United States Senate Environment Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight

The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight is one of four subcommittees of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Jurisdiction

The subcommittee's jurisdiction includes:

Superfund and Brownfields
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), including recycling, Federal facilities and interstate waste
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
Environmental Justice
Risk Assessment

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.

Members, 114th Congress

Majority	Minority
Mike Rounds, South Dakota, Chairman David Vitter, Louisiana Mike Crapo, Idaho John Boozman, Arkansas Dan Sullivan, Alaska	Ed Markey, Massachusetts, Ranking Member Tom Carper, Delaware Jeff Merkley, Oregon Cory Booker, New Jersey
Ex officio
Jim Inhofe, Oklahoma	Barbara Boxer, California

External links

Official Subcommittee page

Current United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittees

Children's Health Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Fisheries, Water and Wildlife Green Jobs and the New Economy Superfund, Waste Management and Regulatory Oversight Transportation and Infrastructure

Current United States congressional committees

Senate (list)	Aging (Special) Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Appropriations Armed Services Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Budget Commerce, Science, and Transportation Energy and Natural Resources Environment and Public Works Ethics (Select) Finance Foreign Relations Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Indian Affairs Intelligence (Select) Judiciary Narcotics (Caucus) Rules and Administration Small Business and Entrepreneurship Veterans' Affairs

House (list)	Agriculture Appropriations Armed Services Benghazi (Select) Budget Education and the Workforce Energy and Commerce Select Investigative Panel on Planned Parenthood Ethics Financial Services Foreign Affairs Homeland Security House Administration Intelligence (Permanent Select) Judiciary Natural Resources Oversight and Government Reform Rules Science, Space and Technology Small Business Transportation and Infrastructure Veterans' Affairs Ways and Means (Whole)

Joint (list)	(Conference) Economic Inaugural Ceremonies (Special) Library Printing Taxation

Defunct committees

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