Index:

• December 9, 1997. Possible water pollution by methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE). Field hearing, Full Committee, Sacramento, CA.
• November 5, 1997. GSA's proposal to construct or otherwise acquire a facility to house the headquarters of the Department of Transportation. Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
• November 4, 1997. S. 627, African Elephant Conservation Act; S. 1287, Asian Elephant Conservation Act. Full committee.
• November 4, 1997. Reauthorization of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act and the Status of Federal Transportation Programs in Absence of a Multi-Year Reauthorization. Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
• October 30, 1997. Evidentiary privileges or immunities for voluntary environmental audits. Full committee.
• October 28, 1997. Nomination of Lt. Gen. Kenneth R. Wykle. Full Committee.
• October 23, 1997. Devils Lake Flood Control Project. Full Committee.
• October 22, 1997. S. 1084, Ozone and Particulate Matter Research Act of 1997. Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety.
• September 23, 1997. S. 1180, Endangered Species Recovery Act. Full Committee.
• September 4, 1997. S. 8, Superfund Cleanup Acceleration Act. Full Committee.
• July 30, 1997. National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act, S. 1059. Full Committee.
• July 24, 1997. Ozone and Particulate Matter Standards. Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety.
• July 17, 1997. Global Climate Change. Full Committee
• July 16, 1997. Nomination of Jamie Rappaport Clark to be Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Full Committee
• July 10, 1997. Global Climate Change. Full Committee
• June 26, 1997. Wetlands Regulations. Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property and Nuclear Safety.
• June 10, 1997. Enforcement of Environmental Laws. Full Committee.
• June 6, 1997. ISTEA Reauthorization -- Woodrow Wilson Bridge. Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
• June 4, 1997. Nomination of Michael J. Armstrong. Full Committee.
• May 7, 1997. ISTEA Reauthorization. Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
• April 29, 1997. Ozone and Particulate Matter Standards. Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety.
• April 24, 1997. Ozone and Particulate Matter Standards. Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety.
• April 21, 1997. ISTEA Reauthorization. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Full Committee Field Hearing, Warwick, RI.
• April 7, 1997. ISTEA Reauthorization. Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Field Hearing, New York, NY.
• March 28, 1997. ISTEA Reauthorization. Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Field Hearing, Las Vegas, NV.
• March 26, 1997. ISTEA Reauthorization. Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Field Hearing, Kansas City, MO.
• March 22, 1997. ISTEA Reauthorization. Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Field Hearing, Coeur d'Alene, ID.
• March 19, 1997. ISTEA Reauthorization. Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
• March 18, 1997. Flow Control Laws and Proposals to Regulate the Interstate Transportation of Municipal Solid Waste. Full Committee.
• March 14, 1997. Nominations of Johnny H. Hayes, Judith M. Espinosa, D. Michael Rappoport, and Maj. Gen. Robert Bernard Flowers. Full Committee.
• March 13, 1997. ISTEA Reauthorization. Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
• March 6, 1997. ISTEA Reauthorization: Innovative Transportation Financing, Technology, Construction and Design Practices. Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
• March 5, 1997, Superfund Cleanup Acceleration Act: S. 8. Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk Assessment.
• March 4, 1997. Brownfields Cleanup and Oversight. Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk Assessment.
• March 3, 1997. Clean Air Act: Ozone and Particulate Matter Standards. Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety. Field Hearing, Oklahoma City, OK.
• February 26, 1997. ISTEA Reauthorization. Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
• February 13, 1997. ISTEA Reauthorization. Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
• February 12, 1997. Clean Air Act: Ozone and Particulate Matter Standards. Full Committeee.
• February 5, 1997. Clean Air Act: Ozone and Particulate Matter Standards. Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety.
• January 31, 1997. Testimony of Rodney E. Slater, Nominated to be Secretary of Transporation. Full Committee.

