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The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program: Past, Present, and Future. SPEAKERSCONTENTSINSERTSPage 1. TOP OF DOC8. 6–8. PS2. 00. 3THE NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE HAZARDSREDUCTION PROGRAM: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTUREHEARINGBEFORE THESUBCOMMITTEE ON RESEARCHCOMMITTEE ON SCIENCEHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESSFIRST SESSIONMAY 8, 2. Serial No. 1. 08–1. Printed for the use of the Committee on Science.
Available via the World Wide Web: http: //www. Page 2. PREV PAGETOP OF DOCCOMMITTEE ON SCIENCEHON. BOEHLERT, New York, Chairman. LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas. National Earthquake Technical Assistance Program (NETAP) A Resource Guide for Regional and State Earthquake Program Managers Fiscal Year 2016. NIST is designated by Congress as the Lead Agency for the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP). This Office supports the NEHRP Secretariat Office, which coordinates the NEHRP research and implementation. CURT WELDON, Pennsylvania. DANA ROHRABACHER, California. JOE BARTON, Texas. KEN CALVERT, California. NICK SMITH, Michigan. ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland. VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan. GIL GUTKNECHT, Minnesota. GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, JR., Washington. FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma. JUDY BIGGERT, Illinois. WAYNE T. TODD AKIN, Missouri. TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON, Illinois. MELISSA A. HART, Pennsylvania. JOHN SULLIVAN, Oklahoma. J. RANDY FORBES, Virginia. PHIL GINGREY, Georgia. ROB BISHOP, Utah. Page 3. PREV PAGETOP OF DOCMICHAEL C. BURGESS, Texas. JO BONNER, Alabama. TOM FEENEY, Florida. VACANCYRALPH M. HALL, Texas. BART GORDON, Tennessee. JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas. LYNN C. WOOLSEY, California. NICK LAMPSON, Texas. JOHN B. LARSON, Connecticut. MARK UDALL, Colorado. DAVID WU, Oregon. MICHAEL M. HONDA, California. CHRIS BELL, Texas. BRAD MILLER, North Carolina. LINCOLN DAVIS, Tennessee. SHEILA JACKSON LEE, Texas. ZOE LOFGREN, California. BRAD SHERMAN, California. BRIAN BAIRD, Washington. DENNIS MOORE, Kansas. ANTHONY D. WEINER, New York. JIM MATHESON, Utah. Page 4. PREV PAGETOP OF DOCDENNIS A. CARDOZA, California. VACANCYSubcommittee on Research. NICK SMITH, Michigan, Chairman. LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas. DANA ROHRABACHER, California. GIL GUTKNECHT, Minnesota. FRANK D. TODD AKIN, Missouri. TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON, Illinois. MELISSA A. HART, Pennsylvania. JOHN SULLIVAN, Oklahoma. PHIL GINGREY, Georgia. SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, New York. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas. MICHAEL M. HONDA, California. ZOE LOFGREN, California. DENNIS A. CARDOZA, California. BRAD SHERMAN, California. DENNIS MOORE, Kansas. JIM MATHESON, Utah. SHEILA JACKSON LEE, Texas. RALPH M. HALL, Texas. Page 5. PREV PAGETOP OF DOCPETER ROONEY Subcommittee Staff Director. DAN BYERS Professional Staff Member/Designee. JIM WILSON Democratic Professional Staff Member. ELIZABETH GROSSMAN, KARA HAAS Professional Staff Members. JEREMY JOHNSON Staff Assistant. C O N T E N T SMay 8, 2. Witness List Hearing Charter Opening Statements Statement by Representative Nick Smith, Chairman, Subcommittee on Research, Committee on Science, U. S. House of Representatives Written Statement Statement by Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, Minority Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Research, Committee on Science, U. S. House of Representatives Written Statement Witnesses: Page 6. PREV PAGETOP OF DOCMr. Lowe, Administrator, Federal Insurance Mitigation Administration; Director, Mitigation Division, Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate (Federal Emergency Management Agency), Department of Homeland Security. Oral Statement Written Statement Biography Mr. Olson, President, Robert Olson Associates, Inc. Oral Statement Written Statement Biography Financial Disclosure Dr. Cluff, Director, Geosciences Department and Earthquake Risk Management Program, Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Oral Statement Written Statement Biography Financial Disclosure Dr. O\'Rourke, President, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute; Thomas R. Briggs Professor of Engineering, Cornell University. Oral Statement Written Statement Page 7. PREV PAGETOP OF DOCBiography Financial Disclosure Dr. Reaveley, Professor and Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Utah. Oral Statement Written Statement ATC–5. The Missing Piece: Improving Seismic Design and Construction Practices by the Applied Technology Council, 2. Biography Financial Disclosure Discussion Appendix 1: Additional Statements. Dr. Geological Survey, U. S. Department of the Interior. Written Statement Biography Dr. Nelson, Senior Advisor, Directorate for Engineering, National Science Foundation. Written Statement Biography Dr. Shyam Sunder, Chief, Materials and Construction Research Division, Building and Fire Research Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology. Page 8. PREV PAGETOP OF DOCWritten Statement Biography Statement of the NEHRP Coalition Statement of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Statement of Support for NEHRP Reauthorization, submitted by the Seismological Society of America Appendix 2: Answers to Post- Hearing Questions Anthony S. Lowe, Administrator, Federal Insurance Mitigation Administration; Director, Mitigation Division, Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate (Federal Emergency Management Agency), Department of Homeland Security Appendix 3: Additional Material for the Record Building for the Future, NEHRP, 2. Anniversary Expanding and Using Knowledge to Reduce Earthquake Losses: The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, Strategic Plan 2. THE NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION PROGRAM: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTUREPage 9. PREV PAGETOP OF DOCTHURSDAY, MAY 8, 2. House of Representatives,Subcommittee on Research,Committee on Science,Washington, DC. