Al Armendariz/R6/USEPA/US To Bob Sussman 11/14/2010 08:17 PM cc "Larry Starfield", "Bob Perciasepe", "Janet McCabe", "Gina McCarthy" bcc Subject Re: Summit Power
Bob,
Since I am conflicted from direct discussions with Sierra Club on specific party matters, Larry has taken the lead on discussions with them on Summit.
His careful and thoughtful approach undoubtedly contributed to this outcome.
It'll be nice to someday see a full-scale CCS unit up and running.
Thanks Larry.
Al
______Al Armendariz Regional Administrator U.S. EPA Region 6 [email protected] office: 214-665-2100 Lawrence Starfield
----- Original Message ----- From: Lawrence Starfield Sent: 11/14/2010 08:09 PM EST To: Al Armendariz; Bob Sussman Subject: Summit Power Al and Bob,
I just learned that Sierra Club voted "not" to contest Summit Power's permit with CCS. So the project should go forward with its permit issued before the end of the calendar year.
I think this is a good result.
Larry Sent by EPA Wireless E-Mail Services Al Armendariz/R6/USEPA/US To "Janet McCabe", "Gina McCarthy", "Scott Fulton" 06/01/2010 01:38 PM cc "Layla Mansuri" bcc Subject Sierra Club CAA legal action on June 2nd
______Al Armendariz Regional Administrator U.S. EPA Region 6 [email protected] mobile: 972-467-5506 Carl Edlund
----- Original Message ----- From: Carl Edlund Sent: 06/01/2010 12:35 PM CDT To: Thomas Diggs; [email protected]; Diane Taheri; Guy Donaldson; Al Armendariz; Suzanne Murray; Suzanne Smith; William Luthans; John Blevins; Maria Martinez; Lawrence Starfield Cc: Carey Fitzmaurice Subject: Sierra Club CAA legal action on June 2nd FYI ...I contacted Neil and he said that Sierra Club and Earth Justice will have a joint press briefing tomorrow at 1:00 to announce that they are providing 60-day notice of an intent to sue EPA for three failings in TX SIPs:
Failure to take action on PM 2.5 non-attainment areas [just the Houston situation] Failure to promulgate a Federal Implementation Plan under section 110(a)(2) with respect to the 1997 NAAQS, and Failure to promulgate a Federal Implementation Plan to stop interstate air pollution from Texas
They'll provide us a copy of their letter to the Administrator shortly before the press briefing.
----- Forwarded by Carl Edlund/R6/USEPA/US on 06/01/2010 12:24 PM -----
Call me today on Sierra Club CAA legal action on June 2nd
Neil Carman to: Carl Edlund 06/01/2010 12:07 PM
Carl,
Please call me ASAP today to inform you and Region 6 of a new Sierra Club Clean Air Act legal action being filed on Wednesday June 2nd.
We will hold a teleconf call for the media from 1-2 pm Wednesday and EPA 6 will likely get some media calls after 2:00 pm Wednesday. Thanks,
Neil Carman 512-472-1767 office 512-663-9594 cell Alex Barron/DC/USEPA/US To "Al McGartland", "DavidA Evans", "Peter Nagelhout" 03/16/2011 07:55 AM cc bcc Subject Fw: Power Plant Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Materials (communication materials)
In case you don't already have these - let me know if you see issues.
A
From: Karen Thundiyil Sent: 03/15/2011 08:50 PM EDT To: Alexander Cristofaro; Lesley Schaaff; Michael Goo; Alex Barron; Charlotte Bertrand; Thomas Gillis; Shannon Kenny; [email protected] Subject: Fw: Power Plant Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Materials (communication materials)
From: John Millett/DC/USEPA/US
To: Air Division Directors and Deputies
Cc: Lucy Edmondson/R1/USEPA/US@EPA, Jeffrey Clark/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, [email protected], John Millett
Date: 03/15/2011 07:39 PM
Subject: Power Plant Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Materials
Hi All -- Following up on the call this afternoon, below is a ton of information about the proposed rule tomorrow -- Power Plant Mercury and Air Toxics Standard, or (MATS). All of these are draft and may change slightly before tomorrow at 11 AM EDT
EXTERNAL MATERIALS
Draft Press Release --
(See attached file: DRAFT MATS PR.docx)
Press Pack Materials --
(See attached file: Overview Utility Toxics Factsheet3.doc) (See attached file: ToxicsRuleMaps-EPAtemplate-v3.ppt) (See attached file: Toxics Rule Traditional Fact Sheet 3-15-11 v3.docx) Posted Online -- MATS Overview Presentation
(See attached file: Utility Toxics Rule Presentation_draft final.pptx)
Posted Online -- Detailed Overview Fact Sheet Covering Key Issues
(See attached file: Utility Toxics FactsheetFINAL7PM.docx)
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INTERNAL Key Messages and quick q/a --
(See attached file: tops mssgs & key qs and as_031511_530pm.docx)
INTERNAL -- NIFTY NUMBERS
(See attached file: AirToxics-Important Numbers FINALv3_03-15-11FINAL.doc)
INTERNAL -- Q/A --
(See attached file: utox-hardQs DRAFT 03-15-11 630pm FINAL.doc) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Details on tomorrow's announcement --
MEDIA ALERT -- Air News Release (HQ): TOMORROW: EPA, America Lung Association to Hold Press Conference to Discuss Mercury and Air Toxics Standards U.S. EPA
CONTACT: EPA Press Office [email protected]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 15, 2011
TOMORROW: EPA, America Lung Association to Hold Press Conference to Discuss Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, March 16, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will join American Lung Association President and CEO Charles D. Connor and American Academy of Pediatrics President O. Marion Burton, M.D., F.A.A.P. to discuss the agency’s mercury and air toxics standards - the first-ever national standards for mercury and other air toxics from coal-fired power plants.
They will be joined by Dr. Jonathan Truwit, a pulmonary and critical specialist at the University of Virginia Health System and member of the American Thoracic Society, who will discuss the impacts these harmful emissions have on his patients.
The event begins at 11:00 a.m. EDT – press interested in attending should arrive no later than 10:40 a.m. EDT and should RSVP to [email protected].
Reporters interested only in listening to the event should dial (888) 539-8821 and give the conference ID number, which is 52376239. Please dial in 15 minutes prior to the call’s start time.
WHO: U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson American Lung Association President and CEO Charles D. Connor American Academy of Pediatrics President O. Marion Burton, M.D., F.A.A.P. Dr. Jonathan Truwit, M.D.
WHAT: Press conference on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
WHEN: March 16, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. EDT -- press interested in attending should arrive no later than 10:40 a.m. EDT.
WHERE: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters (Ariel Rios South Building) 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington D.C.
Reporters interested only in listening to the event should dial (888) 539-8821 and give the conference ID number, which is 52376239. Please dial in 15 minutes prior to the call’s start time.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Millett Office of Air and Radiation Communications U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5411 Ariel Rios Building North Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202/564-2903 Cell: 202/510-1822 DRAFT MATS PR.docx
Overview Utility Toxics Factsheet3.docToxicsRuleMaps-EPAtemplate-v3.ppt
Toxics Rule Traditional Fact Sheet 3-15-11 v3.docx
Utility Toxics Rule Presentation_draft final.pptx
Utility Toxics FactsheetFINAL7PM.docx
tops mssgs & key qs and as_031511_530pm.docx
AirToxics-Important Numbers FINALv3_03-15-11FINAL.doc
utox-hardQs DRAFT 03-15-11 630pm FINAL.doc Andrea To Gina McCarthy Drinkard/DC/USEPA/US cc "John Millett", Peter Tsirigotis, Joseph Goffman 05/16/2011 12:16 PM bcc Subject Re: Fw: Indefinite delay on boiler air toxics rule?
Peter will call to confirm. Jim Pew has already been called.
Andrea Drinkard U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation Email: [email protected] Phone: 202.564.1601 Cell: 202.236.7765
Gina McCarthy Who has Sierra club? ----- Original M... 05/16/2011 12:07:10 PM
From: Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To: "John Millett"
Who has Sierra club? David McIntosh
----- Original Message ----- From: David McIntosh Sent: 05/16/2011 12:03 PM EDT To: Gina McCarthy; Janet McCabe; Joseph Goffman; Scott Fulton; Avi Garbow Subject: Fw: Indefinite delay on boiler air toxics rule? Pls see below. Have OAR/OGC communicated with Sierra Club about this yet? ----- Forwarded by David McIntosh/DC/USEPA/US on 05/16/2011 12:02 PM -----
From: Lyndsay Moseley
Hi David,
I heard that EPA is planning to announce an indefinite stay of the the industrial boiler air toxics rule. Can you confirm this information, and shed any light on the reason behind such a decision?
Thanks, --Lyndsay
Lyndsay Moseley Federal Policy Representative Sierra Club 408 C St. NE Washington, DC 20002 tel: 202-548-4581 fax: 202-547-6009
Andrea To Janet McCabe, Gina McCarthy Drinkard/DC/USEPA/US cc 08/15/2011 06:41 PM bcc Subject CO articles from today's announcement
Gina/Janet,
A few stories from the CO announcement. ALA and Frank O'Donnell's quotes are picked up in most. We provided Politico with the statement I sent around earlier and it's included at the end of her story (second story in the list). InsideEPA picked up on the decrease in the number of "near-road" monitors, noting the reasoning that was included in the rule (last story). The O'Donnell quote from the Greenwire story (first one in the list) is more positive than the rest of his quotes....
Politico was the only one who contacted us for a comment.
Not much traction elsewhere. Will check again in the morning.
-AD-
Greenwire: EPA retains 40-year-old carbon monoxide curbs (08/15/2011)
Gabriel Nelson, E&E reporter
Existing air quality standards for carbon monoxide are strong enough to protect people when they go outdoors, U.S. EPA said this afternoon as it announced a final decision not to update the 40-year-old rules.
Carbon monoxide (CO), a clear, odorless gas that mainly comes from burning fossil fuels, can build up to dangerous levels indoors. It can also harm people outdoors by starving the heart and brain of oxygen, but the entire country has managed to cut pollution to levels that the current EPA standards say are safe.
In a final rule that was signed Friday by EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and released today, the agency says there is no definitive evidence of health problems below the current standards of 9 parts per million (ppm) over eight hours and 35 ppm over one hour.
Every monitor in the country now shows readings below those limits and CO levels are still on the decline, the agency said.
Health groups such as the American Lung Association said they were disappointed by today's announcement because the agency's Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) said a crackdown might be needed to protect public health. The independent experts said it was a judgment call based on murky evidence from epidemiological studies, and EPA ultimately decided not to give businesses and regulators the new assignment.
"While measured concentrations infrequently reach the current [standard], evidence indicates that adverse health effects could occur at these levels," the panel's final recommendations said. "For that reason, CASAC expresses its preference for a lower standard" (Greenwire , March 1).
As public health groups called for a stricter standard, automakers and the oil industry had questioned whether it was needed. But the issue got little attention, especially compared to EPA's ongoing review of the air quality standards for ozone and fine particles.
"The stakes are lower for a variety of reasons, including the fact that carbon monoxide has been one of the great success stories of the Clean Air Act. Because of catalytic converters on cars, levels have dropped precipitously since 1970," said Frank O'Donnell, president of the advocacy group Clean Air Watch. "That's good news. The question is: Is that good enough?"
EPA says today's rule would help find out. It gives state and local governments several years to put air quality monitors near roads in 52 urban areas that are home to at least 1 million people.
Those monitors would gather new data on neighborhoods near busy thoroughfares. When the standards are reviewed about five years from now, scientists will have a better idea of whether CO poses a health risk below the current standards, EPA said today.
Click here to read the final rule.
Politico: EPA rejects call to lower carbon monoxide limits
By Robin Bravender 8/15/11 3:29 PM EDT
The Obama administration opted Monday not to tighten the national standard for carbon monoxide pollution, despite calls from agency science advisers to set a stricter limit.
The EPA announced its final decision to keep the 40-year-old pollution limit, saying the current rule is sufficient to protect public health, including for those who are most vulnerable.
The current standard — set in 1971 — requires states and localities to limit carbon monoxide pollution to 9 parts per million when averaged over an eight-hour period and 35 ppm when measured over a one-hour period.
Carbon monoxide levels around the country are within the allowable limits, primarily due to motor vehicle emissions controls.
The EPA said its final rule is consistent with the advice and recommendations from the agency’s panel of independent science advisers. But that panel last year urged agency officials to adopt a tougher standard to protect public health.
"It is important to acknowledge the decreases in ambient CO levels over time; however, this success should not preclude an objective assessment of the potential health consequences of exposures at the current CO [National Ambient Air Quality Standards]" a panel of scientists on EPA’s Clean Air Science Advisory Committee wrote to EPA chief Lisa Jackson in June 2010.
“While measured concentrations infrequently reach the current NAAQS, evidence indicates that adverse health effects could occur at these levels. For that reason, CASAC expresses its preference for a lower standard,” the panel said.
Agency staff concluded in October that the scientific data available supported either retaining the health- and environment-based standards, or revising one or both of them, depending on policy judgments.
Carbon monoxide — a colorless, odorless gas — can harm human health by reducing oxygen delivery to organs like the heart and brain and can be lethal at very high levels, according to the EPA. While carbon monoxide pollution is best known for the threats it poses indoors, pollution from automobiles and other sources can also cause harmful levels of pollution outdoors, particularly in urban areas.
Frank O’Donnell, president of the advocacy group Clean Air Watch, said the decision could set a troubling precedent as the EPA prepares to issue more controversial standards, including a national ozone limit.
“Carbon monoxide cleanup is one of the great successes of the Clean Air Act, but it doesn’t mean that we just suddenly ignore it,” O’Donnell said. “If EPA is willing to give short shrift to the science advisers, how are they different from the Bush administration?”
EPA spokesman Brendan Gilfillan maintained that the agency listened to its advisers’ suggestions.
"CASAC advised that the evidence supported either retaining or revising the NAAQS though expressed a preference for a lower standard,” he said. “EPA fully considered the evidence and CASAC's advice before concluding that a revision to the standards is not warranted.
“CO levels at monitors across the country are quite low and are well within the standards, showing that federal, state and local efforts to reduce CO pollution have been successful and are providing important public health protections to all Americans,” he added.
Industry groups including the American Petroleum Institute and the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers had urged the EPA to keep its current standard in place.
The EPA also announced plans on Monday to revise its carbon monoxide monitoring requirements to focus on neighborhoods located near busy roadways in urban areas, winning praise from greens and public health groups.
To read and comment online: https://www.politicopro.com/go/?id=5279 The Hill Blog: EPA won’t tighten carbon monoxide standards By Andrew Restuccia - 08/15/11 04:06 PM ET The Environmental Protection Agency opted Monday not to strengthen existing air-quality standards for carbon monoxide, a move that was met with immediate frustration by clean-air and public-health groups.