Opening Statement:

Statements by the Witnesses:

California State Senator Tom Hayden (D)
Los Angeles, CA

California State Senator Richard Mountjoy (R)
Arcadia, CA

Craig Perkins
Director, Environment and Public Works Management
City of Santa Monica, CA

Cynthia Dougherty
Director, Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water
Environmental Protection Agency

John Zogorski
Chief, National Synthesis on Volatile Organic Compounds and MTBE
U.S. Geological Survey
Reston, VA

Peter M. Rooney
Secretary, California Environmental Protection Agency
Sacramento, CA

Dr. David Spath
Chief, Drinking Water and Environmental Management Division
California Department of Health Services
Sacramento, CA

Stephen K. Hall
Executive Director, Association of California Water Agencies
Sacramento, CA

Dr. Nachman Brautbar
Professor of Clinical Medicine
University Southern California, School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA

Dr. Nancy J. Balter
Principal, Center for Environmental Health and Human Toxicology
Former Associate Professor Pharmacology
Georgetown University Medical Center

Gary Patton
The Planning and Conservation League
Sacramento, CA

Statements by the Witnesses:
Paul Chistolini
Deputy Commissioner
Public Buildings Service
General Services Administration

Peter J. Basso
Acting Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs
Department of Transportation

Opening Statements by Senators:

Statements by the Witnesses:
Sen. James M. Jeffords, of Vermont

Rep. Jim Saxton, Third District, State of New Jersey

Marshall P. Jones
Assistant Director for International Affairs
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of the Interior

Ginette Hemley
Director, International Wildlife Policy
World Wildlife Fund

John W. Grandy
Senior Vice President
Humane Society of the United States

Stuart A. Marks
Director, Research and Community Development
Safari Club International
Herndon, Virginia

Opening Statements by Senators:

Statements by the Witnesses:

Gov. Paul Patton, State of Kentucky.
on behalf of the National Governor's Association

Peter J. Basso
Acting Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs
U.S. Department of Transportation

Phyllis Scheinberg
Associate Director
General Accounting Office

Steve Massie
Transportation Construction Coalition

Opening Statements by Senators:

Statements by the Witnesses:

Sen. Mike Enzi, of Wyoming.

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, of Texas.

Steven H. Herman
Assistant Administrator for the Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Environmental Protection Agency

Mr. Barry R. McBee
Chairman
Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Austin, TX

Patricia Bangert
Director of Legal Policy
Office of the Attorney General, State of Colorado
Denver, CO

Paul G. Wallach
Hale & Dore, Washington, DC
on behalf of the National Association of Manufacturers and the Corporate Environmental Enforcement Council

Mark M. Woodall
Chair, Audit Privilege Task Force
The Sierra Club
Woodland, GA

Opening Statements by Senators:

Statements by the Witnesses:

Lt. Gen. Kenneth R. Wykle (U.S. Army, Ret.), of West Virginia, nominated by the President to be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.

Opening Statements by Senators:

Statements by the Witnesses:
Senator Kent Conrad
State of North Dakota

Senator Byron L. Dorgan
State of North Dakota

Representative Earl Pomeroy
State of North Dakota

John H. Zirschky
Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Works
Department of the Army

Michael J. Armstrong
Associate Director for Mitigation
Federal Emergency Management Agency

Dave Sprynczynatyk
North Dakota State Engineer
Bismarck, North Dakota

Gary Pearson
Vice President, Dakota Prairie Chapter, National Audubon Society
Jamestown, North Dakota

Joe Belford
Lake Emergency Management Committee
Ramsey County Commissioner
Devils Lake, North Dakota

Opening Statements by Senators:

Statements by the Witnesses:
James A. Martin
Vice President
Martin's Famous Pastry Shoppe, Inc. on behalf of the American Bakers Association
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

Adam Sharp
Assistant Director of Governmental Relations
Regulatory Affairs
American Farm Bureau Federation

Ande Abbott
Assistant to the International President
The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers, & Helpers
Fairfax, Virginia

Jason Grumet
Executive Director
Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM)
Boston, Massachusetts

George D. Thurston
Associate Professor
Department of Environmental Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
New York, New York

Thomas Smith
President
National Coalition of Petroleum Retailers
Griffin, Georgia

Summary of S. 1180, the Endangered Species Recovery Act of 1997.

