Transportation & the Environment Public Hearing

Council of the District of Columbia COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION & THE ENVIRONMENT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004 COUNCILMEMBER CHARLES ALLEN, CHAIRPERSON COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION & THE ENVIRONMENT ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC HEARING ON PR25-0279, THE “DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT RICHARD JACKSON CONFIRMATION RESOLUTION OF 2023” Thursday, September 21, 2023, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Virtual Hearing via Zoom To Watch Live: https://dccouncil.us/council-videos/ http://video.oct.dc.gov/DCC/jw.html https://www.facebook.com/CMcharlesallen/ On Thursday, September 21, 2023, Councilmember Charles Allen, Chairperson of the Committee on Transportation and the Environment, will convene a public hearing to consider PR25-0279, the “Department of Energy and Environment Richard Jackson Confirmation Resolution of 2023.” The hearing will be conducted virtually via the Zoom platform from 1:00 p.m. to approximately 4:00 p.m. The stated purpose of PR25-0279, the “Department of Energy and Environment Richard Jackson Confirmation Resolution of 2023”, is to confirm the appointment of Richard Jackson as the Director of the Department of Energy and Environment. The Committees invites the public to provide oral and written testimony. Public witnesses seeking to provide oral testimony at the Committees’ hearing must thoroughly review the following instructions:  Anyone wishing to provide oral testimony must register using the Council’s Hearing Management System at https://lims.dccouncil.gov/hearings by the close of business on Tuesday, September 19, 2023.  The Committee will approve witnesses’ registrations based on the total time allotted for public testimony. The Committee will also determine the order of witnesses’ testimony.  Representatives of organizations will be allowed a maximum of five minutes for oral testimony, and individuals (and any subsequent representatives of the same organizations) will be allowed a maximum of three minutes. In order to accommodate additional public 1  witnesses, the Committees may reduce witnesses’ allotted time for testimony but will inform witnesses if it plans to do so.  Witnesses are not permitted to yield their time to, or substitute their testimony for, the testimony of another individual or organization.  Testimony should be submitted through the Council’s Hearing Management System https://lims.dccouncil.gov/hearings in advance of the hearing. Testimony will be publicly accessible upon Committee review.  Witnesses who anticipate needing language interpretation, including ASL interpretation, are requested to inform the Committee on Transportation and the Environment as soon as possible, but no later than five business days before the hearing by emailing cote@dccouncil.gov. The Committees will make every effort to fulfill timely requests; however, requests received fewer than five business days before the hearing may not be fulfilled and alternatives may be offered. For witnesses who are unable to testify at the hearing, written statements will be made part of the official record. Copies of written statements should be submitted through the Council’s Hearing Management System https://lims.dccouncil.gov/hearings. The record will close at the end of the business day on Tuesday September 26, 2023. 2