Committee on Environment and Public Works
Oversight Hearing on EPA Regional Inconsistencies
June 28, 2006
628 Dirksen, 9:30 AM
Opening Statements:
Sen. James M. Inhofe, of Oklahoma.
Sen. John W. Warner, of Virginia.
Sen. James M. Jeffords, of Vermont.
Sen. Barack Obama, of Illinois.
Witnesses:
Granta Nakayama
Assistant Administrator
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assistance
Environmental Protection Agency
Donald Welsh
Regional Administrator, Region 3
Environmental Protection Agency
John Stephenson
Director
Natural Resources and Environment
U.S. General Accounting Office
Jean Payne
President
Illinois Fertilizer & Chemical Association
Dr. Richard W. Waterman
Chair
Department of Political Science
University of Kentucky
Eric Schaeffer
Director
Environmental Integrity Project
David Paylor
Executive Director
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Officer, Environmental Council of States