[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 60 (Tuesday, May 16, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E838]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO HOWARD ROITMAN

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                            HON. MARK UDALL

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 16, 2006

  Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to 
Mr. Howard Roitman. On May 12, 2006, Mr. Roitman is leaving the 
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to assume the 
position of Deputy Executive Director of the Association of State and 
Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (ASTSWMO) here in 
Washington.
  Howard Roitman has worked on important environmental issues and 
programs for the State of Colorado for nearly 20 years. He joined the 
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment in 1987 to serve 
as manager of the Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Program. He 
later served as director of the department's combined remedial action 
and Superfund oversight programs before becoming director of the 
Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division. Since January 2003 
he has been the department's director of environmental programs.
  His service has resulted in a safer, higher quality of life for all 
Coloradans. He was personally involved or oversaw efforts to cleanup 
radioactive waste piles, superfund sites, waste disposal facilities and 
pollution control and materials management at many industries and 
businesses across the State.
  In addition to his service at the Department of Public Health and 
Environment, he was past president the Association of State and 
Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials, an organization that 
supports the environmental agencies of the states and trust 
territories. He also served as the chair of the Environmental Council 
of the States compliance committee and as chair of the Council's 
subcommittee on Long Term Stewardship. In his work on the subcommittee, 
he was responsible for successful negotiation of a memorandum of 
understanding with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the 
U.S. Departments of Energy, Defense, and Interior. He also is 
recognized as a national spokesman for states on federal facilities 
issues. He also is on the faculty of the University of Denver's 
University College Environmental Policy and Management Program.
  Prior to his work with the State of Colorado, he worked for the 
Solicitor's Office and the Office of Surface Mining for the U.S. 
Department of Interior's Denver regional office and private consulting 
work in government regulation, natural resources and environmental 
protection.
  Howard Roitman is now moving on to a nationwide organization where he 
can share his expertise on environmental protection with other States 
and the Nation. ASTSWMO focuses on the needs of state hazardous waste 
programs; non hazardous municipal solid waste and industrial waste 
programs; recycling, waste minimization and reduction programs; 
Superfund and State hazardous waste cleanup programs; waste management 
and cleanup activities at federal facilities, and underground storage 
tank and leaking underground storage tank programs.
  Howard Roitman has also spoken eloquently about the need for State-
based programs and actions to address climate change. He is one of a 
growing number of State-based regulators who understand this 
environmental challenge.
  Colorado has benefited from Howard Roitman's strong public service 
commitment and environmental ethic. I ask my colleagues to thank him 
for this service and to wish him much success at his new post.




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