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, 118th Congress

Majority	Minority
Jeff Merkley, Oregon, Chair Bernie Sanders, Vermont^[1] Ed Markey, Massachusetts Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island John Fetterman, Pennsylvania	Markwayne Mullin, Oklahoma, Ranking Member John Boozman, Arkansas Dan Sullivan, Alaska Roger Wicker, Mississippi
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

v t e Current United States Senate Environment subcommittees
Current	Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice and Regulatory Oversight Clean Air, Climate and Nuclear Safety Fisheries, Water and Wildlife Transportation and Infrastructure
Defunct	Children's Health Green Jobs and the New Economy

Current United States congressional committees

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House (list)

Standing	Agriculture Appropriations Armed Services Budget Education and the Workforce Energy and Commerce Ethics Financial Services Foreign Affairs Homeland Security House Administration Judiciary Natural Resources Oversight and Accountability Rules Science, Space, and Technology Small Business Transportation and Infrastructure Veterans' Affairs Ways and Means (Whole)
Other	Intelligence (permanent select) Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (select)

Joint (list)

Commission
assignments

Joint	Capitol Historical Society (advisory group) China COVID-19 Oversight Cyberspace Solarium Security and Cooperation in Europe
House	Democracy Partnership Human Rights

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