Washington, D.C. – The Subcommittee on Energy will be conducting one hearing. The Subcommittee on Energy will hold a hearing on, Saturday, December 6, 2003 at 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at Paducah Information Age Park in Paducah, Kentucky. The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony regarding cleanup at the Department of Energy’s Paducah plant in Paducah, Kentucky. The invited witnesses are: Panel One Robin M. Nazzaro
Director
Natural Resources and Environment
General Accounting Office
Gerald Boyd
Manager
Department of Energy Oak Ridge Operations Office William E. Murphie
Manager
Department of Energy Portsmouth/ Paducah Project Office
(Will not be testifying, but will do question and answer)
Hank List
Secretary
Kentucky Natural Resources and Environmental
Protection Cabinet Jon Johnston
Environment Protection Agency
Region 4 Federal Facilities Manager
Panel Two (EEOICPA) Robert E. Robertson
Education, Workforce, and Income Security
General Accounting Office
(Will not be testifying, but will do question and answer)
Tom Rollow
Director
Office of Worker Advocacy
Department of Energy
(Will not be testifying, but will do question and answer)
Pete Turcic
Director
Department of Labor Energy Employees Occupational
Illness Compensation Program
Larry M. Greathouse
Commissioner
Kentucky Department of Workers’ Claims
Panel Three Steve Liedle
President and General Manager
Bechtel Jacobs Company, LLC
Ken Wheeler
Chairman
Greater Paducah Economic Development Council
Leon Owens
President
Paducah, Kentucky Plant PACE union
Bill Paxton
Mayor
Paducah, Kentucky
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