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The Hill This Week: Interior and Environment Funding, PIPES, and More
This week, the House and Senate will continue to move the
appropriations process forward. The House Appropriations Committee is scheduled to markup the Interior and Environment appropriations bill on Wednesday. The Senate is expected to take up the Interior and Environment appropriations bill at the Subcommittee level on Tuesday and Committee level on Thursday.
The Senate will likely take up the House-passed
Securing America's Future Energy: Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety (SAFE PIPES) Act of 2016
(
S. 2276
). The bill authorizes the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration and establishes the Great Lakes as an unusually sensitive area, subjecting the Lakes to stricter regulations of pipelines.
Additionally, t
he Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation
Committee is expected to advance a bill to reauthorize and amend the
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972
(
S. 3038)
.
President Obama this week will sign t
he bipartisan Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, n
amed after the late Senator Lautenberg of New Jersey.
The bill reforms the Toxic Substances Control Act.
Other regionally-relevant events this week are listed below.
Tuesday
- Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources hearing "to examine oil and gas pipeline infrastructure and the economic, safety, environmental, permitting, construction, and maintenance considerations associated with that infrastructure," 10:00 AM, 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday
- House Committee on the Budget hearing on "Congressional Budgeting: The Need for Fiscal Goals," 10:00 AM, 210 Cannon House Office Building
- Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources' Subcommittee on National Parks legislative hearing on several bills involving states in the Northeast and Midwest, 2:30 PM, 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building
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NEMWI to Co-host Briefing on Efforts to Control Asian Carp in Mississippi River Basin, June 22
NEMWI, in conjunction with the Mississippi Interstate Cooperative Resource Association (MICRA), will hold a Congressional briefing on actions to address the threat of Asian carp in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River basins, on Wednesday, June 22 from 1 PM to 2 PM in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, room SD-562. Participants at the briefing will include:
- Aaron Woldt, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Asian Carp Coordinator
- Greg Conover, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and MICRA Coordinator
- Ron Brooks, Kentucky Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources and MICRA chairman
- Nick Frohnauer, Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources
- Thomas Crump, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Rip Shively, U.S. Geological Survey
- Mike Weimer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Co-Chair of the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee(ACRCC)
More information is available here. To RSVP, contact Jared Mott, Sr. Policy Analyst at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
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EPA Announces Availability of Funding for Brownfields Area Wide Planning Grants
Funding is now available from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for eligible entities who wish to develop an area-wide plan for brownfields assessment, cleanup, and subsequent reuse. The EPA is calling for proposals for grants; the deadline is August 10, 2016. This funding is for research and/or technical assistance activities directed to one or more brownfield site(s) located in a specific area.
Proposals must include an area-wide plan that consists of specific implementation strategies for assessing, cleaning up and reusing the brownfield(s) and related project area revitalization strategies.
EPA anticipates awarding approximately 20 projects in total, funded at up to $200,000 each.
On June 16, 2016, EPA will host a webinar from
12:30 - 2:00 PM EDT
to assist those who are submitting proposals. Registration is not required; access the webinar via this link
and call in 1-866-299-3188; code 202 566 0633#.
For more information, contact Colleen Cain, Sr. Policy Analyst at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
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NEMWI: Strengthening the Region that Sustains the Nation
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