Public hearing on the Norfolk Southern train derailment on the Pennsylvania border and emergency response efforts

 

Senate Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee

 

Thursday, February 23, 2023 | 10:00 a.m.

 

Community College of Beaver County, Monaca

 

AGENDA

I. Call to Order

II. 10:00 a.m. Opening Statements

Senator Doug Mastriano, Chairman

Senate Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee

Senator Katie Muth, Democrat Chair

Senate Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee

III. Testimony

10:15 a.m.– Norfolk Southern

*Alan Shaw, President – INVITED

10:20 a.m. – Resident Panel

*Ms. Sheila Stiegler

*Mr. Kenneth Dunn

*Ms. Ashley Bennett

*Ms. Lonnie Miller

*Mr. Chris Wells & Ms. Katie Schlarzwaelder

*Mr. Sam Wegner

*Mr. Jonathan Kent & Mrs. Julie Kent

*Ms. Amanda Kemmer

11:00 a.m. – Administration

*Randy Padfield, Director

PEMA

*Russell Redding, Acting Secretary

PA Department of Agriculture

*Richard Negrin, Acting Secretary

PA Department of Environmental Protection

*Michael Carroll, Acting Secretary

PA Department of Transportation

*Captain John Hopkins, Bureau of Law Enforcement, Southwest Region

PA Fish and Boat Commission

12:00 p.m. Local Emergency Response

*Daniel Camp III, Chairman

Beaver County Board of Commissioners

*Eric Brewer, Director of Emergency Services

Beaver County

*Chris Laderer, Chief

Darlington Township Volunteer Fire Department

*William Douthitt, Assistant Chief, Darlington Township Volunteer Fire Department

and EMA Coordinator for Darlington Township and Borough

12:45 p.m. Bryan Burton, Federal Advocacy Manager

American Lung Association

1:15 p.m. Legal Panel

Mr. Rene Rocha, Attorney

Morgan & Morgan

Michael O’Shea, Attorney

Lipson O’Shea Legal Group

IV. Closing Statements

V. Adjournment

 

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