Senator John Curtis announced his appointments on Wednesday as subcommittee chairman to two key Senate committees: the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Senator Curtis will chair the EPW Subcommittee on Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight, as well as SFRC’s Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women’s Issues. As chair of the EPW Subcommittee, Senator Curtis will oversee issues critical to Utah, including returning once contaminated sites to productive use, reforming the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and chemical safety regulations.