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House panel subpoenas ex-EPA Midwest chief over Flint water crisis
Source: Reuters
World | Wed Feb 3, 2016 11:04am EST
House panel subpoenas ex-EPA Midwest chief over Flint water crisis
WASHINGTON | BY TIMOTHY GARDNER
The U.S. House of Representatives has subpoenaed the former Midwest chief of the Environmental Protection Agency over the Flint, Michigan, drinking water crisis, Representative Jason Chaffetz said on Wednesday.
The panel subpoenaed EPA's Susan Hedman to appear at a deposition in Washington later this month. Hedman, who resigned this week, had played down a memo by an EPA employee that said tests had shown high levels of lead in the city's water, telling Flint and Michigan administrators it was only a draft report.
The EPA has agreed to provide all of Hedman's emails by the end of the week, Chaffetz, who heads the House Oversight panel, said at a hearing on the crisis.
Chaffetz said his panel had also issued a second subpoena to Darnell Earley, who was Flint's state-appointed emergency manager when the city switched from Detroit's system to the Flint River for its water supply.
"Participation in this committee is not optional," Chaffetz said.
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House panel subpoenas ex-EPA Midwest chief over Flint water crisis
WASHINGTON | BY TIMOTHY GARDNER
The U.S. House of Representatives has subpoenaed the former Midwest chief of the Environmental Protection Agency over the Flint, Michigan, drinking water crisis, Representative Jason Chaffetz said on Wednesday.
The panel subpoenaed EPA's Susan Hedman to appear at a deposition in Washington later this month. Hedman, who resigned this week, had played down a memo by an EPA employee that said tests had shown high levels of lead in the city's water, telling Flint and Michigan administrators it was only a draft report.
The EPA has agreed to provide all of Hedman's emails by the end of the week, Chaffetz, who heads the House Oversight panel, said at a hearing on the crisis.
Chaffetz said his panel had also issued a second subpoena to Darnell Earley, who was Flint's state-appointed emergency manager when the city switched from Detroit's system to the Flint River for its water supply.
"Participation in this committee is not optional," Chaffetz said.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/uk-michigan-water-congress-idUSKCN0VC1S0
