United States Senate Environment Subcommittee on Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice and Regulatory Oversight

The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice and Regulatory Oversight is one a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Jurisdiction[]

Superfund and Waste Issues
- Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM)
- Superfund Program
- Brownfields Program
- Solid Waste Disposal Act
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, including recycling and electronic recycling, federal facilities and interstate waste
- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
- Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act
- Solid waste disposal and recycling

Chemical Issues
- Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Pollution Control and Prevention (OCSPP)
- Chemical Safety and Hazardous Investigation Board
- Toxic Substances Control Act
- Toxics Release Inventory
- Chemical Policy, including Chemical Security
- Persistent organic pollutants
- Risk Assessment
- Environmental effects of toxic substances, other than pesticides

Regulatory Oversight
- Council on Environmental Quality
- Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation
- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
- Responsibility for oversight of agencies, departments, and programs within the jurisdiction of the full committee, including oversight of environmental research and development, and for conducting investigations within such jurisdiction (The oversight jurisdiction pertains to good governance matters like mismanagement of federal funds and personnel issues, but not to policy matters like those within the jurisdiction of other subcommittees)
- Environmental research and development

History[]

The subcommittee was formerly known as the Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health, but was renamed during committee organization of the 111th Congress to reflect its jurisdiction over major federal environmental health laws. From the 111th to the 116th Congress it was named Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight.

Members, 117th Congress[]

Majority	Minority
Jeff Merkley, Oregon, Chair Bernie Sanders, Vermont^[1] Ed Markey, Massachusetts Mark Kelly, Arizona Alex Padilla, California	Roger Wicker, Mississippi, Ranking Member Richard Shelby, Alabama Dan Sullivan, Alaska Joni Ernst, Iowa Lindsey Graham, South Carolina
Ex officio
Tom Carper, Delaware	Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia

References[]

^ Sen. Sanders is an Independent but caucuses with the Democrats.

External links[]

Official Subcommittee page

[1] Sen. Sanders is an Independent but caucuses with the Democrats.

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