DAN BURTON, Indiana, Chairman BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York

HENRY A. WAXMAN, California CONSTANCE A. MORELLA, Maryland TOM LANTOS, California CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut

MAJOR R. OWENS, New York ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida

EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York JOHN M. MCHUGH, New York

PAUL E. KANJORSKI, Pennsylvania STEPHEN HORN, California

PATSY T. MINK, Hawaii JOHN L. MICA, Florida

CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York THOMAS M. DAVIS, Virginia

ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, Washington, MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana

DC JOE SCARBOROUGH, Florida

ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland STEVEN C. LATOURETTE, Ohio

DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio BOB BARR, Georgia

ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH, Illinois DAN MILLER, Florida

DANNY K. DAVIS, Ilinois DOUG OSE, California

JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts RON LEWIS, Kentucky

JIM TURNER, Texas
JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia

THOMAS H. ALLEN, Maine
TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY, Illinois
DAVE WELDON, Florida

WM. LACY CLAY, Missouri
CHRIS CANNON, Utah

DIANE E. WATSON, California
ADAM H. PUTNAM, Florida
C.L. “BUTCH” OTTER, Idaho
EDWARD L. SCHROCK, Virginia

BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont
JOHN J. DUNCAN, Tennessee

(Independent)

KEVIN BINGER, Staff Director
DANIEL R. MOLL, Deputy Staff Director

JAMES C. WILSON, Chief Counsel

ROBERT A. BRIGGS, Chief Clerk
PHIL SCHILIRO, Minority Staff Director

SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

CONSTANCE A. MORELLA, Maryland, Chairman
TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, Washington,
THOMAS M. DAVIS, Virginia,

DC
JOE SCARBOROUGH, Florida

DIANE E. WATSON, California

Ex OFFICIO

DAN BURTON, Indiana

HENRY A. WAXMAN, California
RUSSELL SMITH, Staff Director
HOWARD DENNIS, Professional Staff Member

MATTHEW BATT, Clerk

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Hearing held on July 27, 2001

Statement of:

Ladner, Benjamin, president, American University; Lewis D. Walker,

former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Environment, Safety,

and Occupational Health; Francis E. Reardon, Auditor General of the

Army, U.S. Army Audit Agency, accompanied by Stephen Kiefer, Dep-

uty Auditor General, U.S. Army Audit Agency; Raymond J. Fatz, Dep-

uty Assistant Secretary, Army, Environment, Safety and Occupational

Health, accompanied by Colonel Charles J. Fiala, Army Corps of Engi-

Walks, Ivan C.A., M.D., chief health officer of the District of Columbia,

accompanied by Theodore J. Gordon, chief operating officer, D.C. De-

partment of Health; and Dr. Richard D. Albright, JD, MS, environ-

mental specialist/ordnance & chemical weapons expert, D.C. Depart-

ment of Health; Dr. Bailus Walker, Jr., chairman, District of Columbia

Mayor's Spring Valley Scientific Advisory Panel; Sarah Stowell

Shapley, co-chair, Spring Valley Restoration Advisory Board; William

C. Harrop, president, Spring Valley-Wesley Heights Citizens Associa-

tion; and Edward J. Miller, Jr., president, W.C. and A.N. Miller Devel-

opment Co.

Williams, Rear Admiral Robert, Director, Division of Health Assessment

and Consultation, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry;

and Thomas C. Voltaggio, Acting Regional Administrator, Environ-

mental Protection Agency Region III

Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by:

Davis, Hon. Thomas M., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Virginia, prepared statement of

Fatz, Raymond J., Deputy Assistant Secretary, Army, Environment, Safe-

ty and Occupational Health, prepared statement of

Fiala, Colonel Charles J., Army Corps of Engineers:

Letter dated August 22, 2001

Prepared statement of

Harrop, William C., president, Spring Valley-Wesley Heights Citizens

Association, prepared statement of

Ladner, Benjamin, president, American University, prepared statement

of

Miller, Edward J., Jr., president, W.C. and A.N. Miller Development

Co., prepared statement of

Morella, Hon. Constance A., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Maryland, prepared statement of

Norton, Hon. Eleanor Holmes, a Representative in Congress from the

District of Columbia:

List of addresses

Prepared statement of

Reardon, Francis E., Auditor General of the Army, U.S. Army Audit

Agency, prepared statement of

Shapley, Sarah Stowell, co-chair, Spring Valley Restoration Advisory

Board, prepared statement of

Voltaggio, Thomas C., Acting Regional Administrator, Environmental

Protection Agency Region III, prepared statement of
Walker, Dr. Bailus, Jr., chairman, District of Columbia Mayor's Spring

Valley Scientific Advisory Panel, prepared statement of
Walker, Lewis D., former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Envi.

ronment, Safety, and Occupational Health, prepared statement of

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Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by-Continued

Walks, Ivan C.A., M.D., chief health officer of the District of Columbia,

prepared statement of
Williams, Rear Admiral Robert, Director, Division of Health Assessment

and Consultation, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry,
prepared statement of

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