House Environmental Committee Hearing On Alternatives To Land Applying Sludge Dec. 16

The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee will hold a public hearing on alternatives to applying sewage sludge to land on December 16.

Tentatively scheduled to testify at the hearing – set for 10:00 a.m. to noon in Room G-50, Irvis Office Building – are:

-- Dr. Murray McBride, director, Cornell Waste Management Institute;

-- Paul A. Herb, treatment plant superintendent, Exeter Twp., Berks County;

-- Andy McElmurray, who applied biosolids to his Georgia dairy farm;

-- George M. Myers, superintendent, Milton Regional Sewer Authority; and

-- E. Charles Wunz, PE, executive vice president, Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc., a civil engineering firm serving the Mid-Atlantic Region.

Rep. George serves as Majority Chair of the Committee and Rep. Scott Hutchinson (R-Venango) serves as Minority Chair.