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CREATOR:Debbie S. Fiddelke ( CN=Debbie S. Fiddelke/OU=CEQ/O=EOP CEQ

CREATION DATE/TIME: 3-JUN-200,3 18:55:42.00

SUBJECT.: Comments on NRDC'sa Testimony on Power Plant Regulation

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TEXT:note Clear Skies comments.... .didn't realize we were apologists for

Jef fords and the NRD....

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Mar10 Lewis <mlewis~c0ei.org>06/03/2003 03:51:21 PM

Record Type: Record

To: Mar10 Lewis <ml ewis~cei.Qrg>CC:Subject: Comments on NRDC's riestimony on Power Plant Regulation

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is the leading force behind

Sen. James Jef fords's (I-Vt.) Clean Power Act (S. 366), a bill that wouldy~

impose costly new controls on power plant emissions of sulfur dioxide,

nitrogen oxides, mercury, and carbon dioxide.SVThe Bush AdministrationO,s

Clear Skies initiative, which would establish new controls on sulfur

dioxide, nitrogen oxides, axnd mercury, but not carbon dioxide, is, in no

small measure, a O&me-too6l8 response toSySenatoryJeffords0,9 bill.y'It is thus

fair to say that NRDC is driving much of the debateS~in Washingtonover

Clean Air Act 0&reform O8

NRDC ClimateyCenter Director David Hawkins has testified twice on the

Clean Power Act, and once on the Clear Skies Act (S. 485) .5Mr.9'Hawkinsil

has argued that the Bush plan will~kill thousands of Americans every year

becausey~it does not go far enough to reduce power plant emissions.

This paper examinesS:'NRflCU,s$'claim5skregatding the health and mortality

effects ofy-fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) and mercury emissions4yIt

finds that9'PM2.5 at current levels is unlikely to be increasing

mortality, and that sulfateD*the form Of PM caused by~ower plant

emissions0*is a particularly-kimplausible cause of deaths, becauseSysulfate

is not toxic.~,k

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Current power plant mercury emissions are also an implausible cause ofharm,. Power-plant mercury is Ja concern because high levels are found insome non-commercial freshwater 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 inchildrenO,s neurological health. Furthermore, as EPA concluded, no oneknows where the mercury in fish is coming from. most of it may come frompast emissions that remain in the environment and Are continuallydeposited and reemitted, and/or from areas outside the U.S.where mercuryemissions are much higher. Thus, there is a significant risk thatmandatory reductions in power plant mercury emissions will notsignificantly reduce mrcury levels in freshwater fish.

Because higher incomes allo*Wieople to enhance their overall:Vhealth andsafety, the economic burdens of the Clean Power Act and the Clear SkiesAct are likely to do~more harm than good~for public health.

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