The EPA said a “careful review of the science” showed that the existing standards protect public health and the environment. The standards, which were set in 1971, allow 9 parts carbon monoxide per million to be emitted over an eight-hour period.
“[Carbon monoxide] levels at monitors across the country are quite low and are well within the standards, showing that federal, state and local efforts to reduce CO pollution have been successful and are providing important public health protections to all Americans,” the EPA said in a statement. At high levels, carbon monoxide emissions, which most commonly come from motor vehicles, can block oxygen from reaching the heart and brain.
The American Lung Association blasted the EPA’s decision Monday.
“Millions of Americans are unprotected by the current air quality standards for carbon monoxide,” ALA President Charles Connor said in a statement. “Children with asthma and adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease should be free to work or play outdoors without fear that air pollution will trigger asthma attacks or worsen their ability to breathe and send them to the hospital.”
Clean Air Watch President Frank O’Donnell said in a statement that the EPA ignored the advice of the public-health community in not strengthening the CO emission standard.
“It’s disappointing,” O’Donnell said. “EPA does not deserve a passing grade for this one. EPA followed the wishes of the oil and car companies rather than the advice of the public health community.”
Though the EPA decided not to strengthen the current standard, the agency said it would tighten current monitoring requirements “to ensure people are protected from unhealthy concentrations of CO and to develop better information about CO and its health impacts.”
The move is the latest disappointment for clean-air and public-health advocates. It comes after the EPA delayed much-anticipated updated ozone standards.
“We can only hope this is not a precedent for the more crucial ozone decision,” O’Donnell said of the carbon monoxide decision.
InsideEPA: EPA Scales Back Air Monitoring Network In Decision Retaining CO NAAQS Posted: August 15, 2011 EPA's just-issued final rule retaining its existing national ambient air quality (NAAQS) standard for carbon monoxide (CO) cites scientific uncertainties on CO's risks in rejecting activists' calls to tighten the limit, while also scaling back a planned CO air monitoring network in response to states' concerns about the costs of the network.
In a final rule released Aug. 15 and slated for publication in the Federal Register soon, EPA retains its existing 8-hour CO NAAQS of 9 parts per million (ppm) and a 35 ppm standard for short-term, 1-hour exposures to the pollutant. The agency in January released the proposed version of its rule to retain the standard, seen as potentially quelling auto industry fears that a stricter standard would lead to stricter rules to cut vehicles' CO emissions.
The other key component of the proposal was a plan to create a network of an estimated 77 CO monitoring sites near high-traffic roadways in 53 urban areas. State and local air officials questioned whether they could afford to implement the monitoring plan at a time of dwindling budgets and shrinking EPA air program grants.
Following the final rule's release, the American Lung Association (ALA) criticized as “disappointing” and a “missed opportunity” EPA's decision not to tighten the standard. Every area of the country is currently attaining the standard set in 1971, yet “large, repeated epidemiological studies provide evidence that the public is harmed by carbon monoxide at levels currently found in our nation,” according to an Aug. 15 statement from the group.
ALA, Environmental Defense Fund and the American Thoracic Society in their April 12 comments on the proposal pushed a 1-hour standard of not more than 5 ppm and an 8-hour standard of not more than 3 ppm with only one allowable exceedance, or violation, of the standard in a given year. The groups cited recommendations from EPA's Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) expressing a “preference” for a stricter CO standard, among several arguments presented in favor of a stronger standard.
Environmentalists claimed that scientific evidence “clearly shows” a need for stricter CO standards because adverse health effects from exposure to the pollutant occur at levels below those in the existing NAAQS.
But EPA in the final rule says it “judges the current standards to provide the requisite protection for public health, including the health of sensitive populations, with an adequate margin of safety.”
The agency in the final rule notes that CASAC in comments on a draft policy assessment created by agency staff and outlining proposed ranges to set the NAAQS “agreed with the conclusion that the current evidence provides support for retaining the current suite of standards, while they also expressed a preference for a lower standard and stated that the epidemiological evidence could indicate the occurrence of adverse health effects at levels of the standards.”
EPA cites uncertainties in data on CO's health effects, saying “very few of the epidemiological studies observing an association of cardiovascular disease-related outcomes with short-term CO concentrations (or those observing associations for other health effects) were conducted in areas that met the current standards throughout the period of study, thus limiting their usefulness with regard to judging the adequacy of the current standards.”
In light of these and other issues, EPA “disagrees with the commenters’ conclusion that the epidemiological evidence establishes that a range of health effects, including developmental or respiratory effects, are occurring as a result of exposures to CO in ambient air at or below the current standards,” adding that the agency also disagrees with commenters' assertion that EPA “inadequately considered” evidence regarding sensitive populations.
Scaled-Back Monitoring Plan Although EPA followed through on its proposal to retain the existing standard, the agency is scaling back its proposal for the monitoring network to assess air quality and determine attainment of the CO NAAQS.
The final rule will establish a near-road monitoring network to measure vehicles' and other sources' CO that will, among other aims, “support compliance with ambient air quality” and “provide support for air pollution research,” noting in particular that the network's design “was intended to directly support the NAAQS by requiring monitoring that provides data for use in the designation process and ongoing assessment of air quality.”
EPA in the final rule reduced the size of the monitoring network from 77 proposed CO monitoring sites near high-traffic roadways in 53 urban areas to 52 monitors within 52 urban areas. The monitors will be a subset of the network of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) monitors required in a February 2010 rule tightening the NO2 NAAQS.
In the final CO NAAQS rule, EPA says that the scaled back plan will require placing only one CO monitor in each urban area, rather than two in some cases, which it says will “address public comments while maintaining monitoring in a sufficiently diverse set of locations throughout 52 different urban areas around the country.”
With 52 monitors in 52 areas, EPA states that “this network design is expected to provide for monitoring in a wide range of diverse situations with regard to traffic volumes, traffic patterns, roadway designs, terrain/topography, meteorology, climate, as well as surrounding land use and population characteristics.” The agency says that regions would have the authority to require additional monitors “in case-by-case circumstances.”
Beyond reducing the number of monitors state and local agencies will have to re-locate to create the network, EPA in the final rule also provides additional flexibilities, including extending the amount of time state and local air agencies have to establish and begin operating the networks -- from Jan. 1, 2013 for all affected localities in the proposal to Jan. 1, 2015 for areas with more than 1 million people and Jan. 1, 2017 for those with more than 2.5 million people. The agency also says that states can use alternate locations for monitors in collaboration with regional administrators.
“Regarding the deployment and operation of required CO monitors, the agency recognizes that many state and local air agencies are under financial and related resource duress. EPA has concluded that allowing additional time for installing CO monitors will provide an opportunity for state and local agencies to work with EPA regions to identify which existing CO monitors may be appropriate to relocate to the near-road locations,” EPA says. State air officials expressed several concerns with the proposed rule, with sources telling Inside EPA that “Near- roadway monitoring will be expensive and will be difficult” and that overlaps between the NO2 monitoring requirements and the CO rule raised questions about states' ability to plan for where additional monitors may be required.
In April 12 comments, the National Association of Clean Air Agencies (NACAA), representing state and local air officials, recommended the agency move the deadline to establish the network from 2013 to 2014 to give states "adequate time" to shutdown and relocate their existing network of CO monitors. NACAA also recommended the population threshold be raised from 1 million to 2.5 million, saying this could cut the network to 44 sites in 22 urban areas, saying this will “provide for initial collection and analysis of data regarding near roadway CO exposure while allowing state and local agencies to focus their limited resources in the most sensitive areas.”
Andrea Drinkard U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation Email: [email protected] Phone: 202.564.1601 Cell: 202.236.7765 Andrea To Janet McCabe Drinkard/DC/USEPA/US cc John Millett 11/16/2011 12:21 PM bcc Subject FYI...Two Politico Pro updates on PM
They are below. One is a report from ALA on how we should tighten the PM standard and the second is a deadline suit for the PM standards (by September 2012).
We're planning to stick with the statement we used when we got the NOI from ALA and others, which is:
The agency has made progress gathering and considering the latest and best health science as part of its review. Strong measures to safeguard public health, including pollution control measures that have already been adopted or are under development, will continue to reduce pollution from heavy industry, power plants, diesel engines and vehicles, preventing tens of thousands of premature deaths every year.
Andrea Drinkard U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation Email: [email protected] Phone: 202.564.1601 Cell: 202.236.7765
----- Forwarded by Andrea Drinkard/DC/USEPA/US on 11/16/2011 12:17 PM -----
From: POLITICO Pro Whiteboard
11/16/11 10:35 AM EST
Environmentalists released a report Wednesday calling for EPA to tighten soot standards. The American Lung Association, Clean Air Task Force and Earthjustice say that particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometers, generated by coal-fired power plants, some vehicles, agricultural burning, wood stoves and industrial combustion, can have a huge impact on public health. Environmentalists filed a notice of intent to sue last month, saying the agency has not met its Clean Air Act requirement to do a five-year review of the standards.
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Environmentalists and 10 states have asked the U.S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to force the EPA to tighten fine particulate matter standards. The groups want EPA to issue new standards by Sept. 15, 2012.
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To change your alerts or unsubscribe: https://www.politicopro.com/member/?webaction=viewAlerts Andrea To Joseph Goffman Drinkard/DC/USEPA/US cc 06/21/2011 02:12 PM bcc Subject The Hill Blog: EPA extends comment period on proposed mercury rule
There are a few stories trickling in. I'll pull them all together and send them in one email later tonight. Just wanted to flag the ALA quote:
American Lung Association President Charles Connor called the move "most distressing."
"It is most distressing to see EPA accede to pleas from industry lawyers, lobbyists and their allies in Congress calling for additional time, on top of the 111 days already provided, to review and comment on the proposal," Connor said.
EPA extends comment period on proposed mercury rule By Andrew Restuccia - 06/21/11 01:29 PM ET The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it would extend by 30 days a public comment period for proposed regulations aimed at lowering mercury and other toxic emissions from power plants.
The extension of the comment period, EPA said, will not delay the release of EPA’s final standards, which is slated for November.
"These standards are critically important to the health of the American people and will leverage technology already in use at over half of the nation’s coal power plants to slash emissions of mercury and other hazardous pollutants,” EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said Tuesday.
The decision to extend the comment period comes amid increasing pressure from Republicans, some moderate Democrats and coal-fired utilities like American Electric Power to delay the standards.
American Lung Association President Charles Connor called the move "most distressing."
"It is most distressing to see EPA accede to pleas from industry lawyers, lobbyists and their allies in Congress calling for additional time, on top of the 111 days already provided, to review and comment on the proposal," Connor said.
Clean Air Watch President Frank O’Donnell said that EPA’s decision is likely an effort to “relieve political pressure against the standards.”
“But we do fear that pressure will continue unabated,” he said.
The first-ever national standards, which have been in the works for decades, would require companies to install technology at power plants to lower a slew of harmful emissions, including mercury, arsenic, chromium and nickel.
The standards will result in major health benefits, according to EPA. When finalized, the standards will prevent 11,000 heart attacks and 17,000 premature deaths each year, Jackson said Tuesday. In addition, EPA has stressed that the standards are cost effective, arguing that for every $1 spent, the public will see $13 in benefits.
The comment period extension comes a week after EPA announced it would delay by two months the release of proposed climate regulations for power plants. The May 2012 deadline for issuing the final regulations will not slip, EPA says.
Andrea Drinkard U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation Email: [email protected] Phone: 202.564.1601 Cell: 202.236.7765 Andrea To mrotkinellman Drinkard/DC/USEPA/US cc Janet McCabe, Kelly Rimer, Alison Davis, Richard Wayland, 09/28/2010 11:44 AM Laura McKelvey bcc Subject Fw: [epa-ej] Community Conference Call - September 28, 2010 1:30-3pm EST
Hi Miriam,
Janet forwarded me your note and asked me to follow up. Today's call does indeed have a packed agenda, but we do plan to discuss Gulf Coast air quality briefly to determine the best way for this group to cover the issue in more detail--maybe on the next regularly scheduled call or on a separate call dedicated to Gulf Coast issues.
Thanks so much and hope to hear you on the line at 1:30.
-Andrea-
Andrea Drinkard U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation Email: [email protected] Phone: 202.564.1601 Cell: 202.236.7765
----- Forwarded by Janet McCabe/DC/USEPA/US on 09/24/2010 04:50 PM -----
From: "Rotkin-Ellman, Miriam"
Hi Janet,
Thanks for holding the call last week. EPA’s willingness to hear and respond to community concerns has really been wonderful and I really appreciate all the time you and your staff have put into calls and responding to emails. I received the below email I’m assuming in response to our discussion on the last call around a forum to discuss concerns about legacy air contamination and monitoring issues in the gulf region. I appreciate the information and I signed up to receive the info and updates by email. The agenda for this next call appears to be pretty full. Were you all thinking of tacking on a Gulf Coast discussion item or looking to the next call?
Thanks again for your time and I look forward to hearing from you.
Best, ‐Miriam
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 10:28 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Solomon, Gina; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Rotkin-Ellman, Miriam; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: FYI:Fw: [epa-ej] Community Conference Call - September 28, 2010 1:30-3pm EST
Lena (Vickey) Epps-Price OAQPS/OID/CTPG 109 TW Alexander Dr., C304-03 RTP, NC 27709 (919) 541-5573 ----- Forwarded by Lena Epps-Price/RTP/USEPA/US on 09/22/2010 01:26 PM -----
From: "Environmental Justice EPA"
Community Conference Call September 28, 2010 1:30-3pm EST
Intended Audience: Environmental Justice and Tribal Communities or Organizations
When: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Time: 1:30 to 3:00 PM EST
Conference Line: 1-866-299-3188; code: 919-541-5624 (phone line limited to 125 participants on a first-come first-serve basis)
Purpose: Communities have requested EPA’s Air Programs to provide more timely information on upcoming activities. To better share information and enable ongoing communication between EPA and interested community groups, EPA has begin to host bi-monthly conference calls. This call will provide an opportunity for communities to: Ask additional clarifying questions on EPA’s proposed Transport Rule On July 6, 2010, EPA proposed a rule that would protect the health of millions of Americans by helping states reduce air pollution and attain clean air standards. This rule, known as the Transport Rule, would require 31 states and the District of Columbia to significantly improve air quality by reducing power plant emissions that contribute to ozone and fine particle pollution in downwind states. Specifically, this proposal would
require significant reductions in sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions that cross state lines. These pollutants react in the atmosphere to form fine particles and ground-level ozone and are transported long distances, making it difficult for other states to achieve national clean air standards. Additional information on the Transport Rule is available at: www.epa.gov/airtransport. Learn about other upcoming rules that the Agency is working on Learn about Strategies and Resources for Communities to Reduce Diesel Emissions Emissions from diesel exhaust can lead to serious health conditions, such as asthma and allergies, and can also worsen heart and lung disease, especially for vulnerable populations such as children and older individuals.
