[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 70 (Tuesday, May 18, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S5604]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO MR. WILLIAM B. SCHATZ

 Mr. VOINOVICH. Mr. President, I rise today in honor of Mr. 
William B. Schatz, General Counsel of the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer 
District, NEORSD, in Cleveland, OH. Mr. Schatz currently serves as the 
District's representative to the Association of Metropolitan Sewerage 
Agencies, AMSA, and on May 24, 2004, will become president of this 
organization. Mr. Schatz was elected AMSA president based on his 
exemplary commitment and dedication to the clean water community in 
Ohio and throughout our Nation.
  AMSA's mission is to effectively maintain a strong leadership role in 
the development and implementation of scientifically sound, cost-
effective, and environmentally friendly policies for the protection of 
public health and the environment. This month, AMSA celebrates 34 years 
of dedicated service to improving water quality nationwide.
  Mr. Schatz has served with distinction at NEORSD since 1979 and for 
over 20 years has been a leader in the water quality arena, working on 
many projects on behalf of NEORSD and AMSA. He has served as the ad hoc 
legal advisor to the Association of Ohio Metropolitan Wastewater 
Agencies, a member of the Advisory Board of the National Enforcement 
Training Institute, and a member of the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency's Quality Review Committee on Grant Audits. At AMSA, Mr. Schatz 
has served as chairman of both the Legal Affairs Committee and Joint 
AMSA-Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies Insurance Committee, a 
leader of the Wastewater Infrastructure Funding Task Force, and as a 
member of AMSA's Board of Directors.
  Mr. Schatz was instrumental in establishing NEORSD as a leading 
agency in the wastewater industry and in helping to guide its capital 
programs. Mr. Schatz was also an influential leader in convincing 
Congress to fund the conversion of NEORSD's physical chemical Westerly 
Plant in Cleveland, Ohio, to a conventional biological process. 
Throughout his career, Mr. Schatz has played an important role in 
helping to shape critical national policy issues on infrastructure 
funding, enforcement, and construction grant audit appeals.
  Mr. Schatz has been of great assistance to me in my efforts in the 
United States Senate to bring attention to our Nation's vital water 
infrastructure needs. He is a well-known leader and someone who, day in 
and day out, goes above and beyond the call of duty. William B. Schatz 
has made a significant contribution to improving water infrastructure 
programs across America.
  On behalf of the people of Ohio, I am pleased to commend William B. 
Schatz for his extraordinary efforts to improve public health and the 
environment and I congratulate him on being elected president of the 
Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies.

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