Opening Statements by Senators:

Statements by the Witnesses:
Hon. Jamie Rappaport Clark
Director, United States Fish and Wildlife Service
United States Department of the Interior

Hon. Terry Garcia
Acting Assistant Secretary
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
United States Department of Commerce

Hon. Marc Racicot
Governor
State of Montana

Hon. James A. McClure
Chairman National Endangered Species Act Reform Coalition

Duane Shroufe
Director
Arizona Department of Game and Fish

Hon. W. Henson Moore
President, CEO, and Co-chair
American Forest and Paper Association
on behalf of the Endangered Species Coordinating Council

Mark Van Putten
President
National Wildlife Federation

Michael Bean
Director, Wildlife Program
Environmental Defense Fund

Analysis of S. 8, prepared by the Congressional Research Service.

Opening Statements by Senators:

Statements by the Witnesses:
Hon. Carol Browner
Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency

Hon. E. Benjamin Nelson
Governor, State of Nebraska, on behalf of the National Governors' Association

James P. Perron
Mayor, Elkhart, Indiana, on behalf of the United States Conference of Mayors

Susan Eckerly
Director, Federal Government Relations
National Federation of Independent Business

Robert J. Fields
Vice President, Environment, Health, Safety, and Toxicology, FMC Corporation, on behalf of the Business Roundtable

Karen Florini
Senior Attorney
Environmental Defense Fund

Wilma Subra
President, Subra Company
New Iberia, Louisiana

Gordon J. Johnson
Assistant Attorney General and Bureau Chief, Environmental Protection Bureau
New York State Attorney Generals Office, on behalf of National Association of Attorneys General

George J. Mannina, Jr.
Executive Director
Natural Resources Damages Coalition

Opening Statements by Senators:

Statements by the Witnesses:
Hon. Bruce Babbitt
Secretary of the Interior

Gary J. Taylor
Legislative Director
International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Washington, DC

James A. Mosher
Conservation Director
Izaak Walton League of America
Gaithersburg, MD

James Waltman
Director, Refuges and Wildlife Program
The Wilderness Society
Washington, DC

Opening Statements by Senators:

Statements by Witness:

Mary D. Nichols
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation
Environmental Protection Agency

Opening Statements by Senators:

Statements by Witnesses:

Honorable Timothy E. Wirth
Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs
Department of State

Dr. Janet Yellen
Chair, Council of Economic Advisers
National Economic Council
Executive Office of the President

Mr. Kevin Fay
Executive Director
International Climate Change Partnership
Arlington, VA

Mr. William O'Keefe
Chairman, Global Climate Coalition
Washington, D.C.

Opening Statements by Senators:

Statements by the Witness:

Jamie Rappaport Clark
of Maryland, nominated by the President to be Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlfife Service

Opening Statements by Senators:

Statements by Witnesses:

Dr. Eric Barron
Professor, Department of Geosciences and Director of the Earth System Sciences Center,
Penn State University
University Park, PA

Dr. John R. Christy
Associate Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science,
University of Alabama at Huntsville

Dr. Richard S. Lindzen
Alfred P. Sloane Professor of Meteorology,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

Dr. Steven H. Schneider
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences,
Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Dr. Dale Jorgenson
Professor of Economics, former chair of Economics Department,
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Opening Statements by Senators:

Statements by Witnesses:

Robert H. Wayland III
Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds
Office of Water
Environmental Protection Agency

Michael Davis
Deputy Secretary of the Army for Civil Works
U.S. Department of the Army

Darrel Seibert
President, Seibert Development Corporation, Hudson, Ohio
for National Association of Homebuilders

James Noyes
Assistant Director
Los Angeles County Department on Public Works
on behalf of National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies

Donald Siegel
Professor of Earth Sciences
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York

Donald F. McKenzie
Conservation Policy Coordinator
Wildlife Management Institute

Thomas W. Winter
President, Winter Brothers Material Company
St. Louis, Missouri on behalf of National Aggregates Association

