Committee on Environment and Public Works
Oversight Hearing to Consider Whether Potential Liability Deters Abandoned Hard Rock Mine Clean-Up
June 14, 2006
628 Dirksen, 9:30 AM
Opening Statements:
Sen. James M. Inhofe, of Oklahoma.
Sen. John W. Warner, of Virginia.
Sen. John Thune, of South Dakota.
Sen. David Vitter, of Louisiana.
Sen. James M. Jeffords, of Vermont.
Sen. Barbara Boxer, California.
Witnesses:
Senator Wayne Allard
United States Senator, Colorado
Senator Ken Salazar
United States Senator, Colorado
Hon. Stephen L. Johnson
Administrator
Environmental Protection Agency
Dennis E. Ellis
Executive Director
CO Dept of Public Health and Environment
Velma M. Smith
National Environmental Trust
John Gioia
Chair, Board of Supervisors
Contra Costa Public Works
Terry Harwood
Former Executive Director Hazardous Material Policy Council, USDA
Former Chief Environmental Engineer, USFS
Scott A. Lewis
Director, Environmental and Governmental Affairs
AngloGold Ashanti North America Inc.
