RESULTS OF WTC INVESTIGATION; FUTURE PLANS FOR STUDIES AND LEGISLATION TO BE UNVEILED AT SCIENCE COMMITTEE HEARING

Committee on Science

At a House Science Committee hearing on May 1st, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) will announce the results and recommendations of their investigation into the collapse of the World Trade Center. In addition, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will unveil its plans for a more extensive follow-up investigation, and the Committee will release and get reaction to draft legislation regarding future building collapse studies.

This is the second in a series of hearings held by the Science Committee on the investigation into the collapse of the World Trade Center. Background information on the first hearing and recent information on the issue can be found at www.house.gov/science at the link, "Lessons Learned from Ground Zero."

WHAT:??Hearing on: "The Investigation of the World Trade Center Collapse: Findings, Recommendations and Next Steps"

WHEN:??Wednesday, May 1, 2002 - 12:00 P.M.

WHERE:??2318 Rayburn House Office Building

Witnesses expected on the panel include:

Mr. Robert Shea, Acting Administrator, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency

Dr. Arden Bement, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Dr. W. Gene Corley, P.E., S.E., American Society of Civil Engineers, Chair of the Building Performance Assessment Team currently reviewing the WTC disaster

Professor Glenn Corbett, Assistant Professor of Fire Science at John Jay College, NYC