12 Sep 2016
Water Quality and Contamination
Legislative Auditorium, William H. Rogers Building,Legislative Auditorium, William H. Rogers Building, 725 Veterans Memorial Highway, Smithtown, NY, 11787
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: Legislative Auditorium, William H. Rogers Building,
725 Veterans Memorial Highway, Smithtown, 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 (alphabetical order)
Long Island
Public Hearing on Water Quality and Contamination
Panel 1
Honorable Steven Bellone, County Executive, Suffolk County
Honorable Bridget Fleming, County Legislator, Second District, Suffolk County Legislature
Honorable Edward Romaine, Brookhaven Supervisor, Town of Brookhaven
Panel 2
Christopher Schubert, Supervisory Hydrologist, United States Geological Survey
Panel 3
Basil Seggos, Commissioner, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Howard A. Zucker, MD, JD, Commissioner, New York State Department of Health
Panel 4
Tyrand Fuller, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Suffolk County Water Authority
David Berg, Program Manager for the Long Island Nitrogen Action Plan, Long Island Regional Planning Council
Stan Carey, Vice Chair, Long Island Water Conference
Jared Hershkowitz, Retired Professor, Member of LICAP, Water 4 Long Island
Panel 5
Christopher Gobler, PhD., Associate Dean for Research, Stony Brook University, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Sarah Meyland, Director- Center for Water Resources Management, New York Institute of Technology
Panel 6
Adrienne Esposito, Executive Director, Citizens Campaign for the Environment
Amanda Lefton, Deputy Policy Director, The Nature Conservancy in New York
Patricia Wood, Executive Director, Grassroots Environmental Education
Greta Zarro, Northeast Region Director, Food and Water Watch
Panel 7
Richard Amper, Executive Director, Long Island Pine Barrens Society
Robert S. DeLuca, President, Group for the East End
John Turner, Conservation Policy Advocate, Seatuck Environmental Association
Kevin McAllister, Defend H2O
Panel 8
Michael Boufis, Superintendent, Bethpage Water District
Brian Bruce, President, New York American Water
Anthony Iannone, Superintendent, Hicksville Water District
Claudia Borecky, and Dave Denenberg, Co-Directors, LI Clean Air Water and Soil (LI CAWS)
Panel 9
George Hoffman, Trustee, Setauket Harbor Task Force
Karen Blumer, Open Space Council
Simon Kinsella, Committee Member, Wainscott Citizens Advisory Committee
David Reisfield, Executive Director, Long Island Environmental Voters Forum
Panel 10
Carol Kopf, Media Director, Fluoride Action Network
Rita Palma
Michael Kaufman
Jill Toby
Walk-in
Jennifer Garvey, Associate Director, Stony Brook University Center for Clean Water technology
Part 1
Part 2
