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On the recordMarch 11, 2014
On March 21, the Neil Simpson coal-fired power plant unit in Gillette, Wyoming, is going to shut down 10 years before its useful life is up. And it is shutting down because the EPA created this rule called Boiler MACT. That stands for ``maximum attainable control technology.'' If it was attainable control technology, the company wouldn't shut it down 10 years before its useful life is up. It is being shut down because it is not attainable. The EPA did not tell the truth when they told people this can be attained. And now that plant will be disassembled, taken to another country and put back up and be burning coal there. This is not wise policy, Mr. Speaker. ____________________
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Cynthia Lummis
Republican · Wyoming
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Mar 11, 2014

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