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| The Select Committee on Emergency Preparedness will convene in room 351 of  |  
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| the George R. Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida de las Americas |  
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| The Committee will hear testimony from invited witnesses with expertise |  
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| regarding emergency preparedness in major urban and industrial areas. |  
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| Testimony will focus on how critical infrastructure entities, law |  
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| enforcement and emergency planners prepare for major industrial accidents |  
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| and homeland security threats relating to transnational criminal |  
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| In addition, the committee will hear testimony from the Texas Railroad |  
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| Commission and the Texas General Land Office regarding the ongoing |  
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| Deepwater Horizon oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and any potential |  
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