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ADVISORY: EPA Administrator McCarthy Testifying Today Before Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and Senate Committee on Indian Affairs

WASHINGTON - Today, Wednesday, September 16, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy will testify at two separate hearings on EPA's response to the Gold King Mine release. At 10:00 a.m. Administrator McCarthy will appear before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works for the hearing titled "Oversight of the Cause, Response, and Impacts of EPA's Gold King Mine Disaster." At 2:15 p.m. Administrator McCarthy will testify at the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Oversight Hearing "EPA's Gold King Mine Disaster: Examining the Harmful Impacts to Indian Country."


SENATE HEARING ONE:
WHAT: U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works hearing: "Oversight of the Cause, Response, and Impacts of EPA's Gold King Mine Disaster"
WHEN: Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015; 10:00 a.m. Eastern
WHO: EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy
WHERE: 406 Dirksen Senate Office Building
RSVP: ** For media planning to attend: email Kristina_Baum@epw.senate.gov. Please note that media are required to display current Senate press credentials.**

SENATE HEARING TWO:
WHAT: U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Oversight Hearing: "EPA's Gold King Mine Disaster: Examining the Harmful Impacts to Indian Country"
WHEN: Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015; 2:15 p.m. Eastern
WHO: EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy
WHERE: 628 Dirksen Senate Office Building

For information on the response to the Gold King Mine release www.epa.gov/goldkingmine