The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee is scheduled to discuss the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Advance Notice of Public Rulemaking and its approach to regulating greenhouse gases (GHG’s) at a hearing on Tuesday, September 23 at 10 a.m. in Room 406 of the Dirksen building. 

Hearing witnesses include: 

• Robert Meyers, principle deputy assistant administrator, U.S. EPA;
• Mary Nichols, chairman, California Air Resources Board;
• Jason Burnett, former associate deputy administrator, U.S. EPA;
• David Bookbinder, chief climate counsel, Sierra Club;
• Bill Kovacks, vice president for environment, Technology and Regulatory Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; and
• Marlo Lewis, senior fellow, Competitive Enterprise Institute.

Also on Tuesday, the Senate is scheduled to consider the Baucus-Grassley amendment to H.R. 6049.  The amendment set to expire on December 31, 2008, extends the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) and energy Production Tax Credit (PTC), which will continue expansion of the renewable energy industry, create new jobs and spur economic growth.

Additionally, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday is scheduled to mark up The U.S.-Brazil Energy Cooperation Pact, which has a focus on biofuels production, research and infrastructure, and is designed to strengthen U.S. energy relations with Brazil and the Western Hemisphere.  The markup is scheduled in S-116 of the Capitol building.

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