[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 4175-4176]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                THE NEIL SIMPSON COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT

  (Mrs. LUMMIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)

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  Mrs. LUMMIS. Mr. Speaker, 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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