Derb S. Carter, Jr.
Southern Environmental Law Center
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Opening Statements by Senators:

Lois J. Schiffer
Assistant Attorney General
Environment Natural Resources Division
U.S. Department of Justice

Steve Herman
Assistant Administrator
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assistance
Environmental Protection Agency

Nikki L. Tinsley
Acting Inspector General
Environmental Protection Agency

Mark Coleman
Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
Oklahoma City, OK

Becky Norton Dunlop
Secretary of Natural Resources
State of Virginia

Patricia S. Bangert
Director of Legal Policy
Office of the Attorney General for the State of Colorado
Denver, CO

Christophe A.G. Tulou
Secretary of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
State of Delaware
Dover, DE

Joseph Rubin
Assistant Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General for the State of Connecticut
Hartford, CT

Mr. Todd Robins
Environmental Attorney
U.S. Public Interest Research Group

Robert Kuehn
Law Professor
Tulane Law School
New Orleans, LA

Gene Harmon
Chairman, Harmon Industries
Blue Springs, MO

Opening Statements by Senators:

Prepared statements by guest Senators and Representatives:
Sen. Barbara Mikulski
Maryland

Rep. Albert R. Wynn
Maryland, 4th District

Rep. Steny Hoyer
Maryland, 5th District

Rep. Tom Davis
Virginia, 11th District

Rep. Jim Moran
Virginia, 8th District

Rep. Frank Wolf
Virginia, 10th District

Prepared statements by witnesses:

Jane Garvey
Acting Administrator
Federal Highway Administrator

Robert Martinez
Secretary of Transportation
Commonwealth of Virginia

David Winstead
Secretary of Transportation
State of Maryland

Ken Laden
Administrator of the Office of Policy and Planning
District of Columbia Public Works

Mayor Kerry J. Donley
City of Alexandria, VA

Katherine K. Hanley
Chairman
Fairfax Board of Supervisors

John J. Collins
Senior Vice President
American Trucking Associations

Wayne Curry
County Executive
Prince Georges County

Susan Williams
Chairman
The Greater Washington Board of Trade

Jonas Neihardt
President
Old Town Civic Association

Robert Montague
Alexandria Historical Restoration and Preservation Commission

Randal Kell
Vice Chairman of Government Affairs
Alexandria Chamber of Commerce

Michael Lewis
Chairman of Legislative Affairs
Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce

Opening Statements by Senators:

Prepared statements by witnesses:

Michael J. Armstrong
of Colorado, nominated by the President to be Associate Director for Mitigation of FEMA

Opening Statements by Senators:

Prepared statements by witnesses:

Sen. Richard G. Lugar
Indiana

Sen. Frank Lautenberg
New Jersey

Sen. Mike DeWine
Ohio

Rep. Nita Lowey
New York

Phillip R. Recht
Deputy Administrator
National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration

Anthony R. Kane
Executive Director
Federal Highway Administration

Richard Crabtree
President and COO
Nationwide Mutal Insurance Company

Joan Claybrook
President, Public Citizen

Katherine P. Prescott
National President
Mothers Aganist Drunk Driving

Tom Donohue
President and CEO
American Trucking Associations

James L. Kolstad
Vice President
American Automobile Association

Brenda Berry
Board Member, CRASH
Woodbridge, Virginia

Bob Bartlett
Mayor of Monrovia, California

Barbara Harsha
National Association of Governors' Highway and Safety Representatives
Statement delivered for Elizabeth Baker, Maryland State Highway Administration

Robert Georgine
President, Building and Construction Trades Department
AFL-CIO

Edward Wytkind
Executive Director, Transportation Trades Department
AFL-CIO

Opening Statements by Senators:

Prepared statements by witnesses:

Hon. Emma Jean Hull
Mayor of Benton Harbor, Michigan

Hon. Richard P. Homrighausen
Mayor of Dover, Ohio

Hon. Leon G. Billings
Delegate
Maryland General Assembly

Hon. Richard L. Russman
New Hampshire State Senate

Hon. John Selph
Tulsa County Commissioner, Oklahoma

Robert C. Junk
President, Pennsylvania Farmers Union
for National Farmers Union

Bob Vice
President, California Farm Bureau Federation
for American Farm Bureau Federation

