BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 

DARREL W. JETER 

D. JOE HORTON 

K. LANDON ODLE 

JOE W.HERRON 

DANNY P. MANN 

BERYL E. MANESS 

CHAD E. HOOD

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COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR 

SCOTT COUNTY

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 

SCOTT 

VIRGINIA 

At a meeting of the Scott County Board of Supervisors begun and held in the Supervisors' 

meeting room at the Scott County Administrative Offices in Gate City, Virginia on Wednesday 

the 4th day of June, 2014 at 8:30 a.m. 

PRESENT: Darrel W. Jeter 

D. Joe Horton 

K. Landon Odle (excused from the meeting at 11:30 a.m.) 

Joe W. Herron 

Danny P. Mann - Chairman 

Beryl E. Maness - Vice-Chairman 

Chad E. Hood 

ABSENT: ; None. 

On a motion by Darrel W. Jeter, duly seconded by K. Landon Odle, this Board hereby 

adopts the following:

RESOLUTION NO: 2014 - 12 

RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE LEAD ROLE OF STATES IN 

THE REGULATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS 

FROM EXISTING POWER PLANTS 

WHEREAS, A reliable and affordable coal supply is vital to Scott County's 

economic growth, jobs, and the overall interests of its citizens; and 

WHEREAS, Scott County supports an all-the-above energy strategy because it is in 

the best interest of Virgini,a and the Nation; and 

WHEREA,S, The Uuited States has abundant supplies of coal that provide 

economic and energy security benefits; and 

WHEREAS, Coal . pr.ovides affordable, and reliable electricity to the citizens of 

Scott County and
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WHEREAS, Carbon regulations for existing coal-fueled power plants could 

threaten the affordability and reliability of Virginia's electricity supplies and, 

therefore, threaten the wellbeing of its citizens; and 

WHEREAS, Carbon dioxide emissions from U.S. coal-fueled power plants 

represent only 3 percent of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions; 

and 

WHEREAS, The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects that U.S. 

electric sector carbon dioxide emissions will be 14 percent below 2005 levels 

in 2020 and that carbon dioxide emissions from U.S. coal-fueled power plants 

will be 19 percent below 2005 levels in 2020; and 

WHEREAS, On June 25, 2013, the President directed the Administrator of the 

U.S. Environrnental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue standards, regulations, 

or guidelines to address carbon dioxide emissions from new, existing, 

modified, and reconstructed fossil-fueled power plants; and 

WHEREAS, The President expressly recognized that states "will play a 

central role in establishing and impiementing carbon standards for existing 

power plants;" and 

WHEREAS, The Clean Air Act requires EPA to establish a"procedure" under 

which each state shall develop a plan for establishing and implementing 

standards of performance for existing sources within the state; and 

WHEREAS, The Clean Air Act expressly allows states, in developing and 

applying such standards of performance, "to take into consideration, among 

other factors, the remaining useful life of the existing source to which such 

standard applies;" and 

WHEREAS, EPA's 

stringent emissions 

guidelines based on 

impossibility of insl 

make less stringent 

reasonable;" and

existing regulations provide that states may adopt "less 

standards or longer compliance schedules" than EPA's 

factors such as "unreasonable cost of control," "physical 

alling necessary control equipment," or other factors that 

standards or longer compliance times "significantly more 

WHEREAS, It is in the best interest of electricity consumers in Scott County to 

continue to benefit from reliable, affordable electricity provided by coalbased electricity generating plants; therefore be it 

RESOLVED, That Scott County urges EPA, in developing guidelines for regulating 

carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, to respect the primacy 

of Virginia and other states and to rely on state regulators to develop
performance standards for carbon dioxide emissions that take into account 

the unique policies, energy needs, resource mix, and economic priorities of 

Virginia and other states; and be it further 

RESOLVED, That EPA should issue guidelines and approve state-established 

performance standards that are based on reductions of carbon dioxide 

emissions achievable by measures undertaken at fossil-fueled power plants; 

and be it further 

RESOLVED, That EPA should allow Virginia and other states to set less 

stringent performance standards and longer compliance schedules for power 

plants within their jurisdiction; and be it further 

RESOLVED, That Virginia and other states should be given maximum 

flexibility by EPA to implement carbon dioxide performance standards for 

fossil-fueled power plants within their jurisdiction. 

Voting aye: Darrel W. Jeter, D. Joe Horton, K. Landon Odle, Joe W. Herron, Danny 

P. Mann, Beryl E. Maness, and Chad E. Hood. 

Voting nay: None.

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Attest:

CLERK 

The Honorable Barack Obama 

The Honorable Mark Warner 

The Honorable Morgan Giffith 

Mr. Andrew Vehorn

Environmental Protection Agency
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