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THE AMERICAN ENERGY INITIATIVE, PART 15: WHAT EPA’S UTILITY MACT RULE WILL COST U.S. CONSUMERS HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND POWER OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION FEBRUARY 8, 2012 Serial No. 112–113 ( Printed for the use of the Committee on Energy and Commerce energycommerce.house.gov VerDate Aug 31 2005 11:24 Dec 18, 2012 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6011 Sfmt 6011 F:\112-11~1\112-11~1 WAYNE THE AMERICAN ENERGY INITIATIVE, PART 15: WHAT EPA’S UTILITY MACT RULE WILL COST U.S. CONSUMERS VerDate Aug 31 2005 11:24 Dec 18, 2012 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6019 Sfmt 6019 F:\112-11~1\112-11~1 WAYNE THE AMERICAN ENERGY INITIATIVE, PART 15: WHAT EPA’S UTILITY MACT RULE WILL COST U.S. CONSUMERS HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND POWER OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION FEBRUARY 8, 2012 Serial No. 112–113 ( Printed for the use of the Committee on Energy and Commerce energycommerce.house.gov U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 76–379 PDF WASHINGTON : 2012 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Aug 31 2005 11:24 Dec 18, 2012 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 F:\112-11~1\112-11~1 WAYNE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE FRED UPTON, Michigan Chairman JOE BARTON, Texas HENRY A. WAXMAN, California Chairman Emeritus Ranking Member CLIFF STEARNS, Florida JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan ED WHITFIELD, Kentucky Chairman Emeritus JOHN SHIMKUS, Illinois EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts JOSEPH R. PITTS, Pennsylvania EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York MARY BONO MACK, California FRANK PALLONE, JR., New Jersey GREG WALDEN, Oregon BOBBY L. RUSH, Illinois LEE TERRY, Nebraska ANNA G. ESHOO, California MIKE ROGERS, Michigan ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York SUE WILKINS MYRICK, North Carolina GENE GREEN, Texas Vice Chairman DIANA DEGETTE, Colorado JOHN SULLIVAN, Oklahoma LOIS CAPPS, California TIM MURPHY, Pennsylvania MICHAEL F. DOYLE, Pennsylvania MICHAEL C. BURGESS, Texas JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY, Illinois MARSHA BLACKBURN, Tennessee CHARLES A. GONZALEZ, Texas BRIAN P. BILBRAY, California JAY INSLEE, Washington CHARLES F. BASS, New Hampshire TAMMY BALDWIN, Wisconsin PHIL GINGREY, Georgia MIKE ROSS, Arkansas STEVE SCALISE, Louisiana JIM MATHESON, Utah ROBERT E. LATTA, Ohio G.K. BUTTERFIELD, North Carolina CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS, Washington JOHN BARROW, Georgia GREGG HARPER, Mississippi DORIS O. MATSUI, California LEONARD LANCE, New Jersey DONNA M. CHRISTENSEN, Virgin Islands BILL CASSIDY, Louisiana KATHY CASTOR, Florida BRETT GUTHRIE, Kentucky PETE OLSON, Texas DAVID B. MCKINLEY, West Virginia CORY GARDNER, Colorado MIKE POMPEO, Kansas ADAM KINZINGER, Illinois H. MORGAN GRIFFITH, Virginia SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND POWER ED WHITFIELD, Kentucky Chairman JOHN SULLIVAN, Oklahoma BOBBY L. RUSH, Illinois Vice Chairman Ranking Member JOHN SHIMKUS, Illinois JAY INSLEE, Washington GREG WALDEN, Oregon KATHY CASTOR, Florida LEE TERRY, Nebraska JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan MICHAEL C. BURGESS, Texas EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts BRIAN P. BILBRAY, California ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York STEVE SCALISE, Louisiana GENE GREEN, Texas CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS, Washington LOIS CAPPS, California PETE OLSON, Texas MICHAEL F. DOYLE, Pennsylvania DAVID B. MCKINLEY, West Virginia CHARLES A. GONZALEZ, Texas CORY GARDNER, Colorado HENRY A. WAXMAN, California (ex officio) MIKE POMPEO, Kansas H. MORGAN GRIFFITH, Virginia JOE BARTON, Texas FRED UPTON, Michigan (ex officio) (II) VerDate Aug 31 2005 11:24 Dec 18, 2012 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 5904 F:\112-11~1\112-11~1 WAYNE CONTENTS Page Hon. Ed Whitfield, a Representative in Congress from the Commonwealth of Kentucky, opening statement ......................................................................... 1 Prepared statement ................................................................................................. 3 Hon. Henry A. Waxman, a Representative in Congress from the State of California, opening statement ............................................................................. 5 Hon. Joe Barton, a Representative in Congress from the State of Texas, opening statement ................................................................................................ 