Field Hearing: “Effective Environmental Enforcement: Tools and Strategies to Protect Vulnerable Communities”

Subcommittee on Environment (Committee on Oversight and Reform)

Thursday, August 25, 2022 (10:00 AM local time)

Cooper Room, Wayne County Community College Eastern Campus
5901 Conner Street
Detroit, MI 48213
This meeting will convene in the Cooper Room at Wayne County Community College's Eastern Campus and over Zoom, which has been approved by the House.

Witnesses

Panel one

Ms. Pamela McGhee
U.S. Ecology Pollution Impact Zone, Detroit, MI

Added 08/22/2022 at 08:26 PM
  • Testimony [PDF] Added 08/25/2022 at 04:44 PM
  • TNT [PDF] Added 08/31/2022 at 09:56 AM

Ms. Daeya Redding
U.S. Ecology Pollution Impact Zone, Detroit, MI

Added 08/22/2022 at 08:26 PM
  • Testimony [PDF] Added 08/25/2022 at 04:44 PM
  • TNT [PDF] Added 08/31/2022 at 09:56 AM

Mr. Robert Shobe
Stellantis Pollution Impact Zone, Detroit, MI

Added 08/22/2022 at 08:17 PM
  • Testimony [PDF] Added 08/31/2022 at 09:56 AM
  • TNT [PDF] Added 08/31/2022 at 09:56 AM

Panel two

Dr. Stuart Batterman
Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health

Added 08/25/2022 at 04:44 PM
  • Testimony [PDF] Added 08/25/2022 at 04:44 PM
  • TNT [PDF] Added 08/25/2022 at 04:44 PM
  • Bio [PDF] Added 08/25/2022 at 04:44 PM

Mr. Eden Bloom
Public Education and Media Manager, Detroit People's Platform

Added 08/22/2022 at 08:26 PM
  • Testimony [PDF] Added 08/25/2022 at 04:44 PM
  • TNT [PDF] Added 08/25/2022 at 04:44 PM

Ms. Jamesa Johnson-Greer
Executive Director, Michigan Environment Justice Coalition

Added 08/22/2022 at 08:26 PM
  • Testimony [PDF] Added 08/25/2022 at 04:44 PM
  • TNT [PDF] Added 08/31/2022 at 04:23 PM
  • Bio [PDF] Added 08/31/2022 at 04:23 PM

Mr. Nicholas Leonard
Executive Director, Great Lakes Environmental Law Center

Added 08/22/2022 at 08:26 PM
  • Testimony [PDF] Added 08/25/2022 at 04:44 PM
  • TNT [PDF] Added 09/01/2022 at 02:42 PM
  • Bio [PDF] Added 08/25/2022 at 04:44 PM

Support Documents

  • Notice [PDF]
  • Memo [PDF] Added 08/22/2022 at 08:17 PM
  • UC - Tlaib - Dearborn steel plant to pay $1.35M fine to settle alleged violations - Detroit Free Press [PDF] Added 08/30/2022 at 04:30 PM
  • UC - Tlaib - Mapping environmental injustice in Michigan - Energy News Network [PDF] Added 08/30/2022 at 04:30 PM
  • UC - Tlaib - Poletown residents want legal protections from waste facility - BridgeDetroit [PDF] Added 08/30/2022 at 04:30 PM
  • UC - Tlaib - The “original sin” of air quality regulations is keeping communities polluted. But that’s changing [PDF] Added 08/30/2022 at 04:30 PM
  • UC - Tlaib - U.S. Steel must pay $2.2M fine, reduce Detroit area air pollution [PDF] Added 08/30/2022 at 04:30 PM
  • Submissions for the Record - Breathe Free Detroit, Ecology Center, and Detroit Hamtramck Coalition for Advancing Healthy Environments [PDF] Added 09/19/2022 at 10:49 AM

Member Statements

  • Statement for the Record - Rep. Jimmy Gomez [PDF] Added 08/26/2022 at 02:36 PM

Hearing Record

  • Attendance [PDF] Added 08/25/2022 at 05:01 PM
  • Transcript [PDF] Added 10/20/2022 at 12:21 PM

First Published: August 18, 2022 at 01:00 PM
Last Updated: October 20, 2022 at 12:21 PM


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