Subcommittee Members
Republicans
Mike Rounds (R-SD), Chair
Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Joni Ernst (R-IA)
Democrats
Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ranking Member
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Ed Markey (D-MA)
Jurisdiction
Superfund and Waste Issues
• Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM)
• Superfund Program
• Brownfields Program
• Solid Waste Disposal Act
• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), including recycling and electronic recycling, federal facilities and interstate waste
• Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, or Superfund)
• Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA)
• Solid waste disposal and recycling
Chemical Issues
• Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Pollution Control and Prevention (OCSPP)
• Chemical Safety and Hazardous Investigation Board (CSB)
• Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
• Toxic Release Inventory
• Chemical Policy, including Chemical Security
• Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
• Risk Assessment
• Environmental effects of toxic substances, other than pesticides
Regulatory Oversight
• Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
• Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation
• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
• Responsibility for oversight of agencies, departments, and programs within the jurisdiction of the full committee, including oversight of environmental research and development, and for conducting investigations within such jurisdiction (The oversight jurisdiction pertains to good governance matters like mismanagement of federal funds and personnel issues, but not to policy matters like those within the jurisdiction of other subcommittees)
• Environmental research and development
Hearings
October 2018
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 10/3/18 | Oversight of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Implementation of Sound and Transparent Science in Regulation  |
June 2018
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 6/13/18 | Oversight of the Army Corps’ Regulation of Surplus Water and the Role of States’ Rights |
March 2018
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 3/8/18 | Legislative Hearing on S. 2421, the Fair Agricultural Reporting Method Act |
December 2017
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 12/6/17 | Challenges Facing Superfund and Waste Cleanup Efforts Following Natural Disasters |
August 2017
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 8/22/17 | Oversight of the Army Corps' Management of the Missouri River |
| 8/1/17 | Oversight of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund Program |
August 2016
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 8/30/16 | Oversight of the Impact of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Fish and Wildlife Service Regulations on Citizens’ Private Property Rights |
