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STATEMENT OF SHAWN B. KENDALL BEFORE THE 



ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES 



SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE 



ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS 



Mr. Chairman and Committee members, I am Shawn Kendall with Phelps Dodge 

 Corporation, the nation's leading copper producer. During the past two years, I have 

 devoted more than half of my time to the Grand Canyon Visibility Transport 

 Commission's Committees. I am a member of the Emissions Subcommittee, the 

 Alternatives Assessment Committee, in addition to serving as Secretary of the Public 

 Advisory Committee, and the P.A.C.'s Steering Committee. I am appearing here today 

 on behalf of the Public Advisory Committee to talk about the Commission, its process, 

 and needs. 



The Commission is charged with developing and submitting recommendations to 

 the EPA Administrator on regulatory program options to help improve visibility in the 

 Class I areas of the region which is impaired by regional haze. The Commission's 

 activities represent the first of their kind: the first time a program for regional haze is 

 being developed; the first time regional governors have been charged with coming up 

 with a plan for the CAA; and the first time environmental interests, industrial interests, 

 and regulatory interests have come together in a spirit of cooperation as a team to craft 

 a solution for one of the nation's more important air quality problems. 



The Commission's committees consist of the "best-of-the-best" in terms of visibility 

 expertise both in the policy area as well as the technical area. The Commission's 

 committees are a volunteer organization. As such, there are limitations on the manhours 

 of effort that can be achieved in some areas. In order to assemble the information 

 needed to perform the technical and policy analysis work required for an objective, 

 information-driven decision making process, the Commission requires funds to allow it to 

 retain contractors to perform bulk work beyond the scope of the committees. Last year, 

 the Commission requested $2 million over a two year period in order to perform this 

 work. Instead they received $375,000. This year, the Commission is requesting $1.8 

 million in order to discharge its responsibility under the Clean Air Act. All of us on the 

 Public Advisory Committee, both environmental and industry representatives alike, feel 

 strongly that the Commission needs to be provided with the resources required to do an 

 objective analysis. 



I would, therefore, ask each and every one of members here today to support the 

 Commission's request. We only have a little over a year left to complete our mission as 

 mandated by the Clean Air Act, and nowhere in this country are you going to get a 

 regulatory analysis performed as thoroughly or comprehensively, with such broad 

 sweeping effects, for $1.8 million, as you will from the Commission. 



Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank you and the Members for the opportunity to 

 discuss these issues with you today. 



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