USEPA recognizes that minority and disadvantaged populations may receive disproportionate impacts from diesel emissions. Activities of the National Clean Diesel Campaign further EPA’s commitments to reduce health and environmental harm from diesel emissions in all communities throughout the country.
Ms. Connie Ruth from EPA’s National Clean Diesel Campaign will discuss ways communities can become involved in reducing local diesel emissions from mobile sources such as trucks, school buses, construction and rail equipment, port equipment and vessels and municipal fleets including refuse haulers and buses. Ms. Ruth will cover health concerns, clean diesel solutions, Regional Clean Diesel Collaboratives, school bus idle reduction materials, funding opportunities, draft contract language and additional resources. A community member of the Minnesota Environmental Initiative will also discuss a local clean diesel project. In addition, there will be time for questions and answers. For more information about the conference call contact Lena Epps-Price ([email protected]), 919-541-5573.
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Hi Don, please add the following speaking engagement to Joe's calendar:
Clean Air: Law, Policy and Practice Panel Discussion on "Climate Change: EPA Clean Air Act Regulation" Date is Thursday, December 3rd 3:00 - 4:15 pm Location:Renaissance M Street Hotel, 1143 New Hampshire Ave., NW
Jonathan Martel of Arnold & Porter is the moderator and I will send an email to Mr. Martel to let him know that Joe is planning on participating on the panel for EPA. Other panel participants include Professor Michael Gerrard, Columbia Law School and David Bookbinder with Sierra Club.
Thanks! Anna
______Anna Marie Wood Office of Air and Radiation U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW 5400 ARN; MC 6103A Phone: (202) 564-1664 Fax: (202) 564-1554 Anna Wood/DC/USEPA/US To Janet McCabe 10/25/2010 08:03 PM cc bcc Subject Re: Draft Permit for Summit Power
No worries, I understand completely. Also I want to give you a bit more context on stakeholder perspecitive on the Indiana issue and should have that buttoned down tomorrow. Want to make sure you have the full picture. Thx Janet McCabe
----- Original Message ----- From: Janet McCabe Sent: 10/25/2010 08:00 PM EDT To: Anna Wood Subject: Re: Draft Permit for Summit Power Anna--I owe you responses on a couple of things--the IN netting note, the Ohio/Wisc NSR reform note, and probably other things too. Sorry I haven't gotten to them yet. I'm taking them home with me tonight, but we'll see how well I do with them. I got up at 4:10 and I'm starting to feel it...
Janet McCabe Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator Office of Air and Radiation, USEPA Room 5426K, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20460 202-564-3206 [email protected]
Anna Wood We will look into this first thing tomorro... 10/25/2010 07:58:08 PM
From: Anna Wood/DC/USEPA/US To: Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: Janet McCabe/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 10/25/2010 07:58 PM Subject: Re: Draft Permit for Summit Power
We will look into this first thing tomorrow and see what we can find out.
Gina McCarthy
----- Original Message ----- From: Gina McCarthy Sent: 10/25/2010 07:49 PM EDT To: Anna Wood Cc: Janet McCabe Subject: Re: Draft Permit for Summit Power Anna - (b) (5) DP
Layla Mansuri Gina, Janet: Attached is the draft permi... 10/22/2010 08:07:59 PM
From: Layla Mansuri/R6/USEPA/US To: Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Janet McCabe/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: Al Armendariz/R6/USEPA/US@EPA, Amit Srivastava/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 10/22/2010 08:07 PM Subject: Draft Permit for Summit Power
Gina, Janet:
Attached is the draft permit that TCEQ prepared for the IGCC plant with CCS that Al discussed with you today.
The document below includes notice information, pdf pages 1-4, the draft permit, pdf pp. 5-36 summary of the TCEQ's technical review called a "preliminary determination summary" is at the back, pp.37-50.
[attachment "Summit Public Notice and Draft Permit.pdf" deleted by Anna Wood/DC/USEPA/US]
Thanks, Layla
Layla Mansuri Associate Regional Administrator US EPA Region 6 214-665-3100 (direct)
Help eliminate environmental violations - report tips and complaints at:
http://www.epa.gov/compliance/complaints/index.html Anna Wood/DC/USEPA/US To Janet McCabe 10/25/2010 09:24 PM cc Addie Johnson, Richard Wayland, Steve Page bcc Subject Re: Draft Permit for Summit Power
I am free from 11:45 til 1:00pm tomorrow. Re: Draft Permit for Summit Power
Re: Draft Permit for Summit Power
Janet McCabe to: Anna Wood 10/25/2010 08:30 PM
Cc: Steve Page, Richard Wayland, Addie Johnson
ok...... I have a couple of biggish things to talk to you, Steve and Chet about tomorrow. I've now told several people that I'm free from 11:30 - 1, but if you guys had time around then, it'd be great if we could make a call work.....
Janet McCabe Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator Office of Air and Radiation, USEPA Room 5426K, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20460 202-564-3206 [email protected]
Anna Wood No worries, I understand completely. Al... 10/25/2010 08:03:33 PM
From: Anna Wood/DC/USEPA/US To: Janet McCabe/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 10/25/2010 08:03 PM Subject: Re: Draft Permit for Summit Power
No worries, I understand completely. Also I want to give you a bit more context on stakeholder perspecitive on the Indiana issue and should have that buttoned down tomorrow. Want to make sure you have the full picture. Thx
Janet McCabe
----- Original Message ----- From: Janet McCabe Sent: 10/25/2010 08:00 PM EDT To: Anna Wood Subject: Re: Draft Permit for Summit Power Anna--I owe you responses on a couple of things--the IN netting note, the Ohio/Wisc NSR reform note, and probably other things too. Sorry I haven't gotten to them yet. I'm taking them home with me tonight, but we'll see how well I do with them. I got up at 4:10 and I'm starting to feel it...
Janet McCabe Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator Office of Air and Radiation, USEPA Room 5426K, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20460 202-564-3206 [email protected]
Anna Wood We will look into this first thing tomorro... 10/25/2010 07:58:08 PM
From: Anna Wood/DC/USEPA/US To: Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: Janet McCabe/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 10/25/2010 07:58 PM Subject: Re: Draft Permit for Summit Power
We will look into this first thing tomorrow and see what we can find out.
Gina McCarthy
----- Original Message ----- From: Gina McCarthy Sent: 10/25/2010 07:49 PM EDT To: Anna Wood Cc: Janet McCabe Subject: Re: Draft Permit for Summit Power Anna - (b) (5) DP
Layla Mansuri Gina, Janet: Attached is the draft permi... 10/22/2010 08:07:59 PM
From: Layla Mansuri/R6/USEPA/US To: Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Janet McCabe/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: Al Armendariz/R6/USEPA/US@EPA, Amit Srivastava/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 10/22/2010 08:07 PM Subject: Draft Permit for Summit Power
Gina, Janet:
Attached is the draft permit that TCEQ prepared for the IGCC plant with CCS that Al discussed with you today.
The document below includes notice information, pdf pages 1-4, the draft permit, pdf pp. 5-36 summary of the TCEQ's technical review called a "preliminary determination summary" is at the back, pp.37-50.
[attachment "Summit Public Notice and Draft Permit.pdf" deleted by Anna Wood/DC/USEPA/US]
Thanks, Layla Layla Mansuri Associate Regional Administrator US EPA Region 6 214-665-3100 (direct)
Help eliminate environmental violations - report tips and complaints at: http://www.epa.gov/compliance/complaints/index.html Anna Wood/RTP/USEPA/US To Janet McCabe 08/21/2012 11:38 AM cc Don Zinger, Mike Koerber, Steve Page bcc Subject Re: Fw: Las Brisas Energy Center & Federal GHG requirements
We have not seen this, I will pass it along to my folks who would be responding to this and we will involve OGC and SPPD as the issues cross a couple of different offices. Don, we can get a control number and enter the letter into CMS and get it assigned to the folks in my shop. Please let me know if you would like for us to do that and we will take care of it. In the meantime we will begin processing a response. Thx
______Anna Marie Wood Director, Air Quality Policy Division Office of Air Quality Planning & Standards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency AQPD (C504-01) 109 T.W. Alexander Drive Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: (919) 541- 3604 Fax: (919) 541- 4028
Janet McCabe Don--how do I make sure this letter get... 08/20/2012 06:15:30 PM
From: Janet McCabe/DC/USEPA/US To: Don Zinger/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: Anna Wood/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Mike Koerber/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Steve Page/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 08/20/2012 06:15 PM Subject: Fw: Las Brisas Energy Center & Federal GHG requirements
Don--how do I make sure this letter gets into CMS for a response? anna, steve, Mike--fyi per my prior note.
Janet McCabe Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator Office of Air and Radiation, USEPA Room 5426K, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20460 202-564-3206 [email protected]
----- Forwarded by Janet McCabe/DC/USEPA/US on 08/20/2012 06:13 PM -----
From: Elena Saxonhouse
Dear Ms. McCabe, Please see the attached letter on behalf of Sierra Club and a number of doctors and scientists. I hope we can discuss the important issue of Las Brisas's compliance with federal greenhouse gas regulations once you have had a chance to review the letter and recent state court opinion. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Note that there is one attachment listed as an enclosure on the letter that I was not able to print or attach by email due to its large file size and errors in the document (Corpus Christi Sustainability Plan). You can access it at the website cited in the letter, and we quote the key portion in the letter. Sorry for any inconvenience and I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Elena Saxonhouse Staff Attorney Sierra Club 85 Second Street, 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 415-977-5765
SC & Drs. Ltr to J. McCabe re Las Brisas 8-6-12.pdf tx-lasbrisas_epa-letter-to-tceq_2011-1-24.pdf
Las Brisas Final Order_signed July 24 2012.pdfState Ct Letter of Intent to Remand Las Brisas Permit.pdf Beth Craig/DC/USEPA/US To Gina McCarthy 08/06/2009 09:06 AM cc bcc Subject Re: Fw: Clean Air Act Title V Petition - Big Stone
Dear Gina, yes. Do you want me to set up a meeting on Monday with OAQPS and OGC on any possible changes to the Johnson memo notice?
Thanks, Beth
Gina McCarthy Good summary thanks. Looks like ther... 08/06/2009 09:05:14 AM
From: Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To: Beth Craig/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 08/06/2009 09:05 AM Subject: Re: Fw: Clean Air Act Title V Petition - Big Stone
Good summary thanks. Looks like there are a number of new issues raised.
Beth Craig
----- Original Message ----- From: Beth Craig Sent: 08/05/2009 04:44 PM EDT To: "Gina Mccarthy"
----- Original Message ----- From: Patricia Embrey Sent: 08/05/2009 04:04 PM EDT To: Beth Craig Cc: Jeffrey Clark Subject: Re: Fw: Clean Air Act Title V Petition - Big Stone Beth --
Attached is the summary you requested. I hope this is helpful to Gina. Please let us know if you need anything further.
Patricia
[attachment "GHG issues in Big Stone.doc" deleted by Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US]
Beth Craig Dear Patricia, Is it possible for you all to... 08/05/2009 08:39:09 AM
From: Beth Craig/DC/USEPA/US To: Patricia Embrey/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: Jeffrey Clark/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 08/05/2009 08:39 AM Subject: Fw: Clean Air Act Title V Petition - Big Stone
Dear Patricia,
Is it possible for you all to put together a short summary of the arguments that the Sierra Club made on why GHG are currently regulated under the CAA? Gina would like to get a copy. It is the Issue#3 section of the attached.
Thanks, Beth ----- Forwarded by Beth Craig/DC/USEPA/US on 08/05/2009 08:36 AM -----
From: Carol Rushin/R8/USEPA/US To: Steve Tuber/P2/R8/USEPA/US@EPA, Debrah Thomas/P2/R8/USEPA/US@EPA, [email protected], Robert Ward/RC/R8/USEPA/US@EPA, [email protected] Cc: Beth Craig, [email protected] Date: 08/04/2009 08:41 AM Subject: Fw: Clean Air Act Title V Petition - Big Stone
Carol Rushin Acting Regional Administrator USEPA Region 8 1595 Wynkoop Street Denver, Colorado 80202-1129 Phone: 303.312.6308 FAX: 303.312.6882 ----- Forwarded by Carol Rushin/R8/USEPA/US on 08/04/2009 06:40 AM ----- George Hays
Pursuant to Section 42 USCS § 7661d(c) of the Clean Air Act, Sierra Club and Clean Water Action petition the Administrator to object to the Title V Permit issued by South Dakota DENR for the Big Stone power plant. A copy of the petition is attached. The exhibits referred to in the petition can be downloaded by accessing the following link: http://www.sendspace.com/file/t8p2om
George E. Hays Attorney at Law 236 West Portal Avenue #110 San Francisco, CA 94127 Office: 415/566-5414 Fax: 415/731-1609 e-mail: [email protected][attachment "2009 8-3 Big Stone T5 Petition Final.pdf" deleted by Patricia Embrey/DC/USEPA/US] Beth Craig/DC/USEPA/US To Steve Page 03/23/2009 08:10 AM cc "Beth Craig", Don Zinger bcc Subject Re: Power plants update
Dear Steve,
I agree with your recommendation. Thanks, Beth
Steve Page My recomendation is that we send it to... 03/23/2009 07:37:01 AM
From: Steve Page/RTP/USEPA/US To: Beth Craig/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: "Beth Craig"
My recomendation is that we send it to Bob and the regions at the same time. We can indicate it is close but still a work in progress. You ok w that?
Beth Craig
----- Original Message ----- From: Beth Craig Sent: 03/22/2009 01:22 PM EDT To: Steve Page Cc: [email protected]; Don Zinger Subject: Re: Power plants update dear Steve,
Many thanks. This is much improved. It(b) (5) DP .
There are some grammatical problems with the document. I did not try to fix them because I didn't want to change the meaning of the sentences. I have highlighted those sentences in red.
So what do we do next with this? Does it need to be shared with everyone before we send to Bob S?
Thanks, Beth
[attachment "power plants mar 22.doc" deleted by Steve Page/RTP/USEPA/US] Steve Page At long last here is the re-write of the S... 03/20/2009 03:19:00 PM
From: Steve Page/RTP/USEPA/US To: [email protected] Cc: Don Zinger/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 03/20/2009 03:19 PM Subject: Power plants update
At long last here is the re-write (b) (5) DP
Let me know if you have comments or guidance. [attachment "Power Plant update march 20 09.doc" deleted by Steve Page/RTP/USEPA/US] Beth Craig/DC/USEPA/US To zinger.don, Barnes Johnson 02/06/2009 03:48 PM cc bcc Subject Fw: Nonattainment designations for fine particle standards
----- Forwarded by Beth Craig/DC/USEPA/US on 02/06/2009 03:48 PM -----
From: Janice Nolen
Administrator Jackson:
Please see the attached letter from several environmental and public health groups requesting that you take immediate action to correct a major deficiency in the rule designating areas under the 2006 PM 2.5 national ambient air quality standards. We welcome the opportunity to meet with you to discuss this at your earliest convenience.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely,
Janice E. Nolen Assistant Vice President National Policy and Advocacy American Lung Association [email protected] 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004-1725 P 202-785-3355 C 202-486-0285 F 202-452-1805
Betsy Shaw/DC/USEPA/US To cc bcc Subject Confirmation sought
Hi Steve,
Gina asked about the Shawnee Title V petition this morning. I'm trying to decipher my notes from the staff meeting yesterday -- is this the one you reported would be a month late per agreement with the Sierra Club? Please confirm when you get a chance.
