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PETER RAFLE (202) 302-7086 peter_rafle@epw.senate.gov

Thursday, November 16, 2006

 

 
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), the incoming Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, today announced the Committee’s Subcommittee chair assignments for the 110th Congress:

 

 

Subcommittee on Public Sector Solutions to Global Warming, Oversight, Children’s Health Protection and Nuclear Safety

 

Chairman: Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)

 

Sen. Boxer’s subcommittee has jurisdiction over:

 

  • Global Warming

     

  • Oversight

     

  • Children’s Health Protection

     

  • Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

     

  • National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

     

Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure

 

Chairman: Senator Max Baucus (D-MT)

 

Sen. Baucus’s subcommittee has jurisdiction over:

 

  • Transportation

     

  • Federal Highway Administration

     

  • Public Buildings

     

  • Water Resources Development Act (WRDA)

     

  • Stafford Act and federal disaster relief programs

     

  • Historic Preservation

     

  • National Dam Safety Program

     

  • Mississippi River Commission

     

  • Green Buildings

     

Subcommittee on Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection

 

Chairman: Senator Joseph Lieberman (I/D-CT)

 

Sen. Lieberman’s subcommittee has jurisdiction over:

 

  • Global Warming

     

  • Fisheries and Wildlife

     

  • Endangered Species Act (ESA)

     

  • National Wildlife Refuges

     

Subcommittee on Clean Air, Nuclear Plant Security and Community Development

 

Chairman: Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE)

 

Sen. Carper’s subcommittee has jurisdiction over:

 

  • Clean Air Act

     

  • Indoor Air

     

  • Tennessee Valley Authority

     

  • Economic Development Administration

     

  • Nuclear Plant Security

     

Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health

 

Chairman: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)

 

Sen. Clinton’s subcommittee has jurisdiction over:

 

  • Superfund and Brownfields

     

  • Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), including recycling, Federal facilities and interstate waste

     

  • Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

     

  • Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA)

     

  • Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

     

  • Environmental Justice

     

  • Risk Assessment

     

Subcommittee on Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security, and Water Quality

 

Chairman: Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)

 

Sen. Lautenberg’s subcommittee has jurisdiction over:

 

  • Drinking Water, Chemical, and Wastewater Security

     

  • Clean Water Act, including wetlands

     

  • Safe Drinking Water Act

     

  • Coastal Zone Management Act

     

  • Invasive Species

     

  • Transportation Safety

     

  • Outer Continental Shelf Lands

     

Subcommittee memberships will be announced at a later date.

 

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