but, also, in reviewing and commenting on the navy's circla documents and site plan for site 12 -- work plan for site 12, there's been a lot of work with the department of public health over the last four years and the navy, and lang has been at the table for the parties with those communications. as we work forward to ensure that our interests in making sure that site 12 is cleaned up, i think it's important for us to reta retain langan until that period, but i welcome conversation. >> thank you very much for that assessment. questions and comments by commissioners? >> i would certainly agree with your recommendation. i think that the overview of what we've done with the environmental program shows how much progress has been done in these past few years, and we'll, finally, after all these years, come to the final phase of remediation for treasure island. it's so important, i think, for there to be continuity, particularly because it's a very complicated program, and it's a very critical point as we come to these final remediation and the transfer of those properties so i would agree w

let me start with circla. i've sponsored legislation in the past to exempt ag emissions reporting requirements. and i support this committee moving forward on a bill to provide certainty to ag producers. but in addition to the uncertainty and unnecessary burden, threat of citizen lawsuits that requirements would add to our farmers and ranchers, i'm also concerned about privacy, privacy of farmers and ranchers, most producers live on their farm or ranch, so any public disclosure about this, the data, and its private information is problematic. i secured report language in a interior appropriations bill directing epa to safeguard the privacy information, and i would ask you, mr. administrator, if the epa is required by the court to collect emission reports before congress acts, what assurances can you give kansas farmers and ranchers that any sensitive information required on those reports, including farm information, would be protected from the public. >> it's a very important issue as you indicate. there's mor