February 13, 2024
By:
Walter G. Wright
Category:
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
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The Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials of the United States House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee (“Committee”) held a January 31st hearing titled:
Ensuring the Cybersecurity of America’s Drinking Water Systems (“Hearing”)
The stated overall purpose of the Hearing was to address:
- Essential part that the United States public water system plays in everyday lives
- Public water systems are increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks by adversaries and other bad actors
- There is a continuing need to strengthen cybersecurity
The Committee Majority Staff prepared a memorandum to Members of the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials that addressed:
- Evolving Cybersecurity Threats to Critical Infrastructure
- Federal Cybersecurity Roles and Responsibilities
- Statutory Authorities Related to Cybersecurity and the Water Sector
- Additional Federal Funding Sources, identifying:
- Clean Water State Revolving Fund
- DHS State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program
- Tribal Cybersecurity Grant Program at DHS
- Sector Directed Information Sharing
Witnesses at the Hearing and their written statements included the following:
- Cathy Tucker-Vogel, Public Water Supply Section Chief, Kansas Department of Health and Environment on behalf of the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators
- Scott Dewhirst, P.E., Superintendent and Chief Operating Officer, Tacoma Water on behalf of the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies
- Rick Jeffares, President, Georgia Rural Water Association on behalf of the National Rural Water Association
- Kevin Morley, Ph.D., Manager-Federal Relations, American Water Works Association
A copy of the Committee Majority Staff memorandum can be found here.
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