Thanks,
BetsyI Bob To Justina Fugh Perciasepe/DC/USEPA/US cc Nena Shaw, Jennie Keith 01/04/2013 10:58 AM bcc Subject Re: Fw: Green Inaugural Ball invitation
Thanks, I will ponder - one question I should have asked first time, can my wife accept the gift of a ticket and I pay for mine, or are we into this Ball for $4k if we want to go on a date?
Bob Perciasepe Deputy Administrator
(o) +1 202 564 4711 (c) +1 202 (b) (6)
Justina Fugh Hi Bob, Thank you very much for askin... 01/04/2013 10:55:09 AM
From: Justina Fugh/DC/USEPA/US To: Bob Perciasepe/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: Nena Shaw/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Jennie Keith/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 01/04/2013 10:55 AM Subject: Re: Fw: Green Inaugural Ball invitation
Hi Bob, Thank you very much for asking the question and not relying on Mr. Saks' description of the ethics rules. We think you're a great client!
As you know, you are subject to Executive Order 13,490 which includes a ban on accepting gifts from federally registered lobbyists. While NWF is not itself a federally registered lobbyist, at least three of the other Green Ball sponsors are indeed lobbyists (e.g., Greenpeace, Blue Green Alliance and Sierra Club). We therefore determine that you should NOT accept this particular invitation outright as a gift.
You may instead purchase a ticket outright. The cost for public sale tickets is $400 for general admission, but we believe that your invitation would be at the VIP level, which is a cost of $1950. We will be happy to response to Mr. Saks directly if you wish, or you can suggest that he contact us for a further explanation.
Cheers, justina
Justina Fugh | Senior Counsel for Ethics | Office of General Counsel | US EPA | Mail Code 2311A | Room 4308 Ariel Rios North | Washington, DC 20460 (for ground deliveries, use 20004 for the zip code) | phone 202-564-1786 | cell 202-731-3631 | fax 202-564-1772
Bob Perciasepe OK Team What is the story with this. A... 01/04/2013 10:30:02 AM
From: Bob Perciasepe/DC/USEPA/US To: Nena Shaw/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Justina Fugh/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 01/04/2013 10:30 AM Subject: Fw: Green Inaugural Ball invitation
OK Team
What is the story with this. Am I able to go?
Bob Perciasepe Deputy Administrator
(o) +1 202 564 4711 (c) +1 202 (b) (6)
----- Forwarded by Bob Perciasepe/DC/USEPA/US on 01/04/2013 10:29 AM -----
From: Joshua Saks
On behalf of the Green Inaugural Ball Host Committee, I’d like to invite Deputy Administrator Perciasepe and spouse to attend this year’s Green Ball in honor of President Barack Obama’s second inauguration. This year’s Ball will be held on Sunday January 20, 2013 at the Newseum.
This event is a celebration of the past four years of accomplishment on the environment, energy, and clean technology and a look forward to another four years of progress. The Ball brings together top leaders from the environmental, conservation, clean tech, and renewable energy communities.
The 2009 event was a HUGE success! The ball sold out in minutes, was hosted by Vice President Al Gore and included performances by Maroon 5, Melissa Etheridge, John Legend, Michael Franti, and Will.I.Am. We are still finalizing this year’s host and entertainment, but we expect a similar level of talent and excitement.
We’d very much like for Deputy Administrator Perciasepe, and spouse, to join us for this celebration. You’ll find more details below and I’m happy to answer any questions you may have. National Wildlife Federation is a 501(c)(3) public charity, and the Green Inaugural Ball comports with the widely attended event exception of most government ethics rules. Unfortunately, due to ethics rules, these tickets are non-transferrable.
We kindly request a response by January 16th.
Sincerely,
Joshua Saks Legislative Director National Wildlife Federation 901 E St, NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20004
Phone: 202-797-6631 | Cell: 202-617-6079 | [email protected]
Who: Co-Hosted by: American Renewable Energy Institute, American Rivers, As You Sow, American Wind Energy Association, Blue Green Alliance, Carbon War Room, Defenders of Wildlife, Earth Policy Institute, ecoAmerica, Energy Action Coalition, Energy & Environment for Obama, Environment America, Environmental Defense Fund, Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital, Environmental Working Group, Geothermal Energy Association, Green For All, Greenpeace, League of Conservation Voters, National Audubon Society, National Hydropower Association, National Parks Conservation Association, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund, The Nature Conservancy, Oceana, Sierra Club, Solar Electric Power Association, Solar Energy Industries Association, The Trust for Public Land, UN Foundation, The Vote Solar Initiative, The Wilderness Society, World Alliance for Decentralized Energy (host committee in formation).
Where: The Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20001. http://www.newseum.org/
When: January 20, 2013. Doors open at 7pm for VIP ticket holders and 8pm for General Admission.
Why: To bring together the broad environmental, conservation and clean tech community to celebrate the past four years and look forward to the future.
Green Ball Website: http://www.nwf.org/2013-Green-Inaugural-Ball.aspx
Contact: Joshua Saks, National Wildlife Federation, [email protected], 202-797-6631
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Thanks Beth. yes, we should definitely have a follow-up discussion.
Robert M. Sussman Senior Policy Counsel to the Administrator Office of the Administrator US Environmental Protection Agency
Beth Craig Dear Bob, Attached for your review is f... 03/23/2009 04:39:44 PM
From: Beth Craig/DC/USEPA/US To: Bob Sussman/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: page.steve Date: 03/23/2009 04:39 PM Subject: Power Plant Information
Dear Bob,
Attached for your review is follow up information from our meeting with the Sierra Club on power plant permitting. We have attached background information on the process which has been used in the past to comment on permits. We also provided a short summary description on each of the permits.
Looking forward to having a discussion about this document and next steps. Thanks, Beth
[attachment "power plants march 23rd.doc" deleted by Bob Sussman/DC/USEPA/US] Bob Sussman/DC/USEPA/US To Daniel Gerasimowicz 06/12/2009 07:07 PM cc Catherine McCabe, Cynthia Giles, David McIntosh, Diane Thompson, Georgia Bednar, Gina McCarthy, Justina Fugh, Linda Huffman, Pat Hirsch, Robin Spriggs, Shela Poke-Williams, Stephanie Washington bcc Subject Re: Scheduling Office Requests Input: Meeting Request for The Administrator: Meet with The American Lung Association's President and CEO Charles D. Connor definitely one she should take.
Robert M. Sussman Senior Policy Counsel to the Administrator Office of the Administrator US Environmental Protection Agency
Daniel Gerasimowicz RE: Meeting Request for The Ad... 06/12/2009 06:23:12 PM
From: Daniel Gerasimowicz/DC/USEPA/US To: David McIntosh/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Bob Sussman/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Diane Thompson/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Catherine McCabe/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Cynthia Giles/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Pat Hirsch/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Justina Fugh/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: Georgia Bednar/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Stephanie Washington/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Shela Poke-Williams/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Linda Huffman/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Robin Spriggs/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 06/12/2009 06:23 PM Subject: Scheduling Office Requests Input: Meeting Request for The Administrator: Meet with The American Lung Association's President and CEO Charles D. Connor
RE: Meeting Request for The Administrator : Meet with The American Lung Association's President and CEO Charles D. Connor Please see the attached invitation request for the Administrator and give your recommendation within 24 hours.
Thank you,
The Scheduling Office Office of the Administrator
------Please include this link in your response NOTES://DCOGCLN1/MHANSON\AO\IO\InvitationRequests .nsf/Processing/4F3EE10F0253100F852575D3007A914A ------Description/Purpose Mr. Connor has requested a courtesy meeting with The Administrator to discuss several issues of interest - indoor and outdoor air pollution, NAAQS, CAIR, climate, etc.
Tentative Date from to EPA Org: 07/06/2009 09:00 AM 05:00 PM
Original Request (use Notes Viewer and set magnification (View, Magnification) to Fit Width) The Lung Association would welcome the opportunity to meet with Administrator Jackson to discuss several issues of interest, including both outdoor and indoor air pollution. In particular, we'd welcome time to briefly discuss major issues around these topics:
Securing a more protective NAAQS, especially for ozone and PM,
Protecting local community health from power plant pollution as CAIR is revamped;
Beginning work on Tier III controls for motor vehicles and enhanced diesel retrofits;
Retaining a focus on human health impacts as we deal with climate and energy issues;
Enhancing our joint work on indoor air, especially around asthma triggers, secondhand smoke and radon.
We realize that this is a long list. The Lung Association and the EPA work together on many issues, so we would welcome the opportunity to share some key concerns and build toward future work. In addition to myself and Mr. Connor, we'd include Paul Billings, our Vice President of National Policy and Advocacy in the meeting if possible. We'd also welcome having other members of the Administrator's staff as they are available to meet with us. We would also look forward to future meetings with Gina McCarthy and other key staff.
Thank you again, Janice
Dear Administrator Jackson,
On behalf of the American Lung Association and our President and CEO Charles D. Connor, I would like to request a meeting with you to more fully introduce ourselves and to explore issues that concern lung health and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. I’m copying members of your staff with whom we’ve worked in the past who can share with you some of the long history we have had together. I’m happy to work with them to schedule a meeting at your convenience.
Brendan To Brendan Gilfillan Gilfillan/DC/USEPA/US cc Andrea Drinkard, Avi Garbow, Dru Ealons, Janet McCabe, 08/12/2011 09:19 AM Laura Vaught, Stephanie Owens bcc Subject Re: Ozone
Here's the final statement for today. Thanks all.
In a motion filed today, EPA reiterated that Administrator Jackson is fully committed to finalizing EPA’s reconsideration of the Clean Air Act health standard for ground level ozone, which is currently going through interagency review led by OMB. Following completion of this final step, EPA will finalize its reconsideration. We look forward to doing so shortly. A new ozone standard will be based on the best science and meet the obligation established under the Clean Air Act to protect the health of the American people. In implementing this new standard, EPA will use the long-standing flexibility in the Clean Air Act to consider costs, jobs and the economy.
Brendan Gilfillan All - Below is a rough outline of tomor... 08/11/2011 12:05:11 PM
From: Brendan Gilfillan/DC/USEPA/US To: Janet McCabe/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Avi Garbow/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Laura Vaught/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Stephanie Owens/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Dru Ealons/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: Andrea Drinkard/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 08/11/2011 12:05 PM Subject: Ozone
All -
Below is a rough outline of tomorrow - think I've spoken to most of you about the individual components of this. Please let me know if there are any concerns. Thanks:
Friday, August 12
(b) (5) DP
Cheryl Mackay/DC/USEPA/US To Janet McCabe cc Laura Vaught 02/11/2013 11:30 AM bcc Subject Fw: Activities of AZ Legislature on Regional Haze
Here's a report from Colleen on AZ Regional Haze activities in the state legislature.
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From: Colleen McKaughan/R9/USEPA/US To: Deborah Jordan/R9/USEPA/US@EPA, Brent Maier/R9/USEPA/US@EPA, Niloufar Glosson/R9/USEPA/US@EPA, Cheryl Mackay/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 02/10/2013 03:17 PM Subject: Activities of AZ Legislature on Regional Haze
Hi, Everyone,
Sierra Club sent me this. Looks like there will be testimony on the Regional Haze FIP in front of the state legislature tomorrow. It will be interesting to hear what they say, especially AEPCO. There is a bill moving through the legislature, but it appears to be a measure supporting the state SIP, which is nothing new. I don't know if we will get any kind of press but I thought I would give you a heads up. Sierra Club will be there, so they will let us know what was said, although they were not invited to testify. Note that the Navajo EPA is testifying.
Sierra Club is also meeting with Congressman Barber tomorrow to discuss Apache and AEPCO. They are not aware of our meeting last Friday, and I didn't enlighten them.
Monday, February 11th
Special Joint Meeting of the Senate Government & Environment and the House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources committees upon adjournment of the Senate and House Floor Sessions in SHR1 Opening remarks from Senator Griffin & Representative Pratt Overview of Regional Haze State Implementation Plan/Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision from Eric Massey from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Impact of EPA regulations on Arizona utilities from, you guessed it, Arizona utilities Ed Fox, APS Kelly Barr, Salt River Project Patrick Ledger, AZ Electric Power Cooperative Impact of EPA regulations on Arizona interests Roland Knox, Northern Cochise Community Hospital Mike Berbout, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Stephen Etsitty, Navajo Nation EPA AZ Chamber of Commerce Vido presentation
There is no call to the public or public comment opportunity listed.
Senate Committee on Government & Environment after the meeting above in Senate Hearing Room 1 SB1365 planned communities; design review process (Burges) says that cities and towns cannot require a developer to construct certain infrastructure as part of a zoning approval or approval of the planned development. This seems to be geared at ensuring that the public further subsidizes development. OPPOSE. SCR1012 EPA actions; haze (Griffin, Burges, Murphy, et al.) is a diatribe against clean air and even says that reducing NOx (oxides of nitrogen) has no public health benefit. Seriously? Click on health impacts to see just a few. The resolution is aimed at supporting the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality's dirty air litigation, seeking to undermine the Environmental Protection Agency and the Clean Air Act provisions on Regional Haze. OPPOSE.
Colleen W. McKaughan Associate Director, Air Division USEPA, Region 9 (520) 498-0118 Cheryl Newton/R5/USEPA/US To Janet McCabe 05/04/2010 04:13 PM cc Sypniewski.Bruce bcc Subject Fw: June 3 Visit from EPA Official
Hi Janet - Finally spoke with Susan of Save the Dunes and so far so good. Does this look okay and/or do you have additional group ideas? Also, I spoke with Susan about getting a list of topics/issues that would be of most interest, trying to balance having some ability to prepare without seeming to want to overly script. She will be sharing a list of ideas.
Heard from everyone so far but the Dairy and hope to pin that down asap.
Finally, Bharat is indicating that our new RA is very interested in this visit; she will start with us the week prior. So, right now it looks like she may be attending the majority of the visit as well. I feel like I could use a wedding planner:-)
Thanks! ----- Forwarded by Cheryl Newton/R5/USEPA/US on 05/04/2010 03:09 PM -----
From: Susan MiHalo
It was a pleasure talking with you today about plans for Gina McCarthy to come to Northwest Indiana to talk about air quality issueson June 3 at 4:00 p.m. Even more exciting is the prospect of having the new Region 5 administrator potentially come. It will also be great to see Janet McCabe again.
