BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DARREL W. JETER D. JOE HORTON K. LANDON ODLE JOE W.HERRON DANNY P. MANN BERYL E. MANESS CHAD E. HOOD We'reaNatural Kathie Noe 336 Water Street GATE CITY, VIRGINIA 24251 PHONE: (276) 386-6521 FAX: (276) 386-9198 e-mail: knoe@scottcountyva.com www.scottcountyva.com 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^ ^►

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 tocontinue 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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