA recommendations and assess other potential improvements.

Scheduled witnesses at the Hearing include:

• Mr. Barry Breen, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Office of Land and Emergency Management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Mr. Steve Cobb, Chief, Land Division, Alabama Department of Environmental Management, on behalf of the Association of state and Territorial Solid Waste Management
• Dr. J. Winston Porter, Environmental and Energy Consultant
• Mr. James McKenna, Portland Harbor Policy Analyst, Governor Brown’s Natural Resources Office
• Ms. Katherine Probst, Independent Consultant
• Ms. Debbie Mans, Executive Director and Baykeeper, NY/NJ Baykeeper

A link to information regarding the hearing can be found.