Anyways, I will check into the availability of the pavilion at the Portage Lakefront Site.
Other attendees to invite might include:
Hoosier Environmental Council Jesse Kharbanda 3951 N. Meridian Street, Suite 100 Indianapolis, IN 46208 [email protected] and (317) 685-8800 ext. 103. http://www.hecweb.org/content.cfm?n=staff
Improving Kids Environment Jodi Perras 1111 E. 54th Street, Ste. 212 Indianapolis, IN 46220 Phone: 317-677-4760 Fax: 866-234-8505 Website address: www.ikecoalition.org
Legal Environmental Aid Foundation of Indiana Centier Square 150 Lincolnway, Suite 3002 Valparaiso, Indiana 46383 Phone Number: (219) 464-0104 Fax: (219) 464-0115 Executive Director, Kim Ferraro email: kim [email protected]
Sierra Club, Dunelands Chapter Group Chair: David Ellis [email protected] (219) 730-7913 http://indiana.sierraclub.org/dunelands/contacts.htm
Someone from the Chicago chapter of the American Lung Association
In addition, I would most likely invite from our board: Debbie Chubb, President Jeanette Neagu, Pres. Elect Charlotte Read, Board member with lots of experience on air issues
I look forward to finalizing details with you as we get closer to the event.
Susan MiHalo Interim Executive Director Save the Dunes 444 Barker Rd. Michigan City, IN 46360 visit us on www.savedunes.org and Become a Fan on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=112617928772241&ref=mf#!/pages/Save-the-Dunes/2 51441043518?ref=ts Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To Andrea Drinkard cc Sent by: Cindy Huang bcc 04/26/2011 04:42 PM Subject Fw: Embargoed Copy of the American Lung Association State of the Air Report
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From: Paul Billings
Attached find an EMBARGOED copy of the American Lung Association State of the Air Report. We are having our press conference today at 1:00 pm ET and the embargo lifts at 5:00 am ET on Wednesday April 27.
The report documents that nearly half the population lives in areas where air pollution levels put their health at risk. The report also shows improvements due to the implementation and enforcement of the Clean Air Act.
Janice and I are happy to answer any questions.
Cheers Paul
Paul G. Billings Vice President National Policy & Advocacy American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004‐1725 Phone: 202‐785‐3355 x 3988 Fax: 202 ‐452‐1805 [email protected]
Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To Beth Craig, Bill Irving, Janet McCabe, Jennifer Bohman, Jessica Gordon, Joseph Goffman, mmacleod, Patricia Sent by: Cindy Huang Embrey, pzalzal, Ragan Tate, Reid Harvey, vpatton cc Addie Johnson, Amit Srivastava, Cindy Huang, Don Zinger, 04/19/2011 01:31 PM Jackie Krieger, Julia Miller, Tina Murphy bcc Subject Information Update - There are multiple changes: Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rules
From: Mark MacLeod
Dear Assistant Administrator McCarthy,
On behalf of EDF, I would respectfully request a meeting at your earliest convenience to discuss issues related to the Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rules. While the meeting would not only address CBI issues, I am attaching comments that were recently filed by EDF, NRDC, Sierra Club and Clean Air Task Force on the Agency’s proposed deferral of reporting. I expect that some members of these organizations would also attend the meeting.
We understand that your time is limited and valuable, and we will endeavor to make the best use of your time.
Sincerely,
Mark MacLeod Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To Beth Craig, Bill Irving, Janet McCabe, Jennifer Bohman, Jessica Gordon, Joseph Goffman, mmacleod, pzalzal, Reid Sent by: Cindy Huang Harvey, vpatton cc Addie Johnson, Amit Srivastava, Cindy Huang, Don Zinger, 04/13/2011 09:54 AM Jackie Krieger, Julia Miller, Tina Murphy bcc Subject Information Update - There are multiple changes: Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rules
From: Mark MacLeod
Dear Assistant Administrator McCarthy,
On behalf of EDF, I would respectfully request a meeting at your earliest convenience to discuss issues related to the Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rules. While the meeting would not only address CBI issues, I am attaching comments that were recently filed by EDF, NRDC, Sierra Club and Clean Air Task Force on the Agency’s proposed deferral of reporting. I expect that some members of these organizations would also attend the meeting.
We understand that your time is limited and valuable, and we will endeavor to make the best use of your time.
Sincerely,
Mark MacLeod Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To Brian Mclean, Janet McCabe, Jim Ketcham-Colwill, Joseph Goffman, Peter Tsirigotis, RobertJ Wayland, Sam Napolitano, Sent by: Cindy Huang Sonja Rodman, Steve Page cc Cindy Huang, Don Zinger, Donald Maddox, Drew McConville, 04/08/2010 11:15 AM Jeffrey Clark, Marjean Gleaton, Ross Natoli bcc Subject Information Update - Location has changed: Discuss Transport Rule w/Enviros
POC: Janice Nolen - 202-715-3444
Here is the final list of participants for tomorrow’s meeting with Gina McCarthy.
Attending in person will be: Janice Nolen, American Lung Association Paul Billings, American Lung Association David Baron, Earthjustice Jim Pew, Earthjustice Ann Weeks , Clean Air Task Force Mark MacLeod, Environmental Defense Fund Frank O’Donnell, Clean Air Watch
Attending by phone will be: John Walke, NRDC Vickie Patton, Environmental Defense Fund Conrad Schneider, , Clean Air Task Force
From: Janice Nolen
Thank you, Janice Nolen
Janice E. Nolen Assistant Vice President National Policy and Advocacy American Lung Association [email protected] 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004-1725 Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To Brian Mclean, Janet McCabe, JNolen, John Millett, Joseph Goffman, Peter Tsirigotis, Rob Brenner, Stephen Harper Sent by: Cindy Huang cc Barbara Morris, Don Zinger, Donald Maddox, Drew McConville, Gail-R Jones, Jackie Krieger, Jean Walker, Lala 04/15/2010 05:18 PM Alston, Marjean Gleaton, Ross Natoli, Steve Page, Teri Porterfield, Tina Murphy bcc Subject Discussion with Enviros
Meeting Date 04/23/2010 Time 10:30:00 AM to 11:30:00 AM Chair Gina McCarthy Invitees Required Brian Mclean; Janet McCabe; JNolen; John Millett; Joseph Goffman; Peter Tsirigotis; Rob Brenner; Stephen Harper Optional Barbara Morris; Don Zinger; Donald Maddox; Drew McConville; Gail-R Jones; Jackie Krieger; Jean Walker; Lala Alston; Marjean Gleaton; Ross Natoli; Steve Page; Teri Porterfield; Tina Murphy FYI Location ARN 5415 Conference1-866-2 8 Access: 202
To discuss MACT and public health
Hi Ellen, Here's a list of participants in the meeting with Gina McCarthy at 10:30 on April 23:
Paul Billings, American Lung Association [email protected] Janice Nolen, American Lung Association [email protected] David Baron, Earthjustice [email protected] John Walke, NRDC [email protected] Ann Weeks, Clean Air Task Force [email protected] Bruce Nilles, Sierra Club [email protected] Joining by phone: Vickie Patton, Environmental Defense Fund [email protected] (possibly by phone) Conrad Schneider, CATF [email protected]
Unable to attend: Jim Pew, Earthjustice Frank O'Donnell, Clean Air Watch
I've sent them all appointments for their calendars, so if you want to send me the phone in number, I'll share it with them. Thanks!
Janice E. Nolen Assistant Vice President National Policy and Advocacy American Lung Association [email protected] 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004-1725 P 202-785-3355 C 202-486-0285 F 202-452-1805 Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To Brian Mclean, Janet McCabe, Joseph Goffman, Peter Tsirigotis, Rob Brenner, RobertJ Wayland, Sam Napolitano, Sent by: Cindy Huang Sonja Rodman, Steve Page cc Cindy Huang, Don Zinger, Donald Maddox, Drew McConville, 04/06/2010 10:20 AM Jeffrey Clark, Marjean Gleaton, Ross Natoli bcc Subject Rescheduled: Discuss Transport Rule w/Enviros (Apr 8 12:00 PM EDT in 5400 ARN Call In # 866- Access: 202
POC: Janice Nolen - 202-715-3444
From: Janice Nolen
Hello, Gina, We and our colleagues in the environmental community appreciate the willingness you and your staff have shown to talk with us on many issues. We would like to schedule a meeting with you to discuss the CAIR replacement rule under development. We understand you are hoping to announce something next month.
Thank you, Janice Nolen
Janice E. Nolen Assistant Vice President National Policy and Advocacy American Lung Association [email protected] 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004-1725 Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To Cheryl Bynum, Courtney Hyde, Jennifer Keller, Jim Blubaugh, Karen Orehowsky, Karl Simon, Margo Oge, Sarah Sent by: Cindy Huang Dunham, Tyler Cooley cc Cindy Huang, Don Zinger, Gladys Bryant-Akers, Kirsten King, Kristina Friedman, Tina Murphy bcc Subject Upoming IG Report on DERA ARRA Grantee "Cascade Sierra Solutions" Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To Chuck French, Jan Tierney, Janet McCabe, Joseph Goffman, Michael Stewart, Nathan Topham, Peter Tsirigotis, Steve Sent by: Cindy Huang Page cc Cindy Huang, Don Zinger, Emily Atkinson, Fred Thompson, 06/12/2012 03:10 PM Janet Eck, Joanne Tammaro, Kevin Culligan, Kirsten King, Lala Alston, Lydia Wegman, Peter South, Sharon Cooperstein, Steve Fruh, Tanya Johnson, Virginia Hunt bcc Subject Rescheduled: Reconsideration Petition on NESHAP for Primary Lead Smelting (Jun 14 10:00 AM EDT in ARN-OAR-Room 5400 video/conference:1-866 access:202- Requesting Meeting/Conference Call with: Gina McCarthy/Janet McCabe
Date of this Request: 6/6/2012
Point of Contact (Name/Number): Peter Tsirigotis, (919) 541-9411 Technical Expert: Nathan Topham, (919)541-0483
Title of Meeting: Reconsideration Petition on NESHAP for Primary Lead Smelting
Purpose of Meeting: Brief Gina on issues raised in reconsideration petition submitted by Sierra Club.
Priority Status (check one) -- Critical Less Immediate __
Last possible date for meeting: 6/4/2012 – 6/8/2012
If the meeting is critical, please explain why: We indicated to the Court that we would decide whether to respond to reconsideration by 6/15/2012.
Location of Meeting: Conference rooms in RTP and DC requested.
Length of Meeting: 1 Hour
Equipment/resources needed: Video conference and call-in number requested.
DATES TO AVOID:
Key Participants: Office/Organization Name
OAR Gina McCarthy OAR Janet McCabe OAQPS Steve Page OAQPS/SPPD Peter Tsirigotis OAQPS/SPPD Chuck French OAQPS/SPPD Nathan Topham OAQPS/HEID Michael Stewart OGC Jan Tierney cc:
OAQPS Peter South OAQPS/SPPD Fred Thompson OAQPS/SPPD Janet Eck OAQPS/SPPD Steve Fruh OAQPS/SPPD Kevin Culligan OAQPS/HEID Lydia Wegman OAQPS/IO Lala Alston OAQPS/SPPD Tanya Johnson OAQPS/SPPD Joanne Tammaro OAQPS/SPPD Virginia Hunt
Signed by: Authorized by: Chuck French 5/30/12 Group Leader, MIG Date
Fred Thompson for Authorized by: Peter Tsirigotis 5/30/12 Director Date Sector Policies and Programs Division
NOTE: For meetings with: (1) Steve Page -- Please provide briefing materials by 10:00 AM, 1 day before scheduled meeting to SPPD Front Office.
(2) Gina McCarthy – Please provide briefing materials by 10:00 AM, 2 days before scheduled meeting to SPPD Front Office.
Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To Cindy Huang cc Sent by: Cindy Huang bcc 04/29/2010 01:31 PM Subject Fw: Concerns
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From: [email protected] To: Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 04/29/2010 01:16 PM Subject: Concerns
Alex Balboa 1996 Waverly Drive Bel Air, MD 21015-1100
April 29, 2010
Assistant Administrator Gina McCarthy 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Rm. 6101A Washington, DC 20460
Assistant Administrator McCarthy:
I was reading the latest news media article(s) "Baltimore area air gets better, but still falls short" (By Meredith Cohn, April 28, 2010) with great interest. The article below indicates that there are ongoing ozone/smog and short-term particle pollution/soot health issues adversely impacting human health throughout the State of Maryland. Please contact the appropriate stakeholders/personnel to turnaround these growing issues and concerns. Please coordinate, collaborate and cooperate on Federal, State and/or local jurisdictional levels in addressing these concerns potentially impacting adversely public health, policy, finances, trust, confidence, ecosystem, environment and quality of life issues. Thank you for your time in this matter and hope to hear from you soon. Sincerely, Alex Balboa 1996 Waverly Drive Bel Air, MD 21015-1100
...The Baltimore-Washington doesn't have the cleanest air in the nation, but made some improvements since last year, according to new rankings from the American Lung Association's State of the Air 2010 report. ...The rankings find that a decade's worth of clean-up efforts, which include emissions reductions at coal-fired plants and a transition to cleaner diesel fuels, have made the nation's air better in general. That helped this area reduce its levels of smog and soot. ...The report says, however, that more than half the U.S. population suffers pollution levels that are often dangerous. Some cities, mostly in California, had dirtier air than in last year's report. ... "State of the Air 2010 proves with hard data that cleaning up air pollution produces healthier air," said Mary H. Partridge, the American Lung Association's national board chair, in a statement. "However, more needs to be done. We are working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on additional measures that will require even greater clean up of power plants. We are also calling for additional funding to install equipment to clean up the 20 million dirty diesel vehicles currently on the road polluting U.S. cities every day." ...The Baltimore-Washington area had the 16th worst air by ozone, or smog. And it had the 18th worst by short-term particle pollution, or soot. Air pollution data was collected in 2006-2008 around the nation. ...Those with heart or lung disease, children and older adults are most likely to be affected by the particle pollution, according to the lung association. Some will develop irritated airways, coughing and difficulty breathing, and some may suffer heart attacks or even premature death. The smog irritate lungs and causes problems such as wheezing, coughing and asthma. ...The lung association is urging the federal government to consider tighter limits on outdoor air pollution from coal plants and cars as part of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010.
