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CREATOR:Elizabeth A. Stolpe ( CN=Elizabeth A. Stolpe/OU=CEQ/O=EOP CEQI

CREATION DATE/TME: 3-JUN-2003 19:41:46.00

SUBJECT:: Re: Comments on NADC'sa Testimony on Power Plant Regulation

TO:Debbie S. Fiddelke( CN=Ipebbie S. Fiddelke/OU=CEQ/O=E0PGE0P CEQ I

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TEXT:oh f or crying out loud. e.

Debbie S. Fiddelke 06/03/2003 06:54:49 PM

Record Type: Record

To: Phil Cooney/CEQ/EOPOiEOP, Elizabeth A. Stolpe/CEQ/EOP@EOP, DanaM. Perino/CEQ/EOPSEOPcc:

Subject: Comments on NRDC's Testimony on Power Plant Regulation

note Clear Skies comments...-.didn't realize we were apologists forJef fords and the NRC.....

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Mar1o Lewis <mlewis~cei.org>06/03/2003 03:51:21iPM

Record Type:- Record

To: Marlo Lewis <mlewis~cei.1org>cc:Subject: Comments on NRDC's!Testimony on Power Plant Regulation

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the leading force behindSen. Jam~es Jef fords's (I-Vt.) Clean Power Act (S. 366), a bill that wouldyimpose costly new controlsion power plant emissions of sulfur dioxide,nitrogen oxides, mercury, and carbon dioxide.yThe Bush Administrationfl,sClear Skies Initiative, which would establish new controls on sulfurdioxide, nitrogen oxides, and mercury, but not carbon dioxide, is, in nosmall measure, a O&me-toofl8i response toySenatoriJJeffordsO,s bill.:VIt is thusfair to say that NRDC is driving much of the debatey'in WashingtonoverClean Air Act O&reform.08

NRDC ClimateSqCenter Director David Hawkins has testified twice on theClean Power Act, and once on the Clear Skies Act (S. 485;) .:Mr.Y1HawkinsYhas argued that the Bush plan will~kill thousands of Americans every yearbecause9'it does not go far enough to reduce power plant emissions.

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This paper examinesyNRDC0, sYclaimsS~regarding the health and mortalityeffects ofj~fine paxticulate piatter (PM 2.5) and mercury emissions.yItfinds that:VPM2.5 at current levels is unlikely to be increasingmortality, and that sulfateCO*the form of PM caused byijpower plantemissionsLJ*is ;a .particularlflimplausible cause of deaths, because9'sulfateis not toxic.9

Current power plant mercury4 emissions are also an implausible cause ofharm. Power-plant mercury isla concern because high levels are found insome non-commercial freshwatier fish consumed by sport-fishers and theirfriends and families. But less than one in 1,000 women have blood mercurylevels as high as those associated with even subtle reductions inchildrenUl,s neurological health. Furthermore, as EPA concluded, no oneknows where'thejfmercury in fish is coming from. Most of it may come frompast emissions that remain in the environment and are continuallydeposited and reemitted, andl/or from areas outside the UJ.S.where mercuryemissions are much higher. Thus, there is A significant risk thatmandatory reductions in poweIr plant mercury emissions will notsignificantly reduce mercury levels in freshwater fish.

Because higher incomes alloWjpeople to enhance their overallk~health andsafety, the economic burdensiof the Clean Power Act and the Clear SkiesAct are likely to do9'more harm than good~f or public health.

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