Paul Hansen
Executive Director, Izaak Walton League of America

Dr. Kevin P. Fennelly
Staff Physician
Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
National Jewish Medical and Research Center

Dr. Christopher M. Grande
Executive Director
International Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care Society

Harry C. Alford
President and CEO
National Black Chamber of Commerce

Frank F. Herhold
Executive Director, Marine Industries Association of South Florida
for National Marine Manufacturers Association

Jeffrey C. Smith
Executive Director, Institute of Clean Air Companies

Glenn Heilman
Vice President, Heilman Pavement Specialties Inc.
for National Federation of Independent Business

Opening Statements by Senators:

Prepared statements by witnesses:

Dr. Kenneth W. Chilton
Director, Center for the Study of American Business
Washington University
St. Louis, MO

Dr. Thomas Starr
ENVIRON Inc.
Raleigh, NC

Susan E. Dudley
Vice President and Director of Environmental Analysis
Economists Incorporated
Washington, DC

Dr. Carl E. Shy
Department of Epidemiology
School of Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Dr. Morton Lippmann
Institute of Environmental Medicine
New York University

Dr. Alan Krupnick
Senior Fellow
Resources for the Future
Washington, DC
Risk Issues
Implementation Issues

Mary Nichols
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation
Environmental Protection Agency

Benjamin Cooper
Printing Industries of America
Alexandria, VA

Patricia Leyden
Deputy Executive Officer
South Coast Air Quality Management District
Diamond Bar, CA

Beverly Hartsock
Duputy Director for Policy and Regulatory Development
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Austin, TX

Opening Statements by Senators:

Prepared statements by witnesses:

Gov. Lincoln Almond
State of Rhode Island

Hon. Rodney Slater
Secretary
U.S. Department of Transportation

Dr. William Ankner
Director
Rhode Island Department of Transportation

Dr. Beverly Scott
Director
Rhode Island Public Transit Authority

Colonel Edmond S. Culhane, Jr.
Superintendent
Rhode Island State Police

Edward F. Sanderson
Executive Director
Rhode Island Preservation and Heritage Commission

Barry Schiller
Sierra Club

Dan Baudouin
Executive Director
The Providence Foundation

Kenneth Bianchi
DOTWatch

Curt Spalding
Executive Director
Save the Bay

James RePass
President and CEO
The Northeast Corridor Initiative, Inc.

Opening Statements by Senators:

Guest Senator:

Prepared statements by witnesses:

Hon. George E. Pataki, Governor of New York
Albany, NY

Hon. Christine Todd Whitman, Governor of New Jersey
Trenton, NJ

Hon. Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mayor of New York City
New York, NY

Mortimer Downey
Deputy Secretary
Department of Transportation

Thomas M. Downs
Chairman, President, and CEO
Amtrak

James Sullivan
Connecticut Department of Transportation
Newington, CT

Robert E. Boyle
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
New York, NY

E. Virgil Conway
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
New York, NY

William Van Dyke
New Jersey Transportation Planning Corporation

Janine G. Bauer
Tri-State Transportation Campaign
New York, NY

Robert Kiley
New York City Partnership
New York, NY

Lew Rudin
Rudin Management Corp.
New York, NY

Phil Beachem
New Jersey Alliance for Action on ISTEA
Edison, NJ

Ed Cleary
New York State AFL-CIO
New York, NY

Raymond Pocino
Laborers International Union of North America
Cranbury, NJ

Opening Statements by Senators:

Prepared statements by witnesses:

Hon. Robert Miller, Governor of Nevada
Carson City, NV

Sen. Richard Bryan
State of Nevada

Rep. John Ensign
First Congressional District, Nevada

Rep. Jim Gibbons
Second Congressional District, Nevada

Deborah Redman
Senior Planner
Southern California Association of Governments

P.D. Kiser
Parsons Transportation
Reno, NV

Steve Teshara
Lake Tahoe Gaming Alliance

Manfred Wackers
President
Transrapid International

Glen Schaeffer
Circus Circus Enterprises

Dick Landis
Director of Transportation Programs
Heavy Vehicle Electric License Plate, Inc.

