[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

                               BEFORE THE

                              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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                            JANUARY 30, 2018

                                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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