WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, March 23, 2015, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) will chair a U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) field hearing in Beckley, West Virginia. The field hearing, “Regional Impacts of EPA Carbon Regulations: The Case of West Virginia,” will examine the impact of EPA carbon regulations in the nation’s second largest coal-producing state and will feature testimony from state and national witnesses.
WHO: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Chair, EPW Committee’s Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee, U.S. Congressman Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.)
Witnesses: Eugene M. Trisko, Attorney at Law on behalf of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Berkeley Springs, West Virginia; Charles Patton, President and Chief Operating Officer, Appalachian Power Charleston, West Virginia; Chuck Farmer, President, Rouster WRR Mabscott, West Virginia
WHERE:
Burnside Ceremonial Courtroom
Raleigh County Judicial Center, 2nd Floor
215 Main Street
Beckley, WV 25801
WHEN:
Monday, March 23, 2015
9:30 AM
NOTE:
Members of the media who plan to attend should contact Amy_Graham@capito.senate.gov or 202-306-0735. Please note that media are required to display current press credentials. Press set-up begins at 9:00 AM.
Members of the media are invited to a post-hearing media availability with Senator Capito.
Majority Statement
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Senator
Opening Remarks
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President and Chief Operating Officer, Appalachian PowerCharlesPattontestimonyforSenCapitohearing.pdf (470.9 KBs)
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President, Rouster WRRTestimonyofChuckFarmer.pdf (233.7 KBs)
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Attorney at Law on behalf of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA)
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Senior Energy Analyst for the Union of Concerned ScientistsRichardsonwrittenEPWtestimonyFINAL.pdf (210.6 KBs)
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Associate Professor and director of the Center for Energy and Sustainable Development at the West Virginia University College of LawVANNOSTRANDSenateFieldHearingTestimonyFINAL.pdf (199.0 KBs)
Unofficial Statements
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fieldhearing032315.pdf (167.2 KBs)