CONTENTS

JUNE 25, 2002

OPENING STATEMENTS

Clinton, Hon. Hillary Rodham, U.S. Senator from the State of New York

Crapo, Hon. Michael D., U.S. Senator from the State of Idaho

Jeffords, Hon. James M., U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont

Specter, Hon. Arlen, U.S. Senator from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

WITNESSES

Allard, Hon. Wayne, U.S. Senator from the State of Colorado

Prepared statement.......

Brian, Danielle, executive director, Project on Government Oversight

Prepared statement

Martin, Robert, former EPA National Ombudsman

Prepared statement

Nadler, Hon. Jerrold, U.S. Representative from the State of New York

Prepared statement

Shortz, Susan, president, Halt Environmental Lead Pollution (HELP)

Prepared statement

Tinsley, Nikki, Inspector General, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Brief, Mary Mosley v. Christine Todd Whitman .....

Prepared statement

Wood, David, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. General

Accounting Office

Prepared statement

Prepared statement

Zanetti, Katherine, facilitator, Shoshone Natural Resources Coalition

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ADDITIONAL MATERIAL

Letters:

Canales, Suzie, Citizens for Environmental Justice, Corpus Christi, TX ....

Evans, Robert D., American Bar Association

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Huysman, Kristen, Environmental Law Society, Vermont Law School

Koke, Cindy, Denver, CO

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Malinowski, Heather, Secretary, Pi-Pa-TAG, Inc.

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Matsunaga, Robin K., President, U.S. Ombudsman Association

Oja, Carrie, chairman, Community Leaders for EPA Accountability

Now......

Memorandums:

Community Leaders for EPA Accountability Now (CLEAN), Coeur

d'Alene, ID

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Devine, Tom, Government Accountability Project

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Reports:

A Partial Approach to Clean-up: EPA Mishandles Superfund Investiga-

tions, June 25, 2002

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Reports-Continued

American Bar Association, Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, Section of Dispute Resolution, Section of Business Law, Section of State and Local Government Law, Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division, Senior Lawyers Division, Commission on the Legal Problems of the Elderly, National Conference of Administrative Law Judges, Standing Committee on Environmental Law...

Statements:

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Hardy, Rogers and Antonia M., Harrison, ID ......
Hodge, Lucinda, director, Alberton Community Coalition for Environ-
mental Health, Missoula, MT

Miller, Barbara, Siler Valley People's Action Coalition, Kellog, ID
Scholl, Ron, Missoula, MT

Smedley, William A., executive director, GreenWatch, Inc.; board mem-
ber, Pennsylvania Environment Network; chairman Legal Committee,
AIR

Text of Bill, S. 606, A bill to provide additional authority to the Office of Ombudsman of the Environmental Protection Agency

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