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EXAMINING THE LOCAL IMPACTS OF EPA’S 

CLIMATE REGULATIONS 

FIELD HEARING 

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON CLEAN AIR 

AND NUCLEAR SAFETY 

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON 

ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS 

UNITED STATES SENATE 

ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS 

SECOND SESSION 

OCTOBER 5, 2016—LOGAN, WV 

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COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS 

ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS 

SECOND SESSION 

JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma, Chairman 

DAVID VITTER, Louisiana 

JOHN BARRASSO, Wyoming 

SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO, West Virginia 

MIKE CRAPO, Idaho 

JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas 

JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama 

ROGER WICKER, Mississippi 

DEB FISCHER, Nebraska 

MIKE ROUNDS, South Dakota 

DAN SULLIVAN, Alaska 

BARBARA BOXER, California 

THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware 

BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland 

BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont 

SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, Rhode Island 

JEFF MERKLEY, Oregon 

KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND, New York 

CORY A. BOOKER, New Jersey 

EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts 

RYAN JACKSON, Majority Staff Director 

BETTINA POIRIER, Democratic Staff Director 

SUBCOMMITTEE ON CLEAN AIR AND NUCLEAR SAFETY

SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO, West Virginia, Chairman 

DAVID VITTER, Louisiana 

JOHN BARRASSO, Wyoming 

MIKE CRAPO, Idaho 

JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama 

ROGER WICKER, Mississippi 

DEB FISCHER, Nebraska 

JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma (ex officio) 

THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware 

BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland 

BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont 

SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, Rhode Island 

JEFF MERKLEY, Oregon 

EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts 

BARBARA BOXER, California (ex officio) 
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C O N T E N T S 

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OCTOBER 5, 2016 

OPENING STATEMENTS 

Capito, Hon. Shelley Moore, U.S. Senator from the State of West Virginia ...... 2 

Manchin, Hon. Joe, U.S. Senator from the State of West Virginia ..................... 6 

WITNESSES 

Jenkins, Hon. Evan H., U.S. Representative from the State of West Virginia .. 18 

Trisko, Eugene M., Counsel to United Mine Workers of America, Berkeley 

Springs, West Virginia ......................................................................................... 23 

Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 29 

Pasley, Robert E., President, Wayne County, West Virginia ............................... 28 

Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 46 

Copley, Jimmy Dale ‘‘Bo,’’ II, former Coal Miner, Delbarton, West Virginia ..... 45 

Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 57 

Ireland, Karan, Program Director, West Viginia SUN ......................................... 59 

Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 63 

Van Nostrand, James M., Professor of Law, Director, Center for Energy 

and Sustainable Development, West Virginia University College of Law ...... 70 

Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 76 

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EXAMINING THE LOCAL IMPACTS OF EPA’S 

CLIMATE REGULATIONS 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2016 

U.S. SENATE, 

COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS, 

SUBCOMMITTEE ON CLEAN AIR AND NUCLEAR SAFETY, 

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