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.