On Monday, March 23, 2015, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) will chair a U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) field hearing in Beckley, West Virginia. The field hearing, “Regional Impacts of EPA Carbon Regulations: The Case of West Virginia,” will examine the impact of EPA carbon regulations in the nation’s second largest coal-producing state and will feature testimony from state and national witnesses.

WHO: 

·         U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Chair, EPW Committee’s Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee,

·         U.S. Congressman Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) Witnesses:

·         Eugene M. Trisko, Attorney at Law on behalf of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Berkeley Springs, West Virginia;

·         Charles Patton, President and Chief Operating Officer, Appalachian Power Charleston, West Virginia;

·         Chuck Farmer, President, Rouster WRR Mabscott, West Virginia

WHERE: 

·         Burnside Ceremonial Courtroom Raleigh County Judicial Center, 2nd Floor 215 Main Street Beckley, WV 25801

WHEN:

·         Monday, March 23, 2015 9:30 AM

NOTE: 

Members of the media who plan to attend should contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  or 202-306-0735. Please note that media are required to display current press credentials. Press set-up begins at 9:00 AM. Members of the media are invited to a post-hearing media availability with Senator Capito.