July 30, 2014 

## Public Hearings: Clean Power Plan Proposed Rule Atlanta, GA Dear Administrator McCarthy:
I agree with evidence that shows carbon dioxide and other global warming pollution endangers public health and welfare. Iapplaud the EPA for using its authority underthe Clean Air Act to take action to protect us from the pollution thatthreatens public health and I urge you to move rapidlyto finalize astrong rule designed to control carbon pollution from existing coal-fired and natural gas-fired power plants. Mycommentswill address two major issues that I know aboutfrom personal experience: 

### 1. ARE WE CALCULATING THE TRUE COST of BURNING COAL? 

### 2. DOES ANYONE CALUCLATE THE TRUE COST TO INVIDUALSwho sufferfrom ILLNESSES exacerbated by the burning ofcarbon?
1: DOWE ACTUALLY CALCULATE THE "TRUE COST" OF BURNING COAL? "Lower Cost" is often given as a reason for keeping Coal Fired Plants running my experience says we don't actuallycalculate the cost to the community of burning coal, only the cost to the coal mining and coal transporting and coal burning companies. As a Certified Public Accountant trained at the University ofMichigan's Graduate School ofBusiness who earned an MBA in Accounting and then worked as an External Auditor, Internal Auditor, Controller and also taught cost accounting as an Assistant Professor ofAccounting at several colleges, I can UNEQUIIVOCALLY state, that manyofthe actual costs incurred bythe people in our communities are not included in the spreadsheets that calculate the cost of burning coal and which are then used to compare the various forms energy production methods now available to us, especially here in the sunny South.
2: WHAT IS THE COST TO PEOPLE WHO SUFFER ILLNESSES MADE WORSE BY BURNING COAL?
A: COST TO COAL MINERS & Their FAMILIES. I have also lived in Eastern Ohio, near the borderofWestern West VA where Itaught coal miners howto earn a living in an office environment, as manywere fearful ofsuffering badly in the mines and wanted away out ofthem. I am telling you this as a way to let you know that I have personal experience with a population we often leave out ofour cost calculations: Early deaths ofcoal miners are a huge "cost" to theirfamilies. Are those calculated and included? Black Lung and accidentsforce early retirement and large medical bills for coal miners. Are these costs counted as part ofthe cost ofgetting coal out ofthe ground?
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### of2B: Then there are illnesses, likeAsthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) that are made more deadly by the toxins that burning coal puts intothe atmosphere. 

### I have a COPD disease called sarcoidosis. This is a disease caused by inflammation ofthe body and can affect any part ofit. The most common body part affected is the lungs and when that happens it is called Pulmonary Sarcoidosis. Iwas diagnosed as havingadvanced stage lung cancer over 25 years ago. My pulmonologist said he needed to remove one ofmy lungs. Luckily, aCentral American doctor in the operating room recognized my illnessforwhat itwas and cancelled the operation atthe last minute and saved my lung. This illness makes me more sensitive to air qualityconditions and actuallyforced me to leave yesterday's rally for cleaner air after only 

### 3 hours outdoors. The effect on my breathing caused bythe poor air quality in Atlanta was a major reason mywife and I decided we had to move out ofthe intown Atlanta neighborhood where we had lived for 25 years. This is the same neighborhood where myson'sfamily has lived in for 

### 15 years, so we have been forced bythe airto live too far apart to see each other each day. You tell me: What is the COST of having ofagrandfather live 35 miles from his 3 grandsons and not be present in theireveryday life? Nobody I know has even started to studythat COST to families separated forthis reason. Do you know anyone who is accountingforthe cost to families forced to live apart because of polluted air? By harnessingthe powerofthe wind and the sun, we can reduce air (and water) pollution and transition to clean energy sources that don't harm people and animals and which can create new saferjobs much closer to the people who use electric power. We will only succeed ifwe require all coal-fired power plants- America's largest single source ofpollution -and other big smokestack industries to stop pollutingwith impunity. As afirst step, please finalize your proposed carbon pollution rule to limit carbon and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from existing coal and natural gas plants. Sincerely,**Fr~;:~E:'** S's-25 Dorsett ShO"als Lane Douglasville, GA 30135 770-778-8507 (C) freepolazzo@att.net Please considerthe environment before printin3.

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