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Y 4. SCI 2:103/10

NATIONAL INITIATIVES IN
GREEN TECHNOLOGIES

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT AND AVIATION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDRED THIRD CONGRESS

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COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY

GEORGE E. BROWN, JR., California, Chairman

MARILYN LLOYD, Tennessee
DAN GLICKMAN, Kansas
HAROLD L. VOLKMER, Missouri
RALPH M. HALL, Texas
DAVE MCCURDY, Oklahoma
TIM VALENTINE, North Carolina
ROBERT G. TORRICELLI, New Jersey
RICK BOUCHER, Virginia

JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR., Ohio
JAMES A. HAYES, Louisiana
JOHN S. TANNER, Tennessee

PETE GEREN, Texas

JIM BACCHUS, Florida

TIM ROEMER, Indiana

ROBERT E. (BUD) CRAMER, JR., Alabama

DICK SWETT, New Hampshire
JAMES A. BARCIA, Michigan

HERB KLEIN, New Jersey

ERIC FINGERHUT, Ohio

ROBERT S. WALKER, Pennsylvania*
F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR.,
Wisconsin

SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, New York
TOM LEWIS, Florida

HARRIS W. FAWELL, Illinois
CONSTANCE A. MORELLA, Maryland
DANA ROHRABACHER, California
STEVEN H. SCHIFF, New Mexico
JOE BARTON, Texas

DICK ZIMMER, New Jersey
SAM JOHNSON, Texas
KEN CALVERT, California
MARTIN R. HOKE, Ohio
NICK SMITH, Michigan

EDWARD R. ROYCE, California
ROD GRAMS, Minnesota
JOHN LINDER, Georgia
PETER BLUTE, Massachusetts
JENNIFER DUNN, Washington
BILL BAKER, California

ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland

PAUL MCHALE, Pennsylvania

JANE HARMAN, California

DON JOHNSON, Georgia

SAM COPPERSMITH, Arizona

ANNA G. ESHOO, California

JAY INSLEE, Washington

EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas
DAVID MINGE, Minnesota
NATHAN DEAL, Georgia
ROBERT C. SCOTT, Virginia
XAVIER BECERRA, California
PETER W. BARCA, Wisconsin

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(III)

NATIONAL INITIATIVES IN GREEN

TECHNOLOGIES

(Stimulating Creativity)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1993

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE,
SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY, SUBCOMMITTEE ON TECH-
NOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, AND AVIATION,

Washington, DC.

The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 1:35 p.m., in Room 2318, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Tim Valentine (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

Mr. VALENTINE. Ladies and gentlemen, we'll get started. I am sure we'll be joined by other members of the subcommittee. The subcommittee will come to order.

I ask unanimous consent that today's hearing be open to coverage by print and broadcast media, including still and video photography.

Without objection, it is so ordered.

Today, we will resume our discussion of the Federal roles in the research and development of environmentally sound technologies with our first legislative hearing on the issue. Environmentally sound technologies, often called "green technologies," include both the traditional technologies of pollution control and cleanup, as well as other products and processes that provide significant environmental and economic benefits. It is this latter group of technologies that has the potential for widespread impact across many industries, but which has generally been neglected, we believe, in Federal policy.

In an earlier hearing, we heard the President's Science Adviser, John Gibbons, describe the administration's commitment to promoting policies in this area. We also heard from numerous representatives of the private sector, here in Washington and in field hearings, who are promoting initiatives to encourage practices that are more environmentally sound.

I have been impressed by the enthusiasm that we've heard from the private sector, and I hope that today's hearing will further help us to define how best to support that energy.

In this hearing, we will focus on the types of initiatives that would best promote environmentally sound products, processes and services. Specifically, areas that we will cover today include stimulating entrepreneurial creativity in environmentally sound technologies; promoting a systems approach to the analysis of how materials are used; encouraging technological flexibility in achieving

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