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NEMWI to Host Briefing on Water Data and Shale Gas Development this Wednesday
Following the release of its
study
on water quality monitoring in the Susquehanna River Basin, NEMWI will host a Capitol Hill briefing on Wednesday, April 20 to provide an overview of the study's findings and recommendations for improving water quality monitoring in the Basin. A lack of information on water quality before and after development has fueled worries about contamination of surface water and groundwater that could result from shale gas development. At this briefing, participants will learn about the water data currently available and changes needed to improve detection of water quality trends.
When: Wednesday, April 20, 2016, 1 PM
Where: Capitol Visitor Center, Congressional Meeting Room North
Speakers:
- Ms. Elin Betanzo, Sr. Policy Analyst, NEMWI
- Dr. Michael Goff, President & CEO, NEMWI
- Dr. Susan Brantley, Distinguished Professor of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University
- Mr. Andrew Gavin, Deputy Executive Director, Susquehanna River Basin Commission
For more information or to RSVP, contact
Matthew McKenna, Director of the Great Lakes Washington Program at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
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Capitol Hill This Week: Brownfields, Energy, and Appropriations
Members of Congress have a full schedule this week. On Thursday, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy will host a hearing to examine achievements of, and ways to improve, the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Brownfields Program.
Also, t
he FY2017 Energy & Water and Agriculture A
ppropriations Bills
will be marked up in full committee on Tuesday, having passed the subcommittee last week.
The Senate is expected to move on
S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015.
The Senate Appropriations Committee has released its FY2017 subcommittee
allocations
, which are consistent with the amounts approved in the 2015 Balanced Budget Act. The Senate Appropriations Committee will see markups of the T
ransportation, Housing and Urban Development and
the
Commerce, Justice, Science
FY2017 funding bills at both subcommittee and full committee levels. Last week, the Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously approved the FY2017 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill; NEMWI's fact sheet on funding levels and other provisions relevant for the region is available here.
Some regionally-relevant events this week are listed below.
Tuesday
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House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources legislative
hearing on
H.R. 3881 (To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to repeal provisions relating only to the Allegheny National Forest), 2:00 PM, 1324 Longworth House Office Building
Wednesday
- House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands hearing "Exploring Current Natural Resource Research Efforts and the Future of America's Land-Grant Colleges and Universities," 10:30 AM, 1334 Longworth House Office Building
- Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure hearing on "The State of the U.S. Maritime Industry: Stakeholder Perspectives," 10:00 AM, 253 Senate Russell Office Building
Thursday
- House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy hearing on "EPA's Brownfields Program: Empowering Cleanup and Encouraging Economic Redevelopment," 10:00 AM, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building
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Save the Date: Briefing on the 2016 Asian Carp Action Plan, April 26
On Tuesday, April 26, the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee, in conjunction with the Northeast-Midwest Institute, will hold a Congressional briefing on the 2016 Asian Carp Action Plan, formerly known as the "Framework," from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM in the Capitol Visitor Center room SVC 208. More details to come.
For more information, contact
Matthew McKenna
, Director of the Great Lakes Washington Program at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
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NEMWI: Strengthening the Region that Sustains the Nation
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