Sincerely,
Alex Balboa 4104200982
Alex Balboa sent this message via Congress.org, which uses the Capwiz·XC system. Congress.org is a free public service of Capitol Advantage and Knowlegis, LLC. You may access Congress.org here: http://congress.org Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To Cindy Huang cc Sent by: Cindy Huang bcc 08/22/2011 05:22 PM Subject Fw: Meeting on PM NAAQS report
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From: Janice Nolen
Hi Gina, Janet, and Steve, We are working with Earthjustice and the Clean Air Task Force on a report we are finishing for public release on the health benefits of tighter PM NAAQS combinations. We’d like to schedule a meeting to brief you on it. We have shared this recently with the Health and Environmental Impacts Division team in NC, although while Lydia was out of town, so we can easily accommodate a web‐based briefing.
Would it be possible to discuss this soon? I’ll coordinate this with our colleagues.
Thanks, Janice
Janice E. Nolen Assistant Vice President, National Policy and Advocacy American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004‐1725 P 202.785.3355 C 202.486.0285 F 202.452.1805 [email protected] @lungassociation
Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To Dave Guinnup, Debra Dalcher, Elineth Torres, Fred Thompson, James Hirtz, Janet McCabe, Joseph Goffman, Sent by: Cindy Huang Kevin Culligan, Lisa Conner, Lorie Schmidt, Lydia Wegman, Mark Kataoka, Peter Tsirigotis, Steve Fruh, Steve Page 11/09/2011 05:32 PM cc Addie Johnson, Barbara Morris, Cindy Huang, Deborah Effle, Don Zinger, Jean Walker, Joanne Tammaro, Kirsten King, Kristina Friedman, Lala Alston, Maria Sanders, Mary Resendez, Tanya Johnson, Teresa Clemons bcc Subject Rescheduled: Hydrogen Sulfide Listing Petition: Completeness Review Determination (SAN 5585: Tier2) (Nov 23 01:00 PM EST in ARN-OAR-Room 5400 video/conference:1-86 access: 202 Requesting Meeting/Conference Call with: Gina McCarthy –
Date of this Request: October 21, 2011
Point of Contact (Name/Number): Peter Tsirigotis (919)41-9411 (Lisa Conner- x5060 and Dave Guinnup –x5368)
Title of Meeting: Hydrogen Sulfide Listing Petition: Completeness Review Determination (SAN 5585; Tier 2)
Purpose of Meeting: To provide an update on the recommendations from the completeness review of the Sierra Club petition to list hydrogen sulfide (H2S) as a hazardous air pollutant.
Priority Status (check one) -- Critical__ Less Immediate _x_
Last possible date for meeting: Meeting needs to be scheduled after meeting with Steve Page on same subject but not later than the November 30, 2011.
If the meeting is critical, please explain why:
Location of Meeting: SPO
Length of Meeting: 45 minutes
Equipment/resources needed: Call-in number requested.
DATES TO AVOID:
Key Participants: Office/Organization Name
OAR Gina McCarthy OAR Janet McCabe OAQPS Steve Page OAQPS Peter Tsrigotis OAQPS Lisa Conner OAQPS Dave Guinnup OAQPS Elineth Torres OAQPS James Hirtz OAQPS Debra Dalcher OAQPS Fred Thompson OAR Kevin Culligan OAQPS Lydia Wegman OAQPS Steve Fruh cc:
OAQPS Teresa Clemons OAQPS Deborah Effle OAQPS Tanya Johnson OAQPS Joanne Tammaro
Signed by: Authorized by: Lisa Conner______10/24/11 Policy and Strategies Group Date Sector Policies and Programs Division
Fred Thompson for Authorized by: Peter Tsirigotis______10/24/11 Director, Signature Date Sector Policies and Programs Division
NOTE: For meetings with: (1) Steve Page – Please provide briefing materials by 10:00 a.m., 1 day before scheduled meeting to SPPD front office.
(2) Gina McCarthy – Please provide briefing materials by 10:00 a.m., 2 days before scheduled meeting to SPPD front office.
Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To echeuse, Jodi Howard, jpew, Lisa Garcia, Mark Kataoka, Penny Lassiter, Peter Tsirigotis, smaddin Sent by: Cindy Huang cc Amit Srivastava, Andrea Dickerson, Carlos Evans, Cynthia Browne, Don Zinger, Emily Atkinson, Janet McCabe, Lala 07/17/2012 02:19 PM Alston, Peter South, Sharon Cooperstein, Steve Page, Tanya Johnson, Wendy Blake bcc Subject Information Update - Description has changed: Meeting with Earthjustice on polyvinyl chloride rule EPAPVCLetterFINAL.pdf
From: Emma Cheuse
Cindy, Thanks again. Below is our updated participant list for Thursday’s meeting. (If there are any further changes, we’ll let you know.). RTP staff should already have the reconsideration petition that led to this meeting. Attached is a new letter (sent today by a coalition of 60 organizations) that we’d be grateful if you could forward to them as well, so they have it before Thursday’s meeting.
In person: 1. Van Jackson, Mossville Environmental Action Now 2. Michele Roberts, Advocates for Environmental Human Rights 3. Jim Pew, Earthjustice 4. Stephanie Maddin, Earthjustice 5. Emma Cheuse, Earthjustice 6. David Woodsmall, Earthjustice By phone: 1. Dorothy Felix, Mossville Environmental Action Now 2. Matthew Tejada, Air Alliance Houston 3. Monique Harden, Environmental Advocates for Human Rights 4. Mike Schade, Center for Health, Environment & Justice 5. Marylee Orr, Louisiana Environmental Action Network 6. Wilma Subra, Louisiana Environmental Action Network 7. Jane Williams from Sierra Club 8. Possibly: Elizabeth Crowe from KY Environmental Foundation
Carlos Evans FYI. ----- Forwarded by Carlos Evan... 06/29/2012 09:37:00 AM
From: Carlos Evans/DC/USEPA/US To: Sharon Cooperstein/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 06/29/2012 09:37 AM Subject: Fw: Request for meeting with Ms. Garcia re: environmental justice problems with EPA's polyvinyl chloride rule
FYI.
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From: Emma Cheuse
Dear Carlos and Arati,
On Monday, Earthjustice sent the attached petition to Ms. Garcia and the Administrator’s office, asking EPA to reconsider the final PVC rule (issued under section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act) which singled out environmental justice communities in Mossville, LA and Deer Park, TX for weaker air pollution standards.
We submitted this petition on behalf of local and national groups – Mossville Environmental Action Now (MEAN), Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN), Air Alliance Houston, and Sierra Club – who have been trying to get stronger air pollution protections from polyvinyl chloride plants, especially the CertainTeed plant near Mossville, for many years.
MEAN, LEAN, the Alliance, and Sierra Club would like to have the opportunity to meet with Ms. Garcia and any other appropriate people at EPA as soon as possible to discuss this rule. (As noted in the petition, we are also seeking a meeting with Ms. McCarthy in the air office.) Please see pp. 14-27 of this petition for a discussion of some of the major public health and environmental justice concerns at issue.
We would be very grateful for your time and for any help you could offer to try to set up a meeting with Ms. Garcia on this rule in the very near future.
Earthjustice also represents these groups in a lawsuit filed yesterday to challenge EPA’s final rule under the Clean Air Act. Therefore, we will also make this meeting request directly to DOJ as soon as we discover the appropriate attorney. Please feel free to share this request with anyone appropriate from DOJ and the Office of General Counsel, as well as any other EPA offices, to invite them to participate in this meeting.
If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at (202) 745-5220 or Jim Pew at (202) 745-5214.
Best, Emma ______Emma Cheuse Senior Associate Attorney Earthjustice 1625 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Suite 702 Washington, DC 20036‐2243 T: 202‐745‐5220 or 202‐667‐4500 ext. 5220 F: 202‐667‐2356 www.earthjustice.org The information contained in this email message may be privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying is strictly prohibited. If you think that you have received this email message in error, please notify the sender by reply email and delete the message and any attachments.
*Please consider the environment before printing. [attachment "PVC MEAN LEAN Air Alliance Sierra Club recon petition Final.pdf" deleted by Sharon Cooperstein/DC/USEPA/US]
Cindy Huang/DC/USEPA/US To Emily Atkinson 01/30/2013 10:15 AM cc Nancy Ketcham-Colwill bcc Subject Re: Fw: Sierra Club Meeting Request for 2/6 at 12pm
I can check when she gets back. Thanks!!
Cindy Huang (202) 564-7404
Emily Atkinson Cindy and Nancy, Janet would like to k... 01/30/2013 09:24:23 AM
From: Emily Atkinson/DC/USEPA/US To: Cindy Huang/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Nancy Ketcham-Colwill/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 01/30/2013 09:24 AM Subject: Fw: Sierra Club Meeting Request for 2/6 at 12pm
Cindy and Nancy,
Janet would like to know if Gina would like to join her for a meeting next week with the Sierra Club on S02 NAAQS. I see she has a meeting scheduled at this same time on 2/6 at 12pm but it is internal and perhaps could be moved. The Sierra Club contact is eager to get this meeting locked in sometime today. Do you think it is something we could run by Gina when she returns around 1pm today?
Thanks. Emily ----- Forwarded by Emily Atkinson/DC/USEPA/US on 01/30/2013 09:20 AM -----
From: Janet McCabe/DC/USEPA/US To: Emily Atkinson/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 01/30/2013 02:02 AM Subject: Re: Sierra Club Meeting Request for 2/6 at 12pm
Thanks emily. It may be that Gina wants to join the meeting as well--can you check to see if that day/time works for her too? We should include steve, mike, michael ling and kevin mclean and whoever else from ogc he wants to include.
Thanks
Emily AtkinsonJanet, I just want to confirm that it is o... 01/29/2013 05:05 PM EST
From: Emily Atkinson To: Janet McCabe Cc: Date: 01/29/2013 05:05 PM EST Subject: Sierra Club Meeting Request for 2/6 at 12pm
Janet,
I just want to confirm that it is ok to schedule this meeting with the Sierra Club. Joe Goffman had put John Coequyt in touch with me about coordinating times for the meeting and next week on Wednesday, February 6 at 12pm works for Sierra Club. Joe is suggesting that it be just you that meets with them. Is that ok? Any staff I should include on the invite?
Emily
Fw: Meeting request
Emily Atkinson to: Joseph Goffman 01/28/2013 03:11 PM
Cc: Cynthia Browne
I believe he wants Janet to do this meeting - if you scroll down the email exchange between him and John, this is what he told John::
"Schedules are very tight around here in the next couple of weeks. I think it would be best to start with Janet McCabe and see if we can get this on her calendar for early next week. Emily can work with you to find a time. Thanks."
Cynthia
Emily Atkinson Does he want Janet to just do the meeti... 01/29/2013 04:25:24 PM
From: Emily Atkinson/DC/USEPA/US To: Cynthia Browne/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 01/29/2013 04:25 PM Subject: Re: Fw: HOLD | S02 and NAAQS Meeting with Sierra Club
Does he want Janet to just do the meeting -or- should this meeting not happen at all?
Cynthia Browne Emily, I just talked with Joe and he cle... 01/29/2013 04:22:23 PM
From: Cynthia Browne/DC/USEPA/US To: Emily Atkinson/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 01/29/2013 04:22 PM Subject: Fw: HOLD | S02 and NAAQS Meeting with Sierra Club
Emily,
I just talked with Joe and he clearly stated that he does not need to be in this meeting.
Thank you,
Cynthia
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From: Emily Atkinson/DC/USEPA/US To: Joseph Goffman/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: Cynthia Browne/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 01/28/2013 03:11 PM Subject: Fw: Meeting request
Joe,
It looks like Wednesday, 2/6 from 12 - 1pm works for the Sierra Club and it is open on your and Janet's calendars. They have asked for an hour - is that ok? What is the title for this meeting and should anyone else be on the invite?
Emily
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From: John Coequyt
Emily: We can do Wednesday from 12 to 1. Thanks for helping.
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 2:47 PM,
Nice talking to you this afternoon. As I mentioned, Janet is on travel this week but is in town the following week. Below are a few times the week of February 4 - 8 both Janet McCabe and Joe Goffman are available for a one hour meeting. Let me know what could work on your end and then I can get the meeting confirmed.
Tuesday, 2/5 from 11am - 12pm or 4 - 5pm Wednesday, 2/6 from 12 - 1pm or 5 - 6pm Thursday, 2/7 from 10 - 11am or 11am - 12pm Friday, 2/8 from 11am - 12pm or 1 - 2pm or 2 - 3pm
Emily Atkinson Staff Assistant Immediate Office of the Assistant Administrator Office of Air and Radiation, USEPA Room 5426K, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20460 Voice: 202-564-7403 Email: [email protected]
Joseph Goffman---01/28/2013 02:36:08 PM---Schedules are very tight around here in the next couple of weeks. I think it would be best to start
From: Joseph Goffman/DC/USEPA/US To: John Coequyt
Subject: Re: Meeting request
Schedules are very tight around here in the next couple of weeks. I think it would be best to start with Janet McCabe and see if we can get this on her calendar for early next week. Emily can work with you to find a time. Thanks.
