Archived Assistant Administrator Speeches and Testimonies

• April 16, 2008
  Testimony of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure regarding the implementation of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the consolidated cases Rapanos v. United States and Carabell v. United States (Rapanos). [(PDF) (15 pp, 169KB)]

• April 15, 2008
  Testimony of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, before the U.S. Senate, Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security and Water Quality Subcommittee of the Environment and Public Works Committee, regarding trace levels of pharmaceuticals in drinking water [(PDF) (13 pp, 43KB)] and EPA's research efforts on the subject. [(PDF) ((2 pp, 33KB)]

• March 12, 2008
  Testimony of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, before the U.S. Senate, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, regarding Good Samaritan legislation to clean up abandoned mines and restore affected water resources.  [(PDF) (12 pp, 38KB)]

• March 12, 2008
  Testimony of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, before the U.S. Senate, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, regarding Good Samaritan legislation to clean up abandoned mines and restore affected water resources.  [(PDF) (12 pp, 38KB)]

• February 7, 2008
  Testimony of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, before the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, regarding the President's Fiscal Year 2009 budget request.  [(PDF) (10 pp, 160KB)]

• January 31, 2008
  Testimony of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources regarding carbon dioxide sequestration.  [HTML]  [(PDF) (7 pp, 20KB)]

• January 23, 2008
  Testimony of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure regarding the Great Lakes region.  [(PDF) (9 pp, 36KB)]

• December 3, 2007
  Remarks by Benjamin H. Grumbles, EPA Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, at the Water Summit 2007, in San Antonio, TX -- "Growing With the Flow: Water and Sustainable Development."  [(PDF) (8 pp, 33KB)]

• November 14, 2007
  Remarks by Benjamin H. Grumbles, EPA Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, at the 2007 National Awards for Smart Growth Achievement Ceremony, in Washington, D.C.  [HTML]  [(PDF) (8 pp, 222KB)]

• November 8, 2007
  Testimony of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure United States House of Representatives regarding sustainable water policies.  [HTML]  [(PDF) (13 pp, 44KB)]

• October 31, 2007
  Testimony of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform United States House of Representatives regarding EPA's programs and activities to protect public health and the environment, as it relates to the oil and gas sector.  [HTML]  [(PDF) (9 pp, 25KB)]

• October 18, 2007
  EPA Testimony for House Transportation and Infrastructure Hearing, "The 35th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act: Successes and Future Challenges".  [HTML]  [(PDF) (14 pp, 116KB)]

• September 19, 2007
  Testimony of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, before the Subcommittee on Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security, and Water Quality of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works regarding the nation's water infrastructure needs and the innovative and sustainable solutions EPA and its partners are pursuing.  [HTML]  [(PDF) (13 pp, 39KB)]

• September 12, 2007
  Remarks by Benjamin H. Grumbles, EPA Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, at the American Public Works Association's; Public Works Stormwater Summit in San Antonio, Texas  [HTML]  [(PDF) (11 pp, 135KB)]

• August 31, 2007
  Remarks of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the 2007 Blue Planet Run event in Washinton, D.C.  [HTML]  [(PDF) (4 pp, 140KB)]

• June 27, 2007
  Testimony of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security, and Water Quality regarding EPA's Beach Program (PDF) (16 pp, 48KB)

• May 10, 2007
  Testimony of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, Committee on Science and Technology on Green Infrastructure, Clean Water, and Healthy Watersheds (PDF) (13 pp, 188KB)

• April 25, 2007
  Testimony of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, George Gray, Assistant Administrator for Research and Development, and Susan Bodine, Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response before Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee House Energy and Commerce Committee United States House of Representatives regarding the history of EPA's efforts in evaluating perchlorate (PDF) (11 pp, 35KB)

• April 17, 2007
  Testimony of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure United States House of Representatives (PDF) (9 pp, 46KB)

• April 10, 2007
  Remarks of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, at the 2007 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) Symposium in Washington, D.C. (PDF) (14 pp, 48KB)

• March 22, 2007
  Remarks of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, at the Conference on Paying for Sustainable Water Infrastructure: Innovations for the 21^st Century, in Atlanta, Georgia (PDF) (19 pp, 68KB)

• March 7, 2007
  Testimony of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency before the Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee regarding the ecological and economic threat of aquatic invasive species in the Great Lakes and the Administration’s many efforts to confront this serious challenge. (PDF) (9 pp, 47KB)

• March 6, 2007
  Testimony of William L. Wehrum, Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, and Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator, Office of Water regarding: EPA’s role in ensuring that carbon capture and storage is developed and deployed in a manner that safeguards the environment. (PDF) (7 pp, 32KB)