Christine Johnson
Director of Intelligent Transportation Systems
Federal Highway Administration
Department of Transportation

Bob MacLennan
General Manager
Metropolitan Transit Authority
Harris County, Texas

Dick Howard
Director, Intergovernmental Relations
South Dakota Department of Transportation

Pete Rahn
Cabinet Secretary
New Mexico State Highway and Transportation Department

Yvonne Atkinson Gates
County Commissioner
Clark County Commission

Bruce Woodbury
County Commissioner
Clark County Commission

Celia G. Kupersmith
Executive Director
Reno Regional Transportation Commission

Jan Laverty Jones
Mayor, City of Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV

Opening Statements by Senators:

Prepared statements by witnesses:

Chrissy Winkler
Citizen
Moberly, Missouri

Carolyn Winkler
Citizen
Moberly, Missouri

Mike Right
Vice President, Public Affairs
American Automobile Association -- Missouri
St. Louis, MO

Barry Seward
President, Missouri Transportation Council
Kansas City, MO

Tom Boland
Chairman, Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission
Hannibal, MO

John Wagner, Jr.
Wagner Industries, Inc.
Chairman, Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City, MO

Richard C.D. Fleming
President and CEO, St Louis Regional Commerce and Growth Association
St. Louis, MO

Don Clarkson
Vice President, Clarkson Construction Co.
Kansas City, MO

Peter Herschend
Vice Chairman, Silver Dollar City, Inc. Branson, MO

Gary Evans
Executive Vice President and CEO, Farmland Industries
Chairman, Heartland Freight Industries

Malcolm McCance
St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce
St. Joseph, MO

Hon. Brian Mills
Cass County Commissioner, Northern District
Co-Chair, Mid-America Regional Council Total Transportation Policy Committee

John Lieber
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy
U.S. Department of Transporation

Opening Statements by Senators:

Prepared statements by witnesses:

Hon. Philip E. Batt
Governor
State of Idaho

Jane Garvey
Acting Administrator
Federal Highway Administration

Evan Frasure
State Senator, and Chairman of the Transporation Committee
Idaho State Senate

Jim Kempton
State Representative, and Chairman of the House Transportation and Defense Commmittee
Idaho House of Representatives

Jack King
President, Idaho Association of Counties
Shoshone County, Wallace, ID

John Beaudry
Planning Director
Stillwater County, Montana

Dwight Bower
Director, Idaho Department of Transportation
Boise, ID

Marv Dye
Director, Montana Department of Transportation
Helena, MT

Yvonne Ferrell
Director, Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation
Boise, ID

Michael Kyte
University of Idaho National Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies
Moscow, ID

Tom Arnold
Director, Idaho Department of Commerce
Boise, ID

Steve Albert
Director, Western Transportation Institute
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT

Basil Barna
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory

Jim Manion
AAA of Oregon and Idaho
Boise, ID

Carl Schweitzer
Director of Governmental Affairs
Montana Contractors Association

Dave Doeringsfeld
Director, Port of Lewiston
Lewiston, ID

Ron McMurray
U.S. Highway 95 Coalition
Lewiston, ID

David Cook
Vice President, Swift Trucking Company
Lewiston, ID

Opening Statements by Senators:

Prepared statements by witnesses:

Jane Garvey
Acting Administrator
Federal Highway Administration

David M. Gardiner
Assistant Administrator for Policy, Planning and Evaluation
Environmental Protection Agency

Thomas Walker
Executive Director
Wisconsin Road Builders Association on behalf of the America Road and Transportation Builders
Association

