SENATORS MARKEY AND WARREN ADVOCATE FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOLLOWING SEWER BREAK ALONG MERRIMACK RIVER

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey issued the following press release:

Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and Ranking Member of the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, today wrote with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) to four federal agencies regarding the potential need for federal assistance following the sewer line break that released contaminants into the Merrimack River.

In their letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Senators raise the environmental, public health, and economic concerns for the Me...