October 18, 2010

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson announced the appointment of Conference of Mayors President Burnsville Mayor Elizabeth B. Kautz October 14 to serve on the agency's Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC). The committee advises EPA on a broad range of environmental issues affecting communities.

Additional mayoral appointments to the LGAC announced by Administrator Jackson are: Ashville (NC) Mayor Terry Bellamy, Gary (IN) Mayor Rudy Clay, Grand Junction (CO) Mayor Teresa Coons, Prichard (AL) Mayor Ronald K. Davis, Greensburg (KS) Mayor Bob Dixson, Phoenix (AZ) Mayor Phil Gordon, Denver (CO) Mayor John W. Hickenlooper, Pleasanton (CA) Mayor Jennifer Hosterman, Arcadia (OK) Mayor Marilyn Murrell, Edmonston (MD) Mayor Adam Ortiz, Ithaca (NY) Mayor Carolyn Peterson, Camden (NJ) Mayor Dana Redd, Newark (CA) Mayor David Smith and Fitchburg (MA)Mayor Lisa A. Wong.

EPA will seek advice from the local leaders on finding innovative solutions to the challenges of climate change, cleaning our air, protecting our waters, and cleaning our communities. The LGAC will also focus on how to better engage and serve disadvantaged communities historically underrepresented in environmental decision-making.