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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
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State Rep. Mike Sturla Chairman, Majority Policy Committee |
State Rep. Mike O'Brien D-Philadelphia Hearing Co-Chair |
Majority Policy Committee examines clean water issues
PHILADELPHIA, July 29 – The House Majority Policy Committee held a public hearing today at the Independence Visitor Center to examine clean water issues in Pennsylvania, according to Chairman Mike Sturla, D-Lancaster.
State Rep. Michael O'Brien, D-Phila., requested the hearing and served as its co-chair.
"In the last few decades Pennsylvania has made measurable progress on cleaning up its waterways, but there is still more to be done." Sturla said. "Clean water is an issue that truly affects the entire state and every resident, so I am pleased that Representative O'Brien asked to hold this hearing to bring this critical issue to the forefront."
O’Brien added, "The Commonwealth is an aquifer for many large bodies of water including the Delaware, Chesapeake, Potomac, Ohio, Mississippi and Lake Erie, and it is extremely important that we work together to protect the integrity of our natural water supplies. I hope this hearing will help advance the conversation on clean water in Pennsylvania and beyond."
Those testifying at the hearing included Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Deputy Secretary John Hines with the Office of Water Management; Howard Neukrug, director of Office of Watersheds, Philadelphia Water Department’s Green City Clean Waters Program; Brady Russell, Eastern Pennsylvania director, Clean Water Action; Lamonte Garber , PA Agriculture program manager, Chesapeake Bay Foundation; Erika Staaf, Clean Water advocate, PennEnvironment; Christine Knapp, director of Outreach, PennFuture; Carol R. Collier, executive director, Delaware River Basin Commission; and Marel Raub, Pennsylvania director, Chesapeake Bay Commission.
More information about the Policy Committee and hearing materials is available online at www.pahouse.com/PolicyCommittee.
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