First Regular Session S.C.M. 1004
PROPOSED AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.C.M. 1004
(Reference to printed memorial)
Page 1, line 1, after "America" insert ", the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the United States Department of Energy"
Strike everything after the representing clause and insert:
"Whereas, as a result of internal collaboration among United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) managers and staff without adequate or fair stakeholder input, participation or hearings, the Clean Power Plan mandate was implemented without consideration of strategic operations or state and local plans; and
Whereas, the coal-fired electricity generation industry is a valuable industry in Arizona and the United States, and the EPA's Clean Power Plan has prevented the industry from moving forward in a safe and businesslike manner; and
Whereas, Arizona currently is a major generator of electricity in the United States, contributing energy to help drive the industrial complex and manufacturing successes of this country; and
Whereas, the people of Arizona rely on electricity generation to support its infrastructure and its mining and manufacturing industries, to benefit Arizona's outdoor recreation, lifestyle and employment, and to fuel this state's economy and tax base; and
Whereas, Arizona schools, as well as state and local governments, are among the benefactors of electricity generation; and
Whereas, the reduction of affordable energy production will reduce the nation's gross domestic product, put America at a competitive disadvantage and significantly increase the United States' vulnerability in a very precarious world.
Wherefore your memorialist, the Senate of the State of Arizona, the House of Representatives concurring, prays:
1. That the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency repeal the Clean Power Plan and work with the states to develop a responsible replacement program that is acceptable to all parties concerned with coal-fired electricity generation.
2. That the Secretary of the United States Department of Energy support and develop a strategic plan for responsibly working with the coal‑fired electricity generation industry and local governments in attaining the best technology available for clean, economic and efficient coal-fired systems.
3. That the Secretary of State of the State of Arizona transmit copies of this Memorial to the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of the United States Department of Energy and each Member of Congress from the State of Arizona."
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