Joseph Goffman Senior Counsel to the Assistant Administrator Office of Air and Radiation US Environmental Protection Agency 202 564 3201
John Coequyt ---01/28/2013 02:05:43 PM---Can you all do friday morning some time for the meeting? On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 8:10 AM, From: John Coequyt Can you all do friday morning some time for the meeting? On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 8:10 AM, < [email protected]> wrote: > Sure thing. Let's talk, too. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Coequyt [[email protected]] > Sent: 01/28/2013 08:08 AM EST > To: Joseph Goffman > Subject: Meeting request > > > > Switching to email. Can a few of us come talk to you and Gina about > so2 naaqs. Happy to discuss on phone before too. > > John Coequyt > 202.669.7060 -- John Coequyt Sierra Club C: (202) 669-7060 O: (202) 675-7916 -- John Coequyt Sierra Club C: (202) 669-7060 O: (202) 675-7916 Cindy Huang/DC/USEPA/US To Gina McCarthy 09/13/2012 05:09 PM cc bcc Subject Accepted: Meeting on PM NAAQS with American Lung Association Cindy Huang/DC/USEPA/US To Gina McCarthy 07/15/2011 03:15 PM cc Don Zinger bcc Subject FW: Sierra Club + Enviros meeting request Hi Gina, this is the Sierra Club meeting request you asked me to send you. -Cindy From: Kesaaraa Wijeyewickrema Hi Cindy, Thank you for the quick response. The coalition includes the Sierra Club, Union of Concerned Scientists, National Wildlife Federation, American Council for Energy Efficient Economy, the Safe Climate Campaign, and Environment America. A meeting for Monday or Tuesday is Best. Sincerely, Kesaaraa Wijeyewickrema Program Assistant Green Transportation Sierra Club 50F st NW, Washington DC 20001 202-675-6279 ----- Forwarded by Cindy Huang/DC/USEPA/US on 07/15/2011 03:12 PM ----- From: Kesaaraa Wijeyewickrema Dear Cindy, I would like to schedule a meeting with Gina McCarthy for a coalition of environmental groups to discuss fuel efficiency standards for vehicles produced from 2017 through 2025. Would it be possible to schedule a time for either Monday July 18th or Tuesday July 19? Thank you, Kesaaraa Wijeyewickrema Program Assistant Green Transportation Sierra Club 50F st NW, Washington DC 20001 202-675-6279 OAR Invitations To Gina McCarthy Sent by: Cindy Huang cc Don Zinger, John Millett, Jonathan Lubetsky, Julia Miller 06/14/2011 09:50 AM bcc Subject SPEECH: US Climate Action Network (USCAN) Meeting Date 07/18/2011 Time 04:30:00 PM to 05:30:00 PM Chair OAR Invitations Invitees Required Gina McCarthy Optional Don Zinger; John Millett; Jonathan Lubetsky; Julia Miller FYI Location United Methodist Building, 100 Maryland Avenue NE, Washington DC From: Kate Smolski Hello, Attached is the final agenda for the Clean AIr Act Conference and Advocacy Day July 18-19. We very much look forward to Assistant Administrator McCarthy speaking at 4:30 PM July 18. She will be introduced by Peter Iwanowicz from the American Lung Association. Please let me know if you need any further details and thank you for all your help with the scheduling. Best, Kate Cindy Huang/DC/USEPA/US To Janet McCabe 01/30/2013 05:07 PM cc bcc Subject Accepted: Prebrief for 2/6 Meeting with Sierra Club re: S02 and NAAQS Cindy Huang/DC/USEPA/US To Janet McCabe 01/30/2013 05:09 PM cc bcc Subject Accepted: S02 and NAAQS Meeting with Sierra Club Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To Janet McCabe cc Sent by: Cindy Huang bcc 01/30/2013 05:09 PM Subject Accepted: Prebrief for 2/6 Meeting with Sierra Club re: S02 and NAAQS Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To Janet McCabe cc Sent by: Cindy Huang bcc 01/30/2013 05:09 PM Subject Accepted: S02 and NAAQS Meeting with Sierra Club Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To Janet McCabe cc Sent by: Cindy Huang bcc 07/20/2011 10:49 AM Subject Information Update - There are multiple changes: Confirmed: meeting with LPJ and Enviros re: ozone Seth Oster All, The meeting requested by leade... 07/20/2011 10:28:05 AM From: Seth Oster/DC/USEPA/US To: Jose Lozano/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, [email protected], Teri Porterfield/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Cindy Huang/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: Candace White/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Bob Perciasepe/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Diane Thompson/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 07/20/2011 10:28 AM Subject: This afternoon's Meeting with Environmental Leaders All, The meeting requested by leaders from environmental groups to discuss ozone, as a follow-up to last week's meeting with industry, is confirmed for today at 4:30 pm Washington, D.C. time today. This will last approximately 20 minutes. The Administrator will be on the phone from Texas. Bob P and Gina (and I) will be on the call from Bob's office here in Washington. All of the environmental leaders will be on the phone from separate locations. Below is the status of the participants. They are also reaching out to ALA, but do not have expectations that they will join. The call in number will be , passcode: 202- Confirmed Margie Alt, Environmental Gene Karpinski, LCV Larry Schweigert, NWF Fred Krupp, EDF Maybe Trip Van Noppen, Earth Justice Frances Beinecke No Michael Brune, Sierra Club Seth Oster Associate Administrator Office of External Affairs and Environmental Education Environmental Protection Agency (202) 564-1918 [email protected] Cindy Huang/DC/USEPA/US To Janet McCabe 08/19/2011 11:12 AM cc Addie Johnson bcc Subject Heads up from Lesley Fields, Sierra Club Hi Janet, Ms. Fields wanted to give you a heads up regarding some Toxic Plant tours in Detroit during the EJ Conference - one of the tours include the Marion Refinery where the surrounding community is upset. Rashawnee Davis (spelling unsure) is the state representative for the community and she's been holding meetings with the community. There might be protests along the tour and she wanted to know if there will be a representative from EPA to talk to the community. Her number is 202-(b) (6) if you want to get more information from her or discuss this with her. Sincerely, Cindy Cindy Huang (202) 564-7404 Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To Janet McCabe cc Sent by: Cindy Huang Addie Johnson bcc 11/09/2010 02:58 PM Subject Information Update - There are multiple changes: PVC MACT Point of Contact (Name/Number): Peter Tsirigotis 919-541-4207, Technical Expert: Jodi Howard 919-541-4607 Title of Meeting: PVC MACT Purpose of Meeting: To discuss extension request Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymer Production Project If the meeting is critical, please explain why: The tentative project deadline for signature of proposed rule is 12/20/2010. Meeting with MEAN, LEAN and Sierra Club is scheduled on November 12, 2010 at 1:30pm. OAR Invitations To Janet McCabe Sent by: Cindy Huang cc Addie Johnson 06/14/2011 02:37 PM bcc Subject Sierra Club Meeting request with Gina on SO2 modeling Hi Janet, Here's the second one, Sierra Club wants to meet with Gina to discuss SO2 Modeling of unscrubbed coal plants. I haven't asked Gina if she wants to take the meeting yet and they are requesting in the next two weeks to meet with her. Would you like to meet with them or should I send this to OAQPS? Thanks, Cindy ------Office of Air and Radiation, Immediate Office U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [email protected] 202-564-7404 ----- Forwarded by Cindy Huang/DC/USEPA/US on 06/14/2011 02:33 PM ----- From: Josh Stebbins Dear Cindy - It was a pleasure to speak with you on the phone. As I explained, Sierra Club is seeking a meeting with Assistant Administrator McCarthy for several reasons. First, I would like to make general introductions as I am the Senior Attorney for Sierra Club in Washington, replacing David Bookbinder. Second, Sierra Club is undertaking a significant push on a national level to conduct 1 Hour SO2 modeling of unscrubbed coal plants. In this regard, we are very interested in better understanding the direction EPA is taking in developing SO2 modeling protocols. In addition, we would like to be sure that the modeling we are doing will be taken into consideration in establishing the initial attainment/nonattainment designations for the 1 Hour SO2 NAAQS standard this coming year. As we are in the midst of the 1 Hour SO2 modeling process, it would be ideal if we could meet with Assistant Administrator McCarthy, and any EPA staff she thinks would be relevant, sometime in the next two weeks or so, if that is at all possible. Thank you Josh Joshua Stebbins Senior Attorney Sierra Club 555 11th Street NW Suite 600 Washington DC 20004 202 675 6273 202 835 2072 fax Mailing address: Joshua Stebbins Senior Attorney Sierra Club 408 C Street, NE Washington DC 20002 Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To Janet McCabe cc Sent by: Cindy Huang Cindy Huang, Marjean Gleaton bcc 05/06/2010 01:15 PM Subject Cancelled: Holding for American Lung Assoc Meeting (LBJ to attend) Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To Janet McCabe, Janice.Nolen, Joseph Goffman, Lydia Wegman, Steve Page Sent by: Cindy Huang cc Amit Srivastava, Don Zinger, Emily Atkinson, Jackie Krieger, Lala Alston, Tina Murphy 10/10/2012 02:26 PM bcc Subject Information Update - Location has changed: Meeting on PM NAAQS with American Lung Association Sonya Clay, American Academy of Pediatrics Paul Billings, Janice Nolen and Debbie Shprentz, American Lung Association Don Hoppert, American Public Health Association Gary Ewart, American Thoracic Society Charlotte Collins and Liana Burns, Asthma and Allergy Foundation David Dyjack, National Association of City and County Health Officials Directions and procedures: If you come by Metro the Federal Triangle metro stop is directly below the building entrances. You would leave the metro station and go up all three sets of escalators and turn right. You will see a set of stairs and glass Doors with EPA Signified on Glass. That is Ariel Rios North. If you are coming by taxi, you would want to be dropped off on 12th NW, between Constitution Ave and Pennsylvania Ave. It is almost exactly half way between the two avenues on 12th. From 12th Street, facing the building with the EPA and American flags, walk toward the building and take the glass door on your right hand side with the escalators going down to the metro on your left. This again will be the North Lobby of the Ariel Rios bldg. Upon entering the lobby, the meeting attendees will be asked to pass through security and provide a photo ID for entrance. Let the guards know that you were instructed to call 202-564-7400. If you are travelling in a large group, you may want to arrive 10-15 minutes early in order to be on time for the meeting. ------ Hello friends, Hope you all are well. We would like to schedule a meeting for early next month with you for ourselves and several of our national health colleague organizations to share our concerns for a truly protective PM NAAQS. We would appreciate the chance to share our concerns in person with you. Thank you, Janice Janice E. Nolen | Assistant Vice President, National Policy and Advocacy American Lung Association National Headquarters 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004‐1725 P 202.785.3355 | C 202.486.0285 | F 202.452.1805 [email protected] | www.Lung.org Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To Janet McCabe, Janice.Nolen, Joseph Goffman, Lydia Wegman, Steve Page Sent by: Cindy Huang cc Amit Srivastava, Don Zinger, Emily Atkinson, Jackie Krieger, Lala Alston, Tina Murphy bcc Subject Meeting on PM NAAQS with American Lung Association Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To Janet McCabe, Joseph Goffman, Lydia Wegman, Steve Page, terry.mcguire Sent by: Cindy Huang cc Amit Srivastava, Cynthia Browne, Don Zinger, Eloise Shepherd, Lala Alston, Mike Koerber, Peter South bcc Subject Meeting with Sierra Club, EDF, and NRDC Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To Janet McCabe, Joseph Goffman, Lydia Wegman, Steve Page, terry.mcguire Sent by: Cindy Huang cc Amit Srivastava, Cynthia Browne, Don Zinger, Eloise Shepherd, Lala Alston, Mike Koerber, Peter South 10/02/2012 02:14 PM bcc Subject Rescheduled: Meeting with Sierra Club, EDF, and NRDC (Oct 11 02:00 PM EDT in ARN-OAR-Room-5415/DC-ARN-OAR@EPA) Directions and procedures: If you come by Metro the Federal Triangle metro stop is directly below the building entrances. You would leave the metro station and go up all three sets of escalators and turn right. You will see a set of stairs and glass Doors with EPA Signified on Glass. That is Ariel Rios North. If you are coming by taxi, you would want to be dropped off on 12th NW, between Constitution Ave and Pennsylvania Ave. It is almost exactly half way between the two avenues on 12th. From 12th Street, facing the building with the EPA and American flags, walk toward the building and take the glass door on your right hand side with the escalators going down to the metro on your left. This again will be the North Lobby of the Ariel Rios bldg. Upon entering the lobby, the meeting attendees will be asked to pass through security and provide a photo ID for entrance. Let the guards know that you were instructed to call 202-564-7400. If you are travelling in a large group, you may want to arrive 10-15 minutes early in order to be on time for the meeting. From: Terry McGuire Good afternoon, On behalf of the Sierra Club, the Environmental Defense Fund, and the Natural Resources Defense Council, I would like to request a meeting with Assistant Administrator McCarthy to discuss the proposed updates to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter - Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0492. Except for October 4, 5 and 11, our organizations would be able to send representatives any of the other days in the first two weeks of October. I hope something in that window works for Assistant Administrator McCarthy, and please let me know if you have any questions about our request. Thank you, -- Terry McGuire Associate Washington Representative Sierra Club 202-495-3045 Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To Janet McCabe, Keith Barnett, Peter Tsirigotis, Steve Page, Susan Fairchild, Winifred Okoye Sent by: Cindy Huang cc Amit Srivastava, Amy Vasu, Cynthia Browne, Don Zinger, Emily Atkinson, Eric Ginsburg, Fred Thompson, Janet Eck, 10/10/2012 01:53 PM Joanne Tammaro, Kelly Rimer, Lala Alston, Lisa Conner, Lydia Wegman, Marguerite McLamb, Mary Henigin, Mike Koerber, Pamela Garrett, Patricia Embrey, Peter South, Ravi Srivastava, Steve Fruh, Tanya Johnson, Wendy Blake bcc Subject Rescheduled: Wool Fiberglass Area Source NESHAP (SAN 5669, Tier 2) (Oct 11 03:30 PM EDT in ARN 5400 / video + conference: 1-866 access: 202 INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING FOR GINA OAR Meeting Request Form Requesting Meeting/Conference Call with: Gina McCarthy Date of this Request: October 9, 2012 Point of Contact (Name/Number): Peter Tsirigotis, (919) 541-5207 Technical Expert: Susan Fairchild, (919) 541-5167 Title of Meeting: Wool Fiberglass Area Source NESHAP (SAN 5669, Tier 2) Purpose of Meeting: Status and Path Forward Regarding Wool Fiberglass Area Sources Priority Status (check one) -- Critical Less Immediate __ Last possible date for meeting: 10/12/2012 If the meeting is critical, please explain why: We are negotiating with Sierra Club for a significant extension beyond the current November 30, 2012, date. Gina requested a follow-up meeting before she leaves for Indonesia. Location of Meeting: ARN 5400 with video conference for OAQPS-RTP Length of Meeting: 30 - 45 minutes Equipment/resources needed: Video conferencing and call-in number requested. DATES TO AVOID: None identified. Key Participants: Office/Organization Name OAR Gina McCarthy OAR Janet McCabe OAQPS Steve Page OAQPS/SPPD Peter Tsirigotis OAQPS/SPPD Keith Barnett OAQPS/SPPD Susan Fairchild OGC Winifred Okoye cc: OAQPS Peter South OAQPS Mike Koeber OAQPS Mary Henigin OAQPS/SPPD Fred Thompson OAQPS/SPPD Janet Eck OAQPS/SPPD Amy Vasu OAQPS/SPPD Steve Fruh OAQPS/SPPD Eric Ginsburg OAQPS/SPPD Marguerite McLamb OAQPS/SPPD Ravi Srivastava OAQPS/SPPD Lisa Conner OAQPS/HEID Lydia Wegman OAQPS/HEID Kelly Rimer OAQPS/IO Lala Alston OAQPS/SPPD Tanya Johnson OAQPS/SPPD Joanne Tammaro OAQPS/SPPD Pamela Garrett OGC Wendy Blake OGC Patricia Embrey Signed by: Authorized by: Keith Barnett /s/ 10/9/12 Group Leader, MMG Date /s/Steve Fruh for Authorized by: Peter Tsirigotis 10/9/12 Director Date Sector Policies and Programs Division NOTE: For meetings with: (1) Steve Page -- Please provide briefing materials by 10:00 AM, 1 day before scheduled meeting to SPPD Front Office. (2) Gina McCarthy – Please provide briefing materials by 10:00 AM, 2 days before scheduled meeting to SPPD Front Office. Cindy Huang/DC/USEPA/US To John Millett 12/19/2012 06:16 PM cc Don Zinger, Janet McCabe, Joseph