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H.R. 1103, the Environmental Justice Act of 2007 and H.R. 1055, the Toxic Right-To-Know Protection Act Legislative Hearing “Environmental Justice and the Toxics Release Inventory Reporting Program: Communities Have a Right to Know”

Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials
Thursday, October 4, 2007, 10:00 a.m.
2322 Rayburn House Office Building


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Panel I
Mr. Granta Y. Nakayama
Assistant Administrator
Office of Enforcement and
Compliance Assurance
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20460
Mr. Wade Najjum
Assistant Inspector General for Program Evaluation
Office of Inspector General
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20460
Ms. Molly O’Neill
Assistant Administrator
Office of Environmental Information
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20460
The Honorable Thomas M. Sullivan
Chief Counsel for Advocacy
Office of Advocacy
U.S. Small Business Administration
409 Third Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20416

Mr. John B. Stephenson
Director, Natural Resources and Environment
Government Accountability Office
441 G Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20548
 
Panel II
Mr. Hilary O. Shelton
Director
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People – Washington Bureau
1156 15th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
Robert D. Bullard, Ph.D.
Ware Professor, Department of Sociology
Director, Environmental Justice Resource Center
Clark Atlanta University
223 James P. Brawley Drive, S.W.
Atlanta, GA 30314
Mr. Jose Bravo
Communities for a Better Environment
Executive Director
Just Transition Alliance
836 Stanford Avenue
Chula Vista, CA 91913
Mr. Andrew Bopp
Director of Public Affairs
Society of Glass and Ceramic Decorators
515 King Street, Suite 420
Alexandria, VA 22314
Mr. Alan Finkelstein
Assistant Fire Marshal
Strongsville Fire and Emergency Services
18600 Royalton Road
Strongsville, Ohio 44136
Ms. Nancy Wittenberg
Assistant Commissioner
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
401 E. State Street
P.O. Box 402
Trenton, NJ 08625-0402



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