On the recordOctober 5, 2011
This amendment calls for findings and also would effectively veto this bill. These are not findings for which we established an underlying record in the proceedings relating to this bill. The MACT program is a separate mandate for regulation and it operates separately from the Healthy People 2020 initiative as far as we are aware. EPA estimates that the Cement MACT will reduce mercury emissions by 16,400 pounds per year, an amount that is only 0.15 percent of global emissions. Mercury is emitted naturally and also globally. The Department of Energy estimates that 5,500 tons, or 11 million pounds, of mercury was emitted globally in 2005 from both natural and human sources. For these reasons, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
