“Promoting Economic and Community Redevelopment and Environmental Justice in the Revitalization and Reuse of Contaminated Properties”

Hearing
Subcommittee: Water Resources and Environment Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 Time: 10:00 AM Location: 2167 Rayburn House Office Building and Virtually
Agenda

During this hearing, the subcommittee will receive testimony on federal, state, and local efforts to address the nation’s brownfields and other contaminated properties, and how the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act accelerates those efforts.

Witnesses
The Honerable Lucy Vinis
Mayor
Eugene, OR
Michael Goldstein, Esq.
Chairman, Public Policy, Redevelopment Incentives, and Regulatory Partnerships Committee
National Brownfields Coalition
Susan Bodine, Esq.
Partner
Earth & Water Law, Washington, D.C.
Sacoby Wilson, Ph.D., M.S.
Associate Professor & Director, Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice & Health
Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, School of Public Health University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Jerome Shabazz
Executive Director, Overbrook Environmental Education Center
JASTECH Development Services, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
mark! Lopez
JASTECH Development Services, Inc.
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, Commerce, CA