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESThe National Earthquake Hazards. Page 1. 0PREV PAGETOP OF DOCReduction Program: Past, Present, and Future. THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2. P. M.–4: 0. 0 P. M. RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING1. Purpose On Thursday, May 8th, 2. Research Subcommittee of the House Science Committee will hold a hearing to examine the current status of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) in preparation for program reauthorization later this year. NEHRP is a long- term, comprehensive, multi- agency earthquake hazards mitigation program established by Congress in 1. Four agencies participate in this effort: the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U. S. Geological Survey (USGS), National Science Foundation (NSF), and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). WITNESSES (Note: The Subcommittee will also receive written testimony from USGS, NSF, and NIST.)Page 1. PREV PAGETOP OF DOCMr. Anthony Lowe is the Administrator of the Federal Insurance Mitigation Administration (FIMA), a division of the Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR, formerly FEMA) Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security. He will be accompanied by Mr. Craig Wingo, Director of the FEMA Engineering Science and Technology Division. Dr. Cluff is the Director of Geosciences and Earthquake Risk Management for Pacific Gas and Electric Company, and also Chair of the USGS Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee. Cluff\'s expertise includes identification of seismic faults and their potential ground motion, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Thomas O\'Rourke is President of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), a nonprofit technical society of engineers, geoscientists, architects, planners, public officials, and social scientists. He is also a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University, and a member of the National Science Foundation Engineering Advisory Committee. His research interests include geotechnical engineering, earthquake engineering, lifeline systems, underground construction technologies, and geographic information technologies. Dr. Robert Olson is President of Robert Olson Associates, where he consults on areas of earthquake hazards mitigation, emergency management, disaster operations, recovery assistance, and public policy development. Olson served as Executive Director of the California Seismic Safety Commission. He has chaired numerous committees, including the Governor\'s Task Force on Earthquake Preparedness and the Advisory Group on Disaster Preparedness to the California Joint Legislative Committee on Seismic Safety. Page 1. 2PREV PAGETOP OF DOCDr. Reaveley is Professor and Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Utah. OVERARCHING QUESTIONS The hearing will address the following overarching questions: 1. What have been the notable accomplishments and shortcomings in the first 2. NEHRP? What is the current status of the program, and what is the appropriate level of funding? How should this funding be prioritized among various research and mitigation activities? How can Congress improve NEHRP strategic planning and coordination to foster a more unified effort to reduce earthquake hazards? How will NEHRP be affected by the recent transition of FEMA, formerly an independent federal agency, into the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security? How can NEHRP accelerate the implementation of knowledge and tools developed from earthquake- related research? OVERVIEW/ISSUES Damaging earthquakes are inevitable, if infrequent. Most states face at least some danger from earthquakes, and total annualized damages in the United States are estimated to be about $4. The 1. 99. 4 Northridge earthquake in California (magnitude 6. U. S. The program was originally focused on research into geotechnical and structural engineering and earthquake prediction. Over time, researchers recognized that earthquake prediction was an unrealistic goal, and its focus was significantly de- emphasized within NEHRP, while efforts were expanded to include activities such as seismic retrofitting and rehabilitation, risk assessment, public education and outreach, and code development. NEHRP Agency responsibilities include: FEMA—overall coordination of the program, education and outreach, and implementation of research results; USGS—basic and applied earth science and seismic research; NSF —basic research in geoscience, engineering, economic, and social aspects of earthquakes. NIST—problem- focused R& D in earthquake engineering aimed at improving building design codes and construction standards.
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