Hal Hiemstra
Vice President of National Policy
Rails to Trails

Meg Maguire
President
Scenic America

Hank Dittmar
Executive Director
Surface Transportation Policy Project

Leon S. Kenison
Commissioner
Department of Transportation
State of New Hampshire

Lawrence D. Dahms
Executive Director
Metropolitan Transportation Commission

M. Michael Cooke
Chair, Board of County Commissioners
Douglas County, Colorado

Guillermo Vidal
Executive Director
Department of Transportation
State of Colorado

Timothy S. Stowe
Vice President
Anderson and Associates, Inc. on behalf of American Consulting Engineers Council

Opening Statements by Senators:

Prepared statements by witnesses:

The Honorable Dan Coats (R-IN)
U.S. Senate

The Honorable Arlen Specter (R-PA)
U.S. Senate

The Honorable Carl Levin (D-MI)
U.S. Senate

The Honorable Robert Franks (R-NJ)
U.S. House of Representatives

The Honorable Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ)
U.S. House of Representatives

Mayor John Rooney
Northvale, New Jersey
Assemblyman of District 39, on behalf of Mayors Task Force Against Flow Control

Commissioner Randy Johnson
Hennepin County, on behalf of National Association of Counties

David Leff
Assistant Commissioner for Policy and Planning
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection

Grover Norquist
President
Americans for Tax Reform

John Broadway
Virginia State Director
National Federation of Independent Businesses

James M. Seif
Secretary of Environmental Protection
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

John Cahill
Commissioner
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Randy Mastro
Deputy Mayor of Operations
City of New York

David Olson
Dakota Resource Council, on behalf of Western Organization of Resource Councils

Tony Ciofalo
Vice President
Allied Waste Industries, on behalf of Environmental Industries Association

Opening Statements by Senators:

Prepared statements by witnesses:

Johnny H. Hayes, of Tennessee
nominated to be a member of the
Board of Directors,
Tennessee Valley Authority'

Judith Espinosa, of New Mexico
nominated to be a member of the
Board of Trustees of the
Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation

D. Michael Rappoport, of Arizona
nominated to be a member of the
Board of Trustees of the
Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation

Maj. Gen. Robert Bernard Flowers, U.S. Army
nominated to be a member of the
Mississippi River Commission
(Note: Gen. Flowers did not attend the hearing, but sent his statement.)

Opening Statements by Senators:

Prepared statements by witnesses:

Hon. William V. Roth, Jr.
U.S. Senator,
State of Delaware

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

Hon. John McCain
U.S. Senator,
State of Arizona

Hon. Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
U.S. Senator,
State of Delaware

Michael Huerta
Associate Deputy Secretary
Department of Transportation

Leslie White
Chairperson
American Public Transit Association

Tom M. Downs
Chairman and CEO
Amtrak
National Railroad Passenger Corporation

Karen B. Phillips
Senior Vice President
Association of American Railroads

William E. Loftus
President
American Short Line Railroad Association

Thomas Donohue
President
American Trucking Association

Opening Statements by Senators:

Prepared statements by witnesses:

Representative Rosa L. DeLauro
Third Congressional District of Connecticut

Mortimer Downey
Deputy Secretary
Department of Transportation

Phyllis F. Scheinberg
Associate Director for Transportation and Telecommunications Issues
General Accounting Office

Gerald Pfeffer
Senior Vice President
United Infrastructure Company
Chicago, Illinois

Daniel V. Flanagan
Flanagan Consulting Goup, Inc.
Alexandria, Virginia

James Constantino
President and CEO
ITS America
Washington, DC

Robert Skinner
Executive Director
Transportation Research Board
National Academy of Sciences

Opening Statements by Senators:

Prepared statements by witnesses:

Carol M. Browner, Administrator
Environmental Protection Agency

Richard Gimello
Assistant Commissioner for Site Remediation
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection,
for National Governors' Association

Linda Biagioni
Vice President for Environmental Affairs
Black & Decker Corp.,
for Superfund Action Alliance

Karen Florini
Environmental Defense Fund

Barbara Williams
Sunny Ray Restaurant
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,
for National Federation of Independent Business

