September 20, 2015

DeFazio To Host Earthquake Early Warning System Roundtable with Local, State and Federal Agencies, and Scientists TOMORROW

Washington, D.C. -- Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) will host a roundtable policy discussion tomorrow, September 22, entitled “Earthquake Early Warning in the Pacific Northwest: Preparing for the Big One.” The roundtable will take place at 10:30 a.m. in the HEDCO Education Building, Room 230T at the University of Oregon, 1655 Alder Street, Eugene, Oregon. The roundtable will be streamed live at: https://media.uoregon.edu/channel/livestream.

This event will bring together state and federal officials and scientists to discuss earthquake resilience programs and efforts, the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system and the next steps for developing an offshore earthquake early warning system.

A list of attendees is included below. The discussion will be open to the press and participants will be available for questions after the event concludes.

WHAT: House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure roundtable policy discussion entitled “Earthquake Early Warning in the Pacific Northwest: Preparing for the Big One.”
WHO: Ranking Member DeFazio, local, state, and federal officials, researchers and scientists
WHEN: TOMORROW, Tuesday, September 22, 2015, at 10:30 a.m.
WHERE: University of Oregon

HEDCO Education Building, Room 230T

1655 Alder Street, Eugene, Oregon

SPACE IS LIMITED-Please email jen.gilbreath@mail.house.gov if you plan to attend or plan to access the live feed.

**LIST OF ATTENDEES**

Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR)

Ranking Member

House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Senator Arnie Roblan

Oregon State Legislature

Chair, the Senate Committee on Education

Ms. Tamra Biasco

Risk Analysis Branch Chief