6 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 8 Hon. Mike Pompeo, a Representative in Congress from the State of Kansas, opening statement ................................................................................................ 11 Hon. Bobby L. Rush, a Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois, opening statement ................................................................................................ 11 WITNESSES Gina McCarthy, Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, Environ- mental Protection Agency .................................................................................... 13 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 15 Answers to submitted questions ...................................................................... 343 Darren MacDonald, Director of Energy, Gerdau Long Steel North America ..... 56 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 58 Ralph E. Roberson, President, RMB Consulting and Research, Inc. .................. 71 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 73 Harrison Tsosie, Attorney General, Navajo Nation .............................................. 77 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 79 The Reverend Mitchell C. Hescox, President and Chief Executive Officer, Evangelical Environmental Network ................................................................. 87 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 89 Response to request from Mr. Burgess ........................................................... 214 Julie E. Goodman, Principal, Gradient, and Adjunct Lecturer, Harvard School of Public Health .................................................................................................... 108 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 110 Josh Bivens, Acting Research and Policy Director, Economic Policy Institute .. 136 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 139 Anne E. Smith, Senior Vice President, NERA Economic Consulting .................. 160 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 162 SUBMITTED MATERIAL Letter, dated December 21, 2011, from American Businesses for Clean En- ergy, et al., to President Barack Obama, submitted by Mr. Waxman ............. 41 Statement, dated February 8, 2012, of Dr. Timothy D. Terrell, Associate Professor of Economics, Wofford College, and Senior Fellow, Cornwall Alli- ance for the Stewardship of Creation, submitted by Mr. Shimkus .................. 196 Statement, dated February 6, 2012, ‘‘Protecting the Unborn and the Pro- Life Movement from a Misleading Environmentalist Tactic: A Joint State- ment by Pro-Life Leaders,’’ submitted by Mr. Shimkus ................................... 206 Report, dated December 8, 2010, ‘‘Potential Coal Plant Retirements Under Emerging Environmental Regulations,’’ by The Brattle Group, submitted by Mr. McKinley ................................................................................................... 218 Report, dated May 3, 2011, from FirstEnergy Analyst Meeting, submitted by Mr. McKinley ................................................................................................... 221 Memorandum, dated March 31, 2011, on Employment Impacts Associated with the Manufacture, Installation, and Operation of Scrubbers, from Jason Price, et al., to Ellen Kurlansky, submitted by Mr. McKinley ......................... 224 (III) VerDate Aug 31 2005 11:24 Dec 18, 2012 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 F:\112-11~1\112-11~1 WAYNE IV Page Memorandum, dated March 16, 2011, on Case Study Analyses of Potential Local-scale Human Health Risks Associated with Mercury Emissions from Electric Utility Steam-generating Units, from Dave Guinnup, submitted by Mr. Whitfield ................................................................................................... 238 VerDate Aug 31 2005 11:24 Dec 18, 2012 Jkt 037690 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 F:\112-11~1\112-11~1 WAYNE THE AMERICAN ENERGY INITIATIVE, PART 15: WHAT EPA’S UTILITY MACT RULE WILL COST U.S. CONSUMERS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2012 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND POWER, COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:06 a.m., in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Ed Whitfield (chairman of the subcommittee] presiding. Members present: Representatives Whitfield, Sullivan, Shimkus, Terry, Burgess, Scalise, McMorris Rodgers, Olson, McKinley, Gard- ner, Pompeo, Griffith, Barton,