Volume 156, No. 109 covering the 2nd Session of the 111th Congress (2009 - 2010) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D834-D835 on July 22, 2010.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
RECENT TENNESSEE FLOOD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development concluded a hearing to examine lessons from the 2010 Tennessee flood, after receiving testimony from Senator Corker; Representatives Cooper, Davis (TN), Cohen, and Blackburn; Major General John Peabody, Commander, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense; Gary M. Carter, Director, Hydrologic Development, National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; James Bassham, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency Director, Mayor Karl F. Dean, City of Nashville, Whit Adamson, Tennessee Association of Broadcasters, and Bert Mathews, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, all of Nashville, Tennessee; and Mayor Richard L. Hodges, City of Millington, Tennessee.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the following bills:
An original bill making appropriations for Energy and Water Development for fiscal year ending September 30, 2011;
An original bill making appropriations for Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies for fiscal year ending September 30, 2011; and
An original bill making appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2011.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered favorably reported the following bills:
S. 3490, to clarify the rights and responsibilities of Federal entities in the spectrum relocation process, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 3605, to invest in innovation through research and development, to improve the competitiveness of the United States, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
S. 3614, to authorize the establishment of a Maritime Center of Expertise for Maritime Oil Spill and Hazardous Substance Release Response, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
TRANSPORT OF FINE PARTICULATE MATTER AND OZONE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety concluded a hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency's proposal for Federal implementation plans to reduce interstate transport of fine particulate matter and ozone, after receiving testimony from Regina A. McCarthy, Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; Jared Snyder, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany; Chris Korleski, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Columbus; Eric Svenson, Public Service Enterprise Group, Washington, D.C.; and Conrad G. Schneider, Clean Air Task Force, Brunswick, Maine.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Patrick S. Moon, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Luis E. Arreaga-Rodas, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland, Daniel Bennett Smith, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Greece, and Matthew J. Bryza, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan, who was introduced by Senator Lugar, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
DISASTER MEDICAL PREPAREDNESS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration concluded a hearing to examine disaster medical preparedness, focusing on improving coordination and collaboration in the delivery of medical assistance during disasters, after receiving testimony from Robert J. Fenton, Jr., Deputy Assistant Administrator for Response, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security; Kevin Yeskey, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Director, Office of Preparedness and Emergency Response, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services; and Paul Cunningham, Arkansas Hospital Association, Little Rock.
GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security concluded hearings to examine the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, focusing on ensuring a financially responsible recovery, after receiving testimony from Kenneth R. Feinberg, Gulf Coast Claims Facility, New York, New York; James T. Hackett, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; and Noaki Ishii, MOEX Offshore 2007 LLC, Hosei, Japan.
WORKPLACE SAFETY AND WORKER PROTECTIONS AT BP
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety concluded a hearing to examine workplace safety and worker protections at BP, after receiving testimony from Steven A. Flynn, BP Global, London, United Kingdom.
INDIAN WATER RIGHTS BILLS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 2956, to authorize the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement, and S. 3290, to modify the purposes and operation of certain facilities of the Bureau of Reclamation to implement the water rights compact among the State of Montana, the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana, and the United States, after receiving testimony from Senator Baucus; Mark Macarro, Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, and Matthew G. Stone, Rancho California Water District, both of Temecula, California; Jay Weiner, Montana Assistant Attorney General, on behalf of the Montana Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission, and John E. Bloomquist, Pondera County Canal and Reservoir Company, both of Helena, Montana; and Shannon Augare, Blackfeet Tribal Business Council, Browning, Montana.
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