ADMINISTRATION PROPOSALS ON CLI- MATE CHANGE AND ENERGY INDE- PENDENCE (110–44) HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION MAY 11 AND 16, 2007 Printed for the use of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure ( VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:23 Feb 22, 2008 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6011 Sfmt 6011 P:\DOCS\35926 HTRANS1 PsN: JASON ADMINISTRATION PROPOSALS ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY INDEPENDENCE ADMINISTRATION PROPOSALS ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY INDEPENDENCE ADMINISTRATION PROPOSALS ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY INDEPENDENCE ADMINISTRATION PROPOSALS ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY INDEPENDENCE ADMINISTRATION PROPOSALS ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY INDEPENDENCE ADMINISTRATION PROPOSALS ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY INDEPENDENCE VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:23 Feb 22, 2008 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6019 Sfmt 6019 P:\DOCS\35926 HTRANS1 PsN: JASON ADMINISTRATION PROPOSALS ON CLI- MATE CHANGE AND ENERGY INDE- PENDENCE (110–44) HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION MAY 11 and 16, 2007 Printed for the use of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure ( U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 35–926 PDF WASHINGTON : 2007 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 0ct 09 2002 14:23 Feb 22, 2008 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 P:\DOCS\35926 HTRANS1 PsN: JASON COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota, Chairman NICK J. RAHALL, II, West Virginia JOHN L. MICA, Florida PETER A. DEFAZIO, Oregon DON YOUNG, Alaska JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina Columbia JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee JERROLD NADLER, New York WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland CORRINE BROWN, Florida VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan BOB FILNER, California STEVEN C. LATOURETTE, Ohio EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi FRANK A. LOBIONDO, New Jersey ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland JERRY MORAN, Kansas ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, California GARY G. MILLER, California LEONARD L. BOSWELL, Iowa ROBIN HAYES, North Carolina TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania HENRY E. BROWN, JR., South Carolina BRIAN BAIRD, Washington TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON, Illinois RICK LARSEN, Washington TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts SAM GRAVES, Missouri JULIA CARSON, Indiana BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania TIMOTHY H. BISHOP, New York JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas MICHAEL H. MICHAUD, Maine SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO, West Virginia BRIAN HIGGINS, New York JIM GERLACH, Pennsylvania RUSS CARNAHAN, Missouri MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida JOHN T. SALAZAR, Colorado CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California TED POE, Texas DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois DAVID G. REICHERT, Washington DORIS O. MATSUI, California CONNIE MACK, Florida NICK LAMPSON, Texas JOHN R. ‘RANDY’ KUHL, JR., New York ZACHARY T. SPACE, Ohio LYNN A WESTMORELAND, Georgia MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii CHARLES W. BOUSTANY, JR., Louisiana BRUCE L. BRALEY, Iowa JEAN SCHMIDT, Ohio JASON ALTMIRE, Pennsylvania CANDICE S. MILLER, Michigan TIMOTHY J. WALZ, Minnesota THELMA D. DRAKE, Virginia HEATH SHULER, North Carolina MARY FALLIN, Oklahoma MICHAEL A. ACURI, New York VERN BUCHANAN, Florida HARRY E. MITCHELL, Arizona CHRISTOPHER P. CARNEY, Pennsylvania JOHN J. HALL, New York STEVE KAGEN, Wisconsin STEVE COHEN, Tennessee JERRY MCNERNEY, California VACANCY (II) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:23 Feb 22, 2008 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 0486 P:\DOCS\35926 HTRANS1 PsN: JASON SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas, Chairwoman GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana BRIAN BAIRD, Washington JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee DORIS O. MATSUI, California WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan TIMOTHY H. BISHOP, New York FRANK A. LOBIONDO, New Jersey BRIAN HIGGINS, New York GARY G. MILLER, California RUSS CARNAHAN, Missouri ROBIN HAYES, North Carolina JOHN T. SALAZAR, Colorado HENRY E. BROWN, JR., South Carolina MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania HEATH SHULER, North Carolina BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania HARRY E. MITCHELL, Arizaon JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas JOHN J. HALL, New York CONNIE MACK, Florida STEVE KAGEN, Wisconsin JOHN R. ‘RANDY’ KUHL, JR., New York JERRY MCNERNEY, California CHARLES W. BOUSTANY, JR., Louisiana ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of JEAN SCHMIDT, Ohio Columbia CANDICE S. MILLER, Michigan BOB FILNER, California THELMA D. DRAKE, Virginia ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, California JOHN L. MICA, Florida MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts (Ex Officio) GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California MICHAEL A ARCURI, New York JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota (Ex Officio) (III) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:23 Feb 22, 2008 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 0486 P:\DOCS\35926 HTRANS1 PsN: JASON VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:23 Feb 22, 2008 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 0486 P:\DOCS\35926 HTRANS1 PsN: JASON CONTENTS Page Proceedings of: May 11, 2007 ........................................................................................................ 1 May 16, 2007 ........................................................................................................ 182 MAY 11, 2007 Summary of Subject Matter .................................................................................... viii TESTIMONY Ayers, Stephen T., AIA, Acting Architect of the Capitol and Deputy Architect/ Chief Operating Officer, United States Congress .............................................. 41 Beard, Daniel P., Chief Administrative Officer, U.S. House of Representa- tives ....................................................................................................................... 41 Doan, Hon. Lurita Alexis, Administrator, U.S. General Services Administra- tion ........................................................................................................................ 6 Johnson, Hon. Stephen L., Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ................................................................................................................... 6 Peters, Hon. Mary E., Secretary of Transportation, U.S. Department of Trans- portation ................................................................................................................ 6 Woodley, Jr., Hon. John Paul, Assistant Secretary of the Army of Civil Works, Department of the Army ..................................................................................... 6 PREPARED STATEMENT SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS Altmire, Hon. Jason, of Pennsylvania .................................................................... 54 Arcuri, Hon. Michael A., of New York ................................................................... 55 Brown Jr., Hon. Henry E., of South Carolina ....................................................... 57 Carney, Hon. Christopher P., of Pennsylvania ..................................................... 70 Costello, Hon. Jerry F., of Illinois .......................................................................... 74 Matsui, Hon. Doris O., of California ...................................................................... 76 Mitchell, Hon. Harry E., of Arizona ....................................................................... 78 Oberstar, Hon. James L., of Minnesota ................................................................. 80 PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY WITNESSES Ayers, Stephen T. .................................................................................................... 89 Beard, Daniel P. ....................................................................................................... 100 Doan, Hon. Lurita A. ............................................................................................... 105 Johnson, Hon. Stephen L. ....................................................................................... 134 Peters, Hon. Mary E. ............................................................................................... 155 Woodley, Jr., Hon. John Paul ................................................................................. 162 SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD Brown Jr., Hon. Henry E., of South Carolina: ‘‘The Big Freeze,’’ Time, January 31, 1977 ........................................................ 59 ‘‘The Cooling World,’’ Newsweek, April 28, 1975 .............................................. 67 ‘‘Green Groups Dismayed as Flights Soar to Record High,’’ The Independent (UK), May 9, 2007 ............................................................................................ 68 Ayers, Stephen T., AIA, Acting Architect of the Capitol and Deputy Architect/ Chief Operating Officer, United States Congress, response to question by Rep. Oberstar ....................................................................................................... 98 ADDITIONS TO THE RECORD Tennessee Valley Authority, Tom D. Kilgore, President and CEO, written statement .............................................................................................................. 174 Alliance to Save Energy, list of board and associates .........................................