环保署庆祝Kerr实验室成立60周年：副署长三日走访俄克拉荷马州科研、农业与能源一线
美国环境保护署（EPA）11月4日通报，该署副署长 David Fotouhi 10月28日在位于俄克拉荷马州 Ada 的 Robert S. Kerr 环境研究中心，与该署国际与部落事务助理署长 Usha-Maria Turner、应用科学与环境解决方案办公室协理署长 Teresa Booeshaghi 及联邦众议院拨款委员会主席 Tom Cole（俄克拉荷马州共和党籍）共同庆祝该实验室成立60周年。通报称，六十年来，Kerr 实验室与历代环保署科学家致力于应对保护全国饮用水免受污染、守护土壤与地下水资源的挑战，环保署在纪念日重申把科学置于该署工作前沿的承诺。
Fotouhi 表示：「作为一名自豪的俄克拉荷马州人，很高兴回到本州与利益相关方、环保署员工、民选官员、部落领袖及其他联邦伙伴会面。从环保署顶尖的地下水研究中心，到全州的能源生产与农场牧场，俄克拉荷马州在满足国家需求方面具有独特地位。环保署随时准备帮助所有美国人实现更洁净的空气、土地与水，同时发展经济，并将继续依靠黄金标准科学来做这件事。」第六区区长 Scott Mason 表示，俄克拉荷马州产业多元、自然资源丰富，还有全美顶尖的棕地项目，证明保护环境与促进经济增长可以兼得，第六区将继续与州及地方伙伴合作。
Kerr 实验室庆典是副署长此次俄克拉荷马州三日行程的一部分。10月28日当天，Fotouhi 还参观了波音公司位于 Midwest City 的设施——波音在当地雇有3,700多名员工，为美国军方及国际盟友现代化改造飞机，此行重点介绍了环保署以更高效、可预期的空气许可流程支持该州制造业经济的工作；当天行程以考察 Tinker 空军基地正在进行的场地修复工作收尾。
10月29日，Fotouhi 与 Mason 到访 El Reno 的 Jensen Farms，实地了解多元化农业经营，并与俄克拉荷马州农场局成员及农牧业者举行圆桌会，听取联邦规定如何影响他们的经营、环保署可在何处削减不必要的成本与障碍，议题包括该署《清洁水法》下「美国水域」新定义提案、削减农药审批积压与扭转柴油机尾气处理液降级运行等工作。当天晚些时候，两人考察了 Oklahoma City 受益于环保署棕地再开发项目的多处物业，包括 Scissortail Park、6号消防站、The Village at Walnut 与 First National Center。
10月30日，Fotouhi 与 Mason 与俄克拉荷马州石油联盟成员举行圆桌会，讨论该署修订被称为 OOOOb/c 的油气法规的最新公告——该提案若最终定案，预计可为消费者与企业（包括经营边际油井的家庭与小企业）节省450亿美元成本，并释放约2.1亿桶石油与1.41万亿立方英尺天然气的产量；联邦众议员 Stephanie Bice（俄克拉荷马州共和党籍）同场讨论该署释放美国能源主导地位的其他行动。行程最后，两人会见 Hamm 美国能源研究所执行主任 Jeff Starling 并参观该所配备可配置井筒、专攻应用能源研究的实验室。整个行程期间，副署长一行还与俄克拉荷马州环境质量部方面会面，包括能源与环境部长 Chris Schinnerer。
（来源：美国环境保护署）
EPA Celebrates Kerr Laboratory's 60th Anniversary as Deputy Administrator Tours Oklahoma Science, Farm and Energy Sites
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on November 4 that Deputy Administrator David Fotouhi celebrated the 60th anniversary of the agency's Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center in Ada, Oklahoma, on October 28, joined by Assistant Administrator for International and Tribal Affairs Usha-Maria Turner, Associate Administrator for Applied Science and Environmental Solutions Teresa Booeshaghi, and U.S. House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK). For six decades, the agency said, the Kerr Lab and generations of EPA scientists have worked to protect the nation's drinking water from pollution and safeguard soil and groundwater resources, and EPA renewed its commitment to putting science at the forefront of its work.
"As a proud Oklahoman, it was great to be back in the state to meet with stakeholders, EPA employees, elected officials, tribal leaders, and other federal partners. From EPA's premier ground water research center to the energy production and farms and ranches across the state, Oklahoma is uniquely positioned to meet the needs of our nation," Fotouhi said. "EPA stands ready to help all Americans achieve cleaner air, land, and water, while growing our economy, and will continue to rely on the gold standard of science to do so." Region 6 Administrator Scott Mason said Oklahoma shows it is possible to protect the environment while promoting economic growth, and that Region 6 will keep working with state and local partners.
The Kerr Lab celebration was part of a three-day Oklahoma swing. On October 28, Fotouhi also toured Boeing's facility in Midwest City, where Boeing employs more than 3,700 people and modernizes aircraft for the U.S. military and international allies, highlighting EPA's work to support the state's manufacturing economy through a more efficient and predictable air-permitting process, and concluded the day touring ongoing site remediation work at Tinker Air Force Base.
On October 29, Fotouhi and Mason visited Jensen Farms in El Reno and took part in a roundtable with Oklahoma Farm Bureau members and farmers and ranchers, covering EPA's proposed new definition of "Waters of the United States" under the Clean Water Act, the agency's work to reduce the pesticide backlog and reverse Diesel Exhaust Fluid deratements. Later that day they toured Oklahoma City properties that have benefited from EPA's Brownfields Redevelopment program, including Scissortail Park, Fire Station #6, The Village at Walnut, and the First National Center.
On October 30, the pair joined a roundtable with the Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma on EPA's proposal to revise the oil and natural gas regulations known as OOOOb/c, which, if finalized, is expected to save $45 billion in costs for consumers and businesses, including families and small businesses operating marginal wells, and to unleash an estimated 210 million additional barrels of oil and 1.41 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Alongside U.S. Representative Stephanie Bice (R-OK), they also discussed other actions to unleash American energy dominance, and closed the trip with Hamm Institute for American Energy Executive Director Jeff Starling, touring the institute's applied energy research laboratory. Throughout the visit, the Deputy Administrator met with the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, including Energy and Environment Secretary Chris Schinnerer.
(Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
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