Karen O'Regan
Environmental Programs Manager
Phoenix, Arizona,
for American Communities for Cleanup Equity

Terry Garcia
Acting Assistant Secretary
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Department of Commerce

Larry L. Lockner
Manager of Regulatory Issues
Shell Oil Company,
for American Petroleum Institute

Bob Spiegel Director
Edison Wetlands Association
Edison, New Jersey

Charlie De Saillan
Assistant Attorney General for Natural Resources
State of New Mexico

Rich A. Heig
Senior Vice President
Kennecott Energy Company
Salt Lake City, Utah

March 4, 1997. Brownfields Cleanup Oversight hearing,
Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk Assessment.

Opening Statements by Senators:

Prepared statements by witnesses:

Timothy Fields, Acting Administrator
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Environmental Protection Agency

James M. Seif,
Secretary of Environmental Protection
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Mayor J. Christian Bollwage
Elizabeth, New Jersey

Ms. Lorrie Louder
Director of Industrial Development
St. Paul Port Authority,
for National Association of Government Environment Professionals

Peter F. Guerrero
Director for Environmental Protection Issues
General Accounting Office

William J. Riley,
General Manager for Environmental Affairs
Bethelem Steel
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

J. Peter Scherer,
Taubman Company
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

William K. Wray, Vice President
Credit and Policy Reporting
Citizens Bank
Providence, Rhode Island

Prepared statements by witnesses:

Governor Frank Keating
State of Oklahoma

Lt. Gov. Nancy Hollister
State of Ohio

State Senator Paul Muegge
Oklahoma State Senate, on behalf of the National Conference of State Legislatures

Mayor M. Susan Savage
Tulsa, Oklahoma, on behalf of the National Conference of Mayors

Hon. Mark Schwartz
Oklahoma City Council, on behalf of the National League of Cities

Mayor Patrick Henry Hays
North Little Rock, Arkansas

Ron Hammerschmidt
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Topeka, Kansas

Barry R. McBee
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Austin, Texas

J. Dale Givens
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Richard Grusnick
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
Montgomery, Alabama

Opening Statements by Senators:

Prepared statements by witnesses:

Rodney E. Slater
Secretary of Transportation

Wiliam D. Fay
President and CEO
American Highway Users Alliance

Hank Dittmar
Executive Director
Surface Transportation Policy Project

February 13, 1997. ISTEA Reathorization hearing,
Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Opening Statements by Senators:

Prepared statements by witnesses:

Mortimer Downey
Deputy Secretary
Department of Transportation

Andrew H. Card, Jr.
President and CEO
American Automobile Manufacturers Association

Darrel Rensink
President
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

Alan E. Pisarski
Author of Commuting in America II

Damian Kulash
President and CEO
ENO Transportation Foundation, Inc.

February 12, 1997. Clean Air Act: Review of Ozone and Particulate Matter Standards,
Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Opening Statements by Senators:

Prepared statements by witnesses:

Carol M. Browner
Adminstrator
Environmental Protection Agency

Sally M. Katzen
Administrator
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Office of Management and Budget

February 5, 1997. Clean Air Act: Review of Ozone and Particulate Matter Stanards,
Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety.

Opening Statements by Senators:

Prepared statements by witnesses:

Dr. George Wolff
Chairman, CASAC
General Motors Company
Detroit, Michigan

Dr. Morton Lippmann
Institute of Environmental Medicine
New York University

Dr. Daniel Menzel
Department of Community and Environmental Medicine
University of California at Irvine

Dr. George Thurston
Department of Environmental Medicine
School of Medicine
New York University

Dr. Roger O. McClellan
President
Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Dr. Anne Smith
Vice President
Decision Focus Incorporated

Dr. Joel Schwartz
Associate Professor of Environmental Epidemiology
Harvard University

Dr. Ron Wyzga
Electric Power Research Institute
Palo Alto, California

January 31, 1997. Testimony of Rodney E. Slater, Nominated to be Secretary of Transportation,
Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Prepared statement:

Rodney E. Slater
Administrator
Federal Highway Administration
Department of Transportation