Media Acvisory: UPDATED: EPA to Hold Public Listening Sessions on Reducing Carbon Pollution from Existing Power Plants

Media Acvisory: UPDATED: EPA to Hold Public Listening Sessions on Reducing Carbon Pollution from Existing Power Plants

10/18/2013

CONTACT:press@epa.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:October 18, 2013 UPDATED: EPA to Hold Public Listening Sessions on Reducing Carbon Pollution from Existing Power Plants Sessions in Boston, Philadelphia Rescheduled Due to Government Shutdown WASHINGTON – Following through on President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold 11 public listening sessions across the country to solicit ideas and input from the public and stakeholders about the best Clean Air Act approaches to reducing carbon pollution from existing power plants. Power plants are the nation’s largest stationary source of carbon pollution, responsible for about one third of all greenhouse gas pollution in the United States. The President’s Climate Action Plan takes steady and responsible steps to cut the harmful carbon pollution that fuels a changing climate while continuing to provide affordable, reliable energy. The feedback from these 11 public listening sessions will play an important role in helping EPA develop smart, cost-effective guidelines that reflect the latest and best information available. The agency will seek additional public input during the notice and comment period once it issues a proposal, by June 2014. The Clean Air Act gives both EPA and states a role in reducing air pollution from power plants that are already in operation. The law directs EPA to establish guidelines, which states use to design their own programs to reduce emissions. Before proposing guidelines, EPA must consider how power plants with a variety of different configurations would be able to reduce carbon pollution in a cost-effective way. For more information on these sessions and to register online, go to: http://www2.epa.gov/carbon-pollution-standards/public-listening-sessions. For those who cannot attend these sessions, input can be e-mailed to carbonpollutioninput@epa.gov by November 8, 2013. More information about EPA’s carbon pollution standards for the power sector: http://www2.epa.gov/carbon-pollution-standards Public Sessions on Reducing Carbon Pollution from Existing Power Plants (all times are local): DATE: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 TIME: 9:00 am - 12 Noon; and 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDTEPA REGION & LOCATION: US EPA Region 2 290 Broadway, Room 27A New York DATE: October 23, 2013 TIMES: 2:00 – 5:00 pm; and 6:00 – 9:00 pm EDT EPA REGION & LOCATION: US EPA Region 4 Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center Bridge Conference Rooms 61 Forsyth Street, S.W. Atlanta DATE: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 TIME: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm MDT (last 2 hours for call ins) EPA REGION & LOCATION: US EPA Region 8 1595 Wynkoop Street Denver DATE: Monday, November 4, 2013 TIME: 4:00 – 8:00 pm CDT EPA REGION & LOCATION: US EPA Region 7 11201 Renner Blvd. Lenexa DATE: Monday, November 4, 2013 TIME: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm EDT EPA REGION & LOCATION: US EPA New England Memorial Hall 5 Post Office Square Boston DATE: Tuesday, November 5, 2013 TIME: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm PDT EPA REGION & LOCATION: US EPA Region 9 75 Hawthorne St. San Francisco DATE: Thursday, November 7, 2013 TIME: 9:00 am – 8:00 pm EDT LOCATION: US EPA Headquarters William Jefferson Clinton East 1201 Constitution Ave. Washington, DC DATE: Thursday, November 7, 2013 TIME: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm CDT EPA REGION & LOCATION: US EPA Region 6 Auditorium- 1st floor J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young St. Dallas DATE: Thursday, November 7, 2013 TIME: 3:00 – 6:00 pm PDT EPA REGION & LOCATION: US EPA Region 10 Jackson Federal Bldg. 915 Second Ave. Seattle DATE: Friday, November 8, 2013 TIME: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm EDT EPA REGION & LOCATION: US EPA Region 3 William J. Green, Jr. Federal Building 600 Arch Street Philadelphia   DATE: November 8, 2013 TIME: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm CDT EPA REGION & LOCATION: US EPA Region 5 Metcalfe Federal Building Lake Michigan Room 77 W. Jackson Blvd. Chicago R169