Oil and Gas Exemptions in Federal Environmental Protections

On Wednesday the committee will hold a hearing to examine the applicability of federal environmental and health requirements to onshore oil and gas development. The hearing will also address the potential impact oil and gas activity has on the environment and the health of populations living near production areas. A preliminary transcript of this hearing is now available.

The following witnesses testified:

Panel I:

• Ms. Amy Mall, Senior Policy Analyst, Natural Resources Defense Council
• Mr. Kendrick Neubecker, on behalf of Trout Unlimited, Carbondale, Colorado
• Dr. Theo Colborn, President, the Endocrine Disruption Exchange
• Dr. Daniel Teitelbaum, M.D., P.C., Medical Toxicologist, President, Medical Toxicology and Occupational Medicine, Denver, Colorado
• Mr. Steve Mobaldi, Grand Junction, Colorado
• Ms. Susan Wallace-Babb, Winnsboro, Texas
• Dr. David E. Bolin, Deputy Director, State Oil and Gas Board, State of Alabama

Panel II:

• Mr. Robert Anderson, Deputy Assistant Director for Minerals, Realty and Resource Protection, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior
• Mr. Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency