LEHIGH HANSON CHIEF TO LAWMAKERS: EPA REGS COOLD DOOM 18 CEMENT PLANTS

摘要

The recent passage of "Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act of 2011" (H.R. 2681) by the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power is being touted as a significant step toward regulations that protect American lives and American jobs. Testifying in Washington, D.C., before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce just prior to the bill's passage, Dan Harrington, president and CEO of Lehigh Hanson, Inc., and former Portland Cement Association chair, stressed to Congress that inaction on onerous EPA regulations could force the closure of 18 of the nearly 100 U.S. cement plants and result in the direct loss of 4,000 high-paying manufacturing jobs. Led by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.), chair of the Subcommittee on Energy and Power, the hearings focused on H.R. 2681, as well as the "EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011," (H.R. 2250), which addresses boilers and incinerators.