Office of the Ombudsman at the Environmental Protection Agency: Hearing Before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session on S. 606, a Bill to Provide Additional Authority to the Office of Ombudsman of the Environmental Protection Agency, June 25, 2002U.S. Government Printing Office, 2004 - 129 pages |
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... issues and concerns regarding the quality of the air they breathe and the health and safety of the environment that they and their families live in . In the case of the World Trade Center , like so many other sites around the country ...
... issues and concerns regarding the quality of the air they breathe and the health and safety of the environment that they and their families live in . In the case of the World Trade Center , like so many other sites around the country ...
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... issues , was there to lend his expertise and support . Now , I know that we have a number of people from New York City who have traveled here today . I wish we could hear from every single one of you on this important issue , but the ...
... issues , was there to lend his expertise and support . Now , I know that we have a number of people from New York City who have traveled here today . I wish we could hear from every single one of you on this important issue , but the ...
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... issue . I intro- duced similar legislation in the 105th Congress because of the on- going battle between the citizens of a Denver neighborhood and the EPA concerning the Shattuck Superfund site . The Ombudsman's office was instrumental ...
... issue . I intro- duced similar legislation in the 105th Congress because of the on- going battle between the citizens of a Denver neighborhood and the EPA concerning the Shattuck Superfund site . The Ombudsman's office was instrumental ...
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... issue is a decade - long exam- -ple of why citizens ' trust in their government has waned . This bill will preserve an important mechanism within the EPA that the public can trust to protect their health and safety . The Shattuck story ...
... issue is a decade - long exam- -ple of why citizens ' trust in their government has waned . This bill will preserve an important mechanism within the EPA that the public can trust to protect their health and safety . The Shattuck story ...
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... issue today . Those of us who have had to deal with the EPA have had an in- teresting experience . We experienced on the one hand an agency that seems to ignore the community's concerns , and on the other , an Ombudsman willing to ...
... issue today . Those of us who have had to deal with the EPA have had an in- teresting experience . We experienced on the one hand an agency that seems to ignore the community's concerns , and on the other , an Ombudsman willing to ...
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Page 51 - Yet the pressures on agencies for favorable action one way or the other are enormous. The suggestion that Congress can stop action which is undesirable is true in theory; yet even Congress is too remote to give meaningful direction and its machinery is too ponderous to use very often. The federal agencies of which I speak are not venal or corrupt. But they are notoriously under the control of powerful interests who manipulate them through advisory committees, or friendly working relations, or who...
Page 65 - Chairman, this concludes my prepared statement. I would be pleased to respond to any questions that you or other Members of the Committee may have at this time.
Page 72 - Our organization investigates, exposes, and seeks to remedy systemic abuses of power, mismanagement, and subservience by the federal government to powerful special interests. Founded in...
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Page 56 - Federal agencies; (5) to have direct and prompt access to the head of the establishment involved when necessary for any purpose pertaining to the performance of functions and responsibilities under this Act; (6) to select, appoint, and, employ such officers and employees as may be necessary...
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