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National Conference of State Legislatures

National Conference of State Legislatures . Doug Farquhar Program Director Environmental Health The National Conference of State Legislatures. We Help You Advance Your Ideas. Information Requests: 25,000 a year Research: issues from automobiles to zoning Personal Contact:. Doug Farquhar

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National Conference of State Legislatures

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  1. National Conference of State Legislatures Doug FarquharProgram Director Environmental HealthThe National Conference of State Legislatures

  2. We Help You Advance Your Ideas • Information Requests: 25,000 a year • Research: issues from automobiles to zoning • Personal Contact: Doug Farquhar (303) 856-1397 Scott Hendrick (303) 856-1409 Denver Office DC Office

  3. NCSL Products • Publications • State Legislatures magazine, newsletters, books • Web Site: www.ncsl.org • Access to all NCSL services • Technical Assistance • Individual state solutions

  4. We Promote the Exchange of Ideas • NCSL Annual Meeting • Fall Forum, Spring Forum • Issue-Based Seminars • Staff Section Meeting • Leaders Training and Conferences • Web-assisted Teleconferences • NCSL's Toolkit • Media Training

  5. We Take YourIdeas to Capitol Hill Current Lobbying Priorities • Battling unfunded mandates • Promoting the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax agreement • Working to enhance the No Child Left Behind Act • Watching federal tax reform efforts • Maintaining welfare reform & TEA-21

  6. Environmental Health Project • Provides state legislators and staff research and analysis on the wide-range of environmental health issues • Gives state legislatures a voice in CDC, EPA, HUD and other federal agency policy on environmental health • Offers assistance to state legislatures in their development of policy programs and legislation on environmental health issues

  7. Asthma Asbestos CFCs Mercury Radon PCBs International Trade in Products Biomonitoring Lead Poisoning Prevention Toxic Substances Environmental Health

  8. Environmental Health • Technical Assistance to State Legislatures • Research and Analysis on legislative proposals • Tracking bills, identifying and responding to critical issues and current trends • Sponsoring roundtable discussions on environmental health issues • Informing state legislators on environmental health

  9. Strong States. Strong Nation. Doug Farquhar, J.D. Scott Hendrick, J.D. National Conference of State Legislatures Doug.farquhar@ncsl.org Scott.hendrick@ncsl.org !

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