WASHINGTON, DC – On Tuesday, August 23, 2022, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Vice Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA), will hold a media availability for reporters in Unalaska on the committee’s field hearing, “Contaminated Land Conveyances: the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the Detrimental Impacts of Contamination on Native Communities and the Next Steps for Environmental Justice,” including the testimony provided by the following witnesses:
- MR. STEVE COHN, Alaska State Director, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, Anchorage, AK
- MR. Carlton Waterhouse, J.D., Ph.D., Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Land and Emergency Management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington D.C.
- MS. LARA BEASLEY, Chief, Environmental Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington D.C.
- The Honorable Jason Brune, Commissioner, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Juneau, AK
- The Honorable Vincent Tutiakoff, Mayor, City of Unalaska; Chairman of the Board, Ounalashka Corporation; Traditional Chief, Qawalangin Tribe, Unalaska, AK
- MS. HALLIE BISSETT, Executive Director, Alaska Native Village Corporation Association, Anchorage, AK
WHAT: Media Availability
WHERE: City Council Chambers of Unalaska City Hall
43 Raven Way, Unalaska, AK 99685
WHEN: Tuesday, August 23, 2022, at ~2:00PM AKT
If unable to attend the media availability in-person but would like to arrange a phone interview, please call or email Hannah Ray in advance of the field hearing at 907-388-4442 or hannah_ray@murkowski.senate.gov
Related Issues: Alaska Natives & Rural Alaska
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