    [Senate Hearing 115-325, Volume 2]
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                                                  S. Hrg. 115-325; Volume 2

     OVERSIGHT HEARING TO RECEIVE TESTIMONY FROM ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                       AGENCY ADMINISTRATOR SCOTT PRUITT

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                                    HEARING

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                                  COMMITTEE ON
                          ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS
                              UNITED STATES SENATE

                         ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS

                                 SECOND SESSION

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                                JANUARY 30, 2018

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                                    Volume 2

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                   COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS

                         ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
                                 SECOND SESSION

                        JOHN BARRASSO, Wyoming, Chairman
    JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma            THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware,
    SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO, West Virginia      Ranking Member
    JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas               BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland
    ROGER WICKER, Mississippi            BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont
    DEB FISCHER, Nebraska                SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, Rhode Island
    JERRY MORAN, Kansas                  JEFF MERKLEY, Oregon
    MIKE ROUNDS, South Dakota            KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND, New York
    JONI ERNST, Iowa                     CORY A. BOOKER, New Jersey
    DAN SULLIVAN, Alaska                 EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts
    RICHARD SHELBY, Alabama              TAMMY DUCKWORTH, Illinois
                                         CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, Maryland

                  Richard M. Russell, Majority Staff Director
                   Gabrielle Batkin, Minority Staff Director

                                C O N T E N T S

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                                    VOLUME 1
                               OPENING STATEMENTS

    Barrasso, Hon. John, U.S. Senator from the State of Wyoming......     1
    Carper, Hon. Thomas R., U.S. Senator from the State of Delaware..     3

                                    WITNESS

    Pruitt, Hon. Scott, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection
      Agency.........................................................     6
        Prepared statement...........................................     9
        Responses to additional questions from:
            Senator Barrasso.........................................    14
            Senator Carper...........................................    21
            Senator Booker...........................................    48
        Response to an additional question from Senator Boozman......    55
        Responses to additional questions from:
            Senator Ernst............................................    56
            Senator Fischer..........................................    59
            Senator Markey...........................................    61
            Senator Merkley..........................................    69
            Senator Sanders..........................................    78
            Senator Van Hollen.......................................    83
        Response to an additional question from Senator Wicker.......    84

                              ADDITIONAL MATERIAL

    From Senator Barrasso............................................   447
    From Senator Carper:
        Endangerment Finding and Climate Science.....................   594
        Transparency.................................................   641

                                    VOLUME 2
                              ADDITIONAL MATERIAL

    From Senator Carper (continued):
        EPA Workforce Reductions.....................................   742
        EPA Budget Cuts..............................................   796
        Pruitt Expenditures..........................................   838
        EPA Politicizing Grants......................................   862
        Pruitt Travel................................................   883
        Deregulation and Delays......................................   926
            Air......................................................   992
            Chemicals................................................  1042
                Hazardous Waste......................................  1093
            Water....................................................  1097
        Conflicts of Interest........................................  1111
        EPA Scientists...............................................  1206
        GOP Criticism................................................  1257
            Climate..................................................  1280

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        Environmental Justice........................................  1298
        Pruitt-Style Enforcement.....................................  1308
        General Materials............................................  1361
    Letter to Hon. Scott Pruitt, Administrator, U.S. Environmental
      Protection Agency, from John Carney, Governor, State of
      Delaware, January 30, 2018.....................................  1466

     OVERSIGHT HEARING TO RECEIVE TESTIMONY FROM ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                       AGENCY ADMINISTRATOR SCOTT PRUITT

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                           TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2018

                                           U.S. Senate,
                     Committee on Environment and Public Works,
                                                        Washington, DC.

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