THE FUTURE OF COAL: UTILIZING AMERICA’S ABUNDANT ENERGY RESOURCES
HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
JULY 25, 2013
Serial No. 113–44
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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 COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY HON. LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas, Chair DANA ROHRABACHER, California EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas RALPH M. HALL, Texas ZOE LOFGREN, California F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois Wisconsin DONNA F. EDWARDS, Maryland FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma FREDERICA S. WILSON, Florida RANDY NEUGEBAUER, Texas SUZANNE BONAMICI, Oregon MICHAEL T. MCCAUL, Texas ERIC SWALWELL, California PAUL C. BROUN, Georgia DAN MAFFEI, New York STEVEN M. PALAZZO, Mississippi ALAN GRAYSON, Florida MO BROOKS, Alabama JOSEPH KENNEDY III, Massachusetts RANDY HULTGREN, Illinois SCOTT PETERS, California LARRY BUCSHON, Indiana DEREK KILMER, Washington STEVE STOCKMAN, Texas AMI BERA, California BILL POSEY, Florida ELIZABETH ESTY, Connecticut CYNTHIA LUMMIS, Wyoming MARC VEASEY, Texas DAVID SCHWEIKERT, Arizona JULIA BROWNLEY, California THOMAS MASSIE, Kentucky MARK TAKANO, California KEVIN CRAMER, North Dakota ROBIN KELLY, Illinois JIM BRIDENSTINE, Oklahoma RANDY WEBER, Texas CHRIS STEWART, Utah VACANCY
SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY HON. CYNTHIA LUMMIS, Wyoming, Chair RALPH M. HALL, Texas ERIC SWALWELL, California FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma ALAN GRAYSON, Florida RANDY NEUGEBAUER, Texas JOSEPH KENNEDY III, Massachusetts MICHAEL T. MCCAUL, Texas MARC VEASEY, Texas RANDY HULTGREN, Illinois MARK TAKANO, California THOMAS MASSIE, Kentucky ZOE LOFGREN, California KEVIN CRAMER, North Dakota DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois RANDY WEBER, Texas EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas
(II) C O N T E N T S Thursday, July 25, 2013
Page Witness List ...... 2 Hearing Charter ...... 3
Opening Statements Statement by Representative Cynthia Lummis, Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Rep- resentatives ...... 10 Written Statement ...... 11 Statement by Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, Ranking Member, Com- mittee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives .... 12 Written Statement ...... 12 Statement by Representative Eric Swalwell, Ranking Minority Member, Sub- committee on Energy, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives ...... 12 Written Statement ...... 13
Witnesses: Mr. Chris Smith, Acting Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Department of Energy Oral Statement ...... 15 Written Statement ...... 17 Mr. Ben Yamagata, Executive Director, Coal Utilization Research Counc