• February 14, 2007:
  Testimony of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee regarding President Bush's Fiscal Year 2008 budget request for EPA's National Water Program (PDF) (7 pp, 44KB)

• February 14, 2007:
  Testimony of Susan Parker Bodine, Assistant Administrator for Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, and Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, before the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure regarding President Bush's budget request on EPA (PDF) (6 pp, 25KB)

• January 19, 2007:
  Testimony of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure regarding the Nations water infrastructure needs and the solutions the EPA, and its partners are pursuing. (PDF) (9 pp, 50KB)

• October 4, 2006:
  Testimony of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, Environmental Protection Agency, before the Committee on Government Reform, United States House of Representatives regarding EPA's actions to protect our Nation's watersheds and drinking water supplies against chemicals in our waterways (PDF) (10 pp, 124KB)

• September 13, 2006
  Testimony of Benjamin H. Grumbles Assistant Administrator For Water U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Before The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure U.S. House Of Representatives, regarding the Great Lakes (PDF) (10 pp, 51KB)

• September 11, 2006
  Remarks for Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, at the American Water Works Association’s Water Security Congress, Washington, D.C., regarding water security

• August 1, 2006:
  Statement Of Benjamin H. Grumbles Assistant Administrator For Water U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and John P. Woodley, Jr. Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Department of the Army Before The Subcommittee On Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, regarding Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction over waters of the United States

• July 13, 2006:
  Testimony Of Benjamin H. Grumbles Assistant Administrator For Water U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Before The Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations U.S. House Of Representatives, regarding the Chesapeake Bay Program. (PDF) (10 pp, 36KB)

• May 12, 2006:
  Remarks of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities, Washington, DC. "Four Pillars and Beyond."

• May 4, 2006:
  Testimony Of Benjamin H. Grumbles Assistant Administrator For Water U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Before The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure U.S. House Of Representatives, regarding Chesapeake Bay Program and HR 4126 (PDF) (12 pp, 33KB)

• March 30, 2006:
  Testimony Of Benjamin H. Grumbles Assistant Administrator For Water U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Before The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure U.S. House Of Representatives, regarding impaired watersheds and legacy impacts from abandoned mines (PDF) (8 pp, 88KB)

• March 16, 2006:
  Remarks for Benjamin H. Grumbles Assistant Administrator for Water U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the Carolina Environmental Program 2006 Symposium Safe Drinking Water: Where Science Meets Policy Chapel Hill, North Carolina

• March 8, 2006: President's fiscal year 2007 EPA National Water Program budget request
  Testimony Of Benjamin H. Grumbles Assistant Administrator For Water U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Before The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure U.S. House Of Representatives

• February 9, 2006:
  Remarks of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Women's Council on Energy and the Environment 25th Anniversary Celebration and "We See the Future" Conference, Willard Hotel, Washington, DC [HTML] [(PDF) (19 pp, 39KB)]

• October 20, 2005:
  Statement of Benjamin Grumbles, Assistant Administrator, Office of Water before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee, Hurricane Katrina (PDF) (19 pp, 77KB)

• September 29, 2005:
  Testimony of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator, Office of Water before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee, Pesticide Applicator Responsibilities, Coordination of Federal Insecticide, Fungicide & Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) & Clean Water Act (CWA) (PDF) (7 pp, 30KB)

• May 9, 2005:
  Remarks of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, GE’s "Ecomagination" Event, Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, DC [HTML] [(PDF) (6 pp, 30KB)]

• May 5, 2005:
  Remarks of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Gearing Up for Great Progress: Our Great Lakes Regional Collaboration and Your Lake Ontario Coastal Initiative [HTML] [(PDF) (10 pp, 121KB)]

• March 11, 2005: Lead in Drinking Water
  Statement of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Before the Government Reform Committee, United States House of Representatives  [HTML]  [(PDF) (13 pp, 44KB)]

• March 2, 2005:
  Remarks of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. EPA, 2005 Great Lakes Issues Briefing, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC

• February 16, 2005: President's fiscal year 2006 EPA National Water Program budget request
  Statement of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of Representatives [HTML]  [(PDF) (9 pp, 46KB)

• January 28, 2005:
  Remarks of Ben Grumbles, Partners for Smart Growth Conference, Miami Beach, Florida

• October 6, 2004: EPA's role in public health mosquito control
  Testimony of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Acting Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Before the Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs Committee on Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives (PDF) (9 pp, 34KB)

