H.R. 282 Summary

• Urges the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to hold public listening sessions on proposed carbon dioxide emission regulations for existing power plants in the ten states with the highest percentage of coal-generated electricity.

• Notes that nearly 78% of Ohio's electricity comes from coal, and Ohio's coal industry supports approximately 3,000 direct jobs and 33,000 indirect jobs.

• Points out that the EPA announced 11 public listening sessions on coal plant emission regulations in cities including Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Denver, Kansas City, San Francisco, Washington D.C., Dallas, Seattle, and Chicago, but none in the ten highest coal-dependent states.

• States that the ten states where listening sessions will be held generate an average of only 26% of their electricity from coal, creating an imbalance in hearing from most-impacted communities.

• Directs the House Clerk to transmit copies of the resolution to the EPA Administrator, U.S. Congressional leaders, Ohio's Congressional delegation, and Ohio news media.