ASTSWMO Congressional Testimony
ASTSWMO has provided testimony at numerous hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. This listing includes links to the hearings at which ASTSWMO was invited to testify, dating back to 2013, and is organized by the subject of the hearing. Click hearing title to learn more.
April 4, 2026
2026 Testimony to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Other Related Agencies
May 8, 2025
Lisa Shook (Ohio EPA) testified on the Brownfields Program during a House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure hearing titled “Cleaning Up the Past, Building the Future: The Brownfields Program.”
Brownfields
April 4, 2025
On April 4, 2025, ASTSWMO submitted written testimony to the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, & Related Agencies addressing FY26 Appropriations for the U.S. EPA.
U.S. EPA
March 12, 2025
ASTSWMO Executive Director joined eight other State environmental media associations in a letter to U.S. House and Senate leadership highlighting the importance of federal implementation funding.
Funding
February 15, 2022
House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Environment & Climate Change hearing on “Back from the Brink: Restoring Brownfields Sites to Economic Engines.”
Brownfields
ASTSWMO Witness: Jason E. Seyler (MT), Vice-Chair of the Brownfields Focus Group, CERCLA and Brownfields Subcommittee
September 6, 2018
House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on the Environment hearing on “Perfluorinated Chemicals in the Environment: An Update on the Response to Contamination and Challenges Presented.”
PFAS
ASTSWMO Witness: Sandeep R. Burman (MN), Region 5 Representative on the ASTSWMO Board of Directors
January 18, 2018
House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Environment hearing on “Modernizing the Superfund Cleanup Program.”
Superfund
ASTSWMO Witness: Stephen Cobb (AL), an ASTSWMO Past-President
August 1, 2017
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight hearing on “Oversight of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund Program.”
Superfund
ASTSWMO Witness: Jeffery Steers (VA), an ASTSWMO Past-President and Vice-Chair of the Post-Construction Focus Group, CERCLA and Brownfields Subcommittee
April 4, 2017
House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Environment hearing on “Discussion Draft: Brownfields Reauthorization.”
Brownfields
ASTSWMO Witness: J. Meade Anderson (VA), Chair, Brownfields Focus Group, CERCLA and Brownfields Subcommittee
March 28, 2017
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment hearing on “Building a 21st Century Infrastructure for America: Revitalizing American Communities through the Brownfields Program.”
Superfund
ASTSWMO Witness: Amanda LeFevre (KY), Vice-Chair, Brownfields Focus Group, CERCLA and Brownfields Subcommittee
July 13, 2016
House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy hearing on “Oversight of CERCLA Implementation.”
Superfund
ASTSWMO Witness: Amy Brittain (OK), Chair, Remedial Action Focus Group, CERCLA and Brownfields Subcommittee
April 21, 2016
House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy hearing on “EPA’s Brownfields Program: Empowering Cleanup and Encouraging Economic Redevelopment.”
Brownfields
ASTSWMO Witness: J. Meade Anderson (VA), Chair, Brownfields Focus Group, CERCLA and Brownfields Subcommittee
September 11, 2015
House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy hearing on “Oversight of Federal Facility Cleanup under CERCLA.”
Federal Facility Cleanup
ASTSWMO Witness: Bonnie Buthker (OH), ASTSWMO Vice-President
March 18, 2015
House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy hearing on “H.R. ___, the Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015.”
Coal Combustion Residuals
ASTSWMO Witness: Michael Forbeck (PA), ASTSWMO President
January 22, 2015
House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy hearing on “EPA’s 2014 Final Rule: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals from Electric Utilities.”
Coal Combustion Residuals
ASTSWMO Witness: Michael Forbeck (PA), ASTSWMO President
May 17, 2013
House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy hearing on “Federal and State Partnership for Environmental Protection Act of 2013;” the “Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act of 2013;” and the “Federal Facility Accountability Act of 2013.”
RCRA/CERCLA/Federal Facilities
ASTSWMO Witness: Jeffery Steers (VA), ASTSWMO President
February 15, 2013
House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy hearing on “The Role of the States in Protecting the Environment Under Current Law.”
State Role in Environmental Protection
ASTSWMO Witness: Jeffery Steers (VA), ASTSWMO President