• September 30, 2004: Water Security
  Statement of Benjamin H. Grumbles Assistant Administrator for Water U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Before the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials Committee on Energy and Commerce United States House of Representatives (PDF) (12 pp, 45KB)

• September 13, 2004:
  Remarks of Ben Grumbles, Office of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Delaware River Basin Water Resources Plan Signing, Wilmington, Delaware (PDF) (3 pp, 17KB)

• July 22, 2004: Lead in Drinking Water
  Statement of Benjamin H. Grumbles Assistant Administrator for Water U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Before the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials Committee on Energy and Commerce United States House of Representatives (PDF) (12 pp, 48KB)

• May 21, 2004: Lead in Drinking Water
  Statement of Benjamin Grumbles Assistant Administrator for Water U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Before the Government Reform Committee United States House of Representatives (PDF) (12 pp, 42KB)

• April 22, 2004:
  Remarks of Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. EPA, Water Utility Council, American Water Works Association (AWWA), Water Matters Fly-In Meeting, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC

• April 7, 2004: Lead in Drinking Water
  Statement of Benjamin Grumbles Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Before the Fisheries, Wildlife and Water Subcommittee Environment and Public Works Committee United States Senate (PDF) (10 pp, 89KB)

• March 30, 2004: Clean Water Act jurisdictional issues
  Statement of John Paul Woodley, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Department of the Army and Benjamin H. Grumbles, Acting Assistant Administrator for Water, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure U.S. House of Representatives (PDF) (14 pp, 56KB)

• March 5, 2004: Lead in Drinking Water
  Statement of Benjamin Grumbles Assistant Administrator for Water and Donald Welsh Administrator, Region III U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Before the Committee on Government Reform United States House of Representatives (PDF) (30 pp, 327KB)

• February 26, 2004: President's fiscal year 2005 EPA National Water Program budget request
  Statement of Benjamin Grumbles Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure U.S. House of Representatives

Speech by G. Tracy Mehan, III Assistant Administrator for Water U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Market Enhancement for Water-Efficient Products, Stakeholder Meeting, Washington, D.C. (October 9, 2003)

Statement of G. Tracy Mehan, III Assistant Administrator for Water U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Before Before The Subcommittee On Fisheries, Wildlife, And Water Of The Committee On Environment And Public Works United States Senate (September 16, 2003)

"Water Challenges in the 21st Century" Keynote Address to the American Society of Civil Engineers 2003 World Congress Philadelphia, PA June 23, 2003 Delivered by G. Tracy Mehan, III Assistant Administrator for Water United States Environmental Protection Agency (June 23, 2003)

Statement of G. Tracy Mehan, III Assistant Administrator for Water U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Before the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Water Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (June 17, 2003)

Testimony of Tracy Mehan and George Dunlop before the Senate Environment and Public Works on regulatory and legal status of Federal jurisdiction of navigable waters under the Clean Water Act (June 10, 2003)

Plenary Address to the National Source Water Protection Conference - "Challenges and Opportunities of Source Water Protection" (June 2, 2003)

Address to the 15th Annual Federal Policy Conference sponsored by the Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities - "Sustaining America's Water Infrastructure" (May 9, 2003)

Keynote Address to the Schwab Capital Markets' Global Water Conference, Washington, DC, "Investing in America's Water Infrastructure" (April 15, 2003)

Keynote Address delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Food Industry Environmental Counsel, Tampa, FL (March 17, 2003)

Statement of G. Tracy Mehan, III, Assistant Administrator for Water U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure U.S. House of Representatives (February 27, 2003)

Remarks of G. Tracy Mehan, III, Assistant Administrator for Water U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the Closing the Gap: Innovative Responses for Sustainable Water Infrastructure Forum, Washington, DC (January 31, 2003)

Statement of G. Tracy Mehan, III, Assistant Administrator for Water U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Before the Committee on Environment and Public Works (October 8, 2002)

Remarks of G. Tracy Mehan, III Assistant Administrator for Water U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at AWRA's Water Policy Dialogue, Washington, DC (September 17, 2002)

Statement of Deputy Assistant Administrator Benjamin Grumbles Before the Committee on Environment and Public Works (February 26, 2002)

Presentation to the Environmental Economics Advisory Committee (November 30, 2001)

Keynote Address to the National Rural Water Association Regulatory Symposium, Washington, DC (November 16, 2001)

Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Testimony (November 15, 2001) [PDF, 215K]

Keynote address to the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators, Baltimore, MD (October 24, 2001)

Remarks at the International Joint Commission's Public Forum on Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Water Quality, Montreal Quebec (October 20, 2001)

Wetlands Mitigation Banking Testimony (September 21, 2001) [PDF, 19K]

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