EPA forced to move climate hearings on coal plant restrictions due to ‘large scale power outage’

By: Marc Morano - Climate DepotJuly 25, 2014 4:52 PM with 1 comment

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is being forced to relocate the agency’s Region 4 hearing on proposed climate regulations to limit carbon dioxide emissions from coal plants. (See: Obama advisor John Podesta claims EPA CO2 regs (which don’t impact global CO2 levels) are needed to combat extreme weather)

Opponents of the new EPA regulations say they will deal a devastating blow to the U.S. coal industry. Coal is in the cross-hairs of the Obama Administration’s battle to fight “global warming.” Already, the coal industry is reeling from the looming regulations. See: Coal Companies’ Pain Accelerates as Bankruptcy Cases Rise in part due to ‘tighter regulations’ – ‘pushing a number of companies to the brink of insolvency’

Climate Depot has obtained this July 25, 2014 email from Acting Congressional Liaison Dionne Delli-Gatti of US EPA’s Region 4 office. The email, sent at 2:33 PM is titled “Atlanta Clean Power Plan Public Hearing Location Changed.”

“Please be aware that as the result of a large scale power outage at the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center, EPA will hold the July 29 and 30, 2014, Atlanta Clean Power Plan public hearings at the Omni Hotel,” the EPA email alert reported. (See: Power Outage Closes Atlanta Federal Building Until Friday  & Electrical problem will keep Nunn federal building closed all week – Obama’s Promise Kept: “If somebody wants to build a coal plant, they can — it’s just that it will bankrupt them’)

The EPA email continued: “While repairs are underway at the Federal Center, there is no guarantee the facility will be fully operational in time for the hearings. This led to the agency’s decision to change locations.” [Full email below]

Reactions from energy insiders was swift.

One analyst quipped to Climate Depot: “EPA’s hearing session on their proposed guidelines to hammer existing coal plants has to be moved due to electrical outages.  Feels a bit like the ‘Gore effect’.  Perhaps a harbinger of things to come.”

(See: Is this coming to U.S. Via EPA regs? Britain ‘may be forced to use ‘last resort’ measures to avert blackouts in coming winters’)

(See: Watch Now: Morano in 3 against one Aljazeera TV debate over EPA Climate regs: ‘They are bastardizing science…demonizing carbon dioxide’)

Another wrote: “In case anyone’s looking for blog material this afternoon, EPA just announced that it has to move the location of its Atlanta GHG hearing because of a large-scale power outage at the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center.”

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The complete EPA email is reproduced below:

From: Delli-Gatti, Dionne [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 2:59 PM
Subject: Atlanta Clean Power Plan Public Hearing Location Changed

Please be aware that as the result of a large scale power outage at the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center, EPA will hold the July 29 and 30, 2014, Atlanta Clean Power Plan public hearings at the Omni Hotel. While repairs are underway at the Federal Center, there is no guarantee the facility will be fully operational in time for the hearings. This led to the agency’s decision to change locations.

The hearing dates and times have not changed. The new location is adjacent to the CNN Center subway (MARTA) stop, and a short walk from the Federal Center.  Parking is available at and around the hotel.  EPA staff will be on hand at the Federal Center to direct attendees to the new hearing venue. Details for the new location are provided below.

WHO: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

WHAT: Public hearing in Atlanta on the Proposed Clean Power Plan

WHEN: July 29-30, 2014

The hearings will begin at 9:00 a.m. and continue until 8:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

WHERE: The Omni Hotel at CNN Center

North Tower, Level M4

100 CNN Center

190 Marietta St NW

Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Phone: (404) 659-0000

Map and Directions to the Omni Hotel can be found at:

http://www.omnihotels.com/FindAHotel/AtlantaCNNCenter/MapAndDirections.aspx​

Dionne Delli-Gatti, LEED GA

Acting Congressional Liaison

US EPA Region 4

404-562-9912

http://www.epa.gov/region4/newsevents/index.html

Follow Region 4 on Twitter: www.twitter.com/EPASoutheast

and Facebook: www.facebook.com/eparegion4

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