07 Sep 2016
Water Quality and Contamination
Legislative Office BuildingRoom B, Legislative Office Building, 2nd Floor 181 State Street, Hamilton Hearing Room B, 2nd Floor, Albany, NY, 12247
11:00 AM Archived Video
Joint—Senate Standing Committee on Health
Chair: Senator Kemp Hannon
Senate Standing Committee on Environmental Conservation
Chair: Senator Thomas F. O’Mara
Assembly Standing Committee on Environmental Conservation
Chair: Assembly Member Steve Englebright
and Assembly Standing Committee on Health
Chair: Assembly Member Richard N. Gottfried
Public Hearing: Water Quality and Contamination
Place: Hamilton Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, 2nd Floor, Albany, New York
Time: 11:00 A.M.
Contact: Darlene Murray (518) 455-2200 (Senate Health);
Brian Alapatt (518) 455-2091 (Senate Environmental Conservation);
Michelle Milot (518) 455-4363 (Assembly Environmental
Conservation); Anthony Kergaravat (518) 455-4371 (Assembly Health)
Media Contact: Scott Reif, Director of Communications, Senate Majority Conference
(518) 455-2264; Assembly Press Office (518) 455-3888
WITNESS LIST
Albany
Public Hearing on Water Quality and Contamination
Panel 1:
Howard A. Zucker, MD, JD, Commissioner, New York State Department of Health
Basil Seggos, Commissioner, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Panel 2:
Honorable Keith Batman, Chairman, Cayuga County Legislature
Honorable David B. Borge, Mayor, Village of Hoosick Falls
Honorable Alan Webster, Supervisor, Town of Petersburgh
Michael G. Ciaravino, City Manager, City of Newburgh
Panel 3:
Howard A. Freed, M.D., Former Director, NYS Department of Health, Center for Environmental Health
Mary Fran Wachunas, County Public Health Director, Rensselaer County Department of Health
Panel 4:
Robert A. Bilott, Esq., Partner, Taft, Stettinius and Hollister LLP
David E. Engel Esq., Nolan & Heller (Counsel for Healthy Hoosick Water)
Panel 5:
Jennifer Plouffe, Resident, Hoosick Falls
Panel 6:
William Cooke, Citizens Campaign for the Environment
Elizabeth Moran, Water and Natural Resources Associate, Environmental Advocates of New York
John Parker, Director of Legal Programs, Dan Shapley, Water Quality Manager, Riverkeeper, Inc
Alex Beauchamp, Northeast Region Director, Food and Water Watch
Daryn Cline, Director of Environmental Technologies, Alliance to Prevent Legionnaires’ Disease
Panel 7:
Cheryle Saltmarsh, Resident, Ellenberg Depot
Wayne Askew, Resident, Wilseyville
Terry Nardone, Resident Hammondsport
Panel 8:
Martin Aman, Chairman, New York Chapter American Water Works Association
Joseph Fiegl, President, New York Water Environment Association
Robert A. Michaels PhD, President, RAM TRAC Corporation
Darren Suarez, Director of Government Affairs, The Business Council of New York State
Panel 9:
Ingrid Beer and Donna Liebman, Plains Road Water Watch
Andrew Bicking, Director of Public Policy and Special Projects, Scenic Hudson, Inc.
Kevin Chlad, Director of Government Relations, The Adirondack Council
Tamara Elzubair, CNA, and Gail Cook, Political Organizer, 1199SEIU
David Hassel, Engineer formerly employed at the site of St. Gobain in Hoosick Falls
Part 1
Part 2