Goffman, Nancy Ketcham-Colwill bcc Subject Re: Coordinating with Mathy/OSWER on Boiler Calls Hi John, Gina's going to be on the train to BWI - and she'll be departing hte office around 4:45 tomorrow so 5pm won't work for her Cindy Huang (202) 564-7404 John Millett Hi Don, Nancy and Cindy -- I shared ou... 12/19/2012 03:58:41 PM From: John Millett/DC/USEPA/US To: Don Zinger/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Nancy Ketcham-Colwill/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Cindy Huang/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: Joseph Goffman/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Janet McCabe/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 12/19/2012 03:58 PM Subject: Coordinating with Mathy/OSWER on Boiler Calls Hi Don, Nancy and Cindy -- I shared our call list with OSWER and they're thinking that there will be about 3-4 heads up calls (AF&PA and Sierra Club -- maybe 1-2 others) that Mathy would like to do jointly with Gina. If Gina wants to, maybe we can block out time at 5 pm tomorrow. I think Gina would want Peter on the calls, too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Millett Office of Air and Radiation Communications U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5411 Ariel Rios Building North Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202/564-2903 Cell: 202/510-1822 ----- Forwarded by John Millett/DC/USEPA/US on 12/19/2012 03:51 PM ----- From: George Hull/DC/USEPA/US To: John Millett/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: Nancy Cohen/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Marsha Minter/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Rachel Bassler/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Felicia Chou/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 12/19/2012 03:31 PM Subject: Re: Boilers call list John, Mathy is interested in participating in some of the calls that Gina is planning to make. AF&PA and Sierra Club are both calls in which he would like to participate. He hasn't had a chance to review the entire list, so there may be other calls in addition to these two, that he would like to join. We'll let you know as soon as he has had a chance to review. If Gina is amenable to this idea, can we start talking about the logistics of doing the calls jointly? Thanks George Hull Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery U.S. EPA Tel. 703-308-0050 John Millett Gina, Janet and Joe will be doing some... 12/19/2012 11:52:00 AM From: John Millett/DC/USEPA/US To: George Hull/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 12/19/2012 11:52 AM Subject: Boilers call list Gina, Janet and Joe will be doing some strategic heads up calls on thurs night; then Peter and his team will do follow up calls on Fri [attachment "Boiler Call List DRAFT 11 29 12.xlsx" deleted by Cindy Huang/DC/USEPA/US] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Millett Office of Air and Radiation Communications U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5411 Ariel Rios Building North Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202/564-2903 Cell: 202/510-1822 Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To Joseph Goffman cc Sent by: Cindy Huang bcc 10/04/2012 06:17 PM Subject Meeting on PM NAAQS with American Lung Association Meeting Date 10/10/2012 Time 02:30:00 PM to 03:15:00 PM Chair Gina McCarthy Invitees Required Janet McCabe; Janice.Nolen; Joseph Goffman; Lydia Wegman; Sarah Dunham; Steve Page Optional Amit Srivastava; Don Zinger; Emily Atkinson; Jackie Krieger; Lala Alston; Tina Murphy FYI Location 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Ariel Rios North, Conference Room 5415, Washington, DC 20460. Conference:1-866 access:202- · Sonya Clay, American Academy of Pediatrics · Paul Billings, Janice Nolen and Debbie Shprentz, American Lung Association · Don Hoppert, American Public Health Association · Gary Ewart, American Thoracic Society · Charlotte Collins and Liana Burns, Asthma and Allergy Foundation · David Dyjack, National Association of City and County Health Officials Directions and procedures: If you come by Metro the Federal Triangle metro stop is directly below the building entrances. You would leave the metro station and go up all three sets of escalators and turn right. You will see a set of stairs and glass Doors with EPA Signified on Glass. That is Ariel Rios North. If you are coming by taxi, you would want to be dropped off on 12th NW, between Constitution Ave and Pennsylvania Ave. It is almost exactly half way between the two avenues on 12th. From 12th Street, facing the building with the EPA and American flags, walk toward the building and take the glass door on your right hand side with the escalators going down to the metro on your left. This again will be the North Lobby of the Ariel Rios bldg. Upon entering the lobby, the meeting attendees will be asked to pass through security and provide a photo ID for entrance. Let the guards know that you were instructed to call 202-564-7400. If you are travelling in a large group, you may want to arrive 10-15 minutes early in order to be on time for the meeting. ------ Hello friends, Hope you all are well. We would like to schedule a meeting for early next month with you for ourselves and several of our national health colleague organizations to share our concerns for a truly protective PM NAAQS. We would appreciate the chance to share our concerns in person with you. Thank you, Janice Janice E. Nolen | Assistant Vice President, National Policy and Advocacy American Lung Association National Headquarters 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004‐1725 P 202.785.3355 | C 202.486.0285 | F 202.452.1805 [email protected] | www.Lung.org Cindy Huang/DC/USEPA/US To Joseph Goffman 06/28/2011 03:16 PM cc bcc Subject Re: TR Timing TPs and Contacts Off the top of my head I know I don't have PSE&G - Eric Svensen and possibly Michael Meyers Cindy Huang (202) 564-7404 Joseph Goffman 1. Critical, high-impact rule that admini... 06/28/2011 03:12:43 PM From: Joseph Goffman/DC/USEPA/US To: Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: Cindy Huang/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 06/28/2011 03:12 PM Subject: TR Timing TPs and Contacts (b) (5) DP Next week will allow us to meet those goals. Cindy -- can you please fill in the phone numbers below? Let me know ASAP if you don't have them, please. Thanks. Environmental and Public Health Advocates 1. EDF -- Vickie Patton 2. ALA -- Paul Billings 3. Clean Air Task Force -- Ann Weeks 4. NRDC -- John Walke 5. Sierra Club -- John Coequyt States 1. NACAA -- Bill Becker 2. NY AG -- Michael Meyers Utilities 1. CEG -- Michael Bradley 2. Exelon -- John Rowe via Emily Duncan 3.. PSE and G -- Eric Svensen (sp?) Joseph Goffman Senior Counsel to the Assistant Administrator Office of Air and Radiation US Environmental Protection Agency 202 564 3201 Cindy Huang/DC/USEPA/US To Joseph Goffman 09/12/2012 11:35 AM cc Cynthia Browne bcc Subject ALA requesting another meeting on CSAPR Hi Joe, Since Gina granted their request for a meeting on PM, should she grant them this meeting on CSAPR (RICE stuff)? Thanks! Cindy Cindy Huang (202) 564-7404 ----- Forwarded by Cindy Huang/DC/USEPA/US on 09/12/2012 10:50 AM ----- From: Janice Nolen Hello, Gina, Janet and Peter: Hope this finds you all well. Could we schedule a meeting to discuss CSAPR/CAIR with you? We’re looking for more information about assessing the possible impact of any final court decision to leave CAIR in place. We also would like to share some concerns we have about the RICE/BUGs rule. Thank you, Janice Janice E. Nolen | Assistant Vice President, National Policy and Advocacy American Lung Association National Headquarters 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004‐1725 P 202.785.3355 | C 202.486.0285 | F 202.452.1805 [email protected] | www.Lung.org *********************** ATTACHMENT NOT DELIVERED ******************* This Email message contained an attachment named image001.jpg which may be a computer program. This attached computer program could contain a computer virus which could cause harm to EPA's computers, network, and data. The attachment has been deleted. This was done to limit the distribution of computer viruses introduced into the EPA network. EPA is deleting all computer program attachments sent from the Internet into the agency via Email. 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We submitted this petition on behalf of local and national groups – Mossville Environmental Action Now (MEAN), Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN), Air Alliance Houston, and Sierra Club – who have been trying to get stronger air pollution protections from polyvinyl chloride plants, especially the CertainTeed plant near Mossville, for many years. MEAN, LEAN, the Alliance, and Sierra Club would like to have the opportunity to meet with Ms. Garcia and any other appropriate people at EPA as soon as possible to discuss this rule. (As noted in the petition, we are also seeking a meeting with Ms. McCarthy in the air office.) Please see pp. 14-27 of this petition for a discussion of some of the major public health and environmental justice concerns at issue. We would be very grateful for your time and for any help you could offer to try to set up a meeting with Ms. Garcia on this rule in the very near future. Earthjustice also represents these groups in a lawsuit filed yesterday to challenge EPA’s final rule under the Clean Air Act. Therefore, we will also make this meeting request directly to DOJ as soon as we discover the appropriate attorney. Please feel free to share this request with anyone appropriate from DOJ and the Office of General Counsel, as well as any other EPA offices, to invite them to participate in this meeting. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at (202) 745-5220 or Jim Pew at (202) 745-5214. Best, Emma ______Emma Cheuse Senior Associate Attorney Earthjustice 1625 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Suite 702 Washington, DC 20036‐2243 T: 202‐745‐5220 or 202‐667‐4500 ext. 5220 F: 202‐667‐2356 www.earthjustice.org The information contained in this email message may be privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying is strictly prohibited. If you think that you have received this email message in error, please notify the sender by reply email and delete the message and any attachments. *Please consider the environment before printing. [attachment "PVC MEAN LEAN Air Alliance Sierra Club recon petition Final.pdf" deleted by Sharon Cooperstein/DC/USEPA/US] Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To Lisa Garcia, Mark Kataoka, Peter Tsirigotis cc Sent by: Cindy Huang Amit Srivastava, Andrea Dickerson, Carlos Evans, Cynthia Browne, Don Zinger, Emily Atkinson, Janet McCabe, Lala 07/12/2012 04:42 PM Alston, Peter South, Sharon Cooperstein, Steve Page, Tanya Johnson bcc Subject Information Update - Description has changed: Meeting with Earthjustice on polyvinyl chloride rule From: Emma Cheuse Dear Ms. Dickerson, Ms. Huang, and Mr. Evans, This note is to confirm our meeting with Ms. Garcia and Ms. McCarthy next Thursday, July 19, at 4:15pm to discuss EPA’s PVC rule, and our reconsideration petition on that rule. Thank you for your help arranging this meeting. When convenient for you, please just let me know where we should come, what conference call # we should use, and any other information you need from us. We are still confirming the full list of participants, but below is the likely list. I’ll update you on any changes. In person: 1. Delma Bennett, Mossville Environmental Action Now 2. Jim Pew, Earthjustice 3. Stephanie Maddin, Earthjustice 4. Emma Cheuse, Earthjustice By phone: 1. Dorothy Felix, Mossville Environmental Action Now 2. Matthew Tejada, Air Alliance Houston 3. Marylee Orr, Louisiana Environmental Action Network 4. Monique Harden, Environmental Advocates for Human Rights 5. Mike Schade, Center for Health, Environment & Justice Thanks, Emma ______Emma Cheuse Senior Associate Attorney Earthjustice 1625 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Suite 702 Washington, DC 20036‐2243 T: 202‐745‐5220 or 202‐667‐4500 ext. 5220 F: 202‐667‐2356 www.earthjustice.org The information contained in this email message may be privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying is strictly prohibited. If you think that you have received this email message in error, please notify the sender by reply email and delete the message and any attachments. *Please consider the environment before printing. Carlos Evans FYI. ----- Forwarded by Carlos Evan... 06/29/2012 09:37:00 AM From: Carlos Evans/DC/USEPA/US To: Sharon Cooperstein/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 06/29/2012 09:37 AM Subject: Fw: Request for meeting with Ms. Garcia re: environmental justice problems with EPA's polyvinyl chloride rule FYI. ----- Forwarded by Carlos Evans/DC/USEPA/US on 06/29/2012 09:36 AM ----- From: Emma Cheuse Dear Carlos and Arati, On Monday, Earthjustice sent the attached petition to Ms. Garcia and the Administrator’s office, asking EPA to reconsider the final PVC rule (issued under section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act) which singled out environmental justice communities in Mossville, LA and Deer Park, TX for weaker air pollution standards. We submitted this petition on behalf of local and national groups – Mossville Environmental Action Now (MEAN), Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN), Air Alliance Houston, and Sierra Club – who have been trying to get stronger air pollution protections from polyvinyl chloride plants, especially the CertainTeed plant near Mossville, for many years. MEAN, LEAN, the Alliance, and Sierra Club would like to have the opportunity to meet with Ms. Garcia and any other appropriate people at EPA as soon as possible to discuss this rule. (As noted in the petition, we are also seeking a meeting with Ms. McCarthy in the air office.) Please see pp. 14-27 of this petition for a discussion of some of the major public health and environmental justice concerns at issue. We would be very grateful for your time and for any help you could offer to try to set up a meeting with Ms. Garcia on this rule in the very near future. Earthjustice also represents these groups in a lawsuit filed yesterday to challenge EPA’s final rule under the Clean Air Act. Therefore, we will also make this meeting request directly to DOJ as soon as we discover the appropriate attorney. Please feel free to share this request with anyone appropriate from DOJ and the Office of General Counsel, as well as any other EPA offices, to invite them to participate in this meeting. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at (202) 745-5220 or Jim Pew at (202) 745-5214. Best, Emma ______Emma Cheuse Senior Associate Attorney Earthjustice 1625 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Suite 702 Washington, DC 20036‐2243 T: 202‐745‐5220 or 202‐667‐4500 ext. 5220 F: 202‐667‐2356 www.earthjustice.org The information contained in this email message may be privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying is strictly prohibited. If you think that you have received this email message in error, please notify the sender by reply email and delete the message and any attachments. *Please consider the environment before printing. [attachment "PVC MEAN LEAN Air Alliance Sierra Club recon petition Final.pdf" deleted by Sharon Cooperstein/DC/USEPA/US] Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To Lisa Garcia, Mark Kataoka, Peter Tsirigotis cc Sent by: Cindy Huang Amit Srivastava, Andrea Dickerson, Carlos Evans, Cynthia Browne, Don Zinger, Emily Atkinson, Janet McCabe, Lala 07/11/2012 09:59 AM Alston, Peter South, Sharon Cooperstein, Steve Page, Tanya Johnson bcc Subject Information Update - Location has changed: Meeting with Earthjustice on polyvinyl chloride rule Carlos Evans FYI. ----- Forwarded by Carlos Evan... 06/29/2012 09:37:00 AM From: Carlos Evans/DC/USEPA/US To: Sharon Cooperstein/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 06/29/2012 09:37 AM Subject: Fw: Request for meeting with Ms. Garcia re: environmental justice problems with EPA's polyvinyl chloride rule FYI. ----- Forwarded by Carlos Evans/DC/USEPA/US on 06/29/2012 09:36 AM ----- From: Emma Cheuse Dear Carlos and Arati, On Monday, Earthjustice sent the attached petition to Ms. Garcia and the Administrator’s office, asking EPA to reconsider the final PVC rule (issued under section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act) which singled out environmental justice communities in Mossville, LA and Deer Park, TX for weaker air pollution standards. We submitted this petition on behalf of local and national groups – Mossville Environmental Action Now (MEAN), Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN), Air Alliance Houston, and Sierra Club – who have been trying to get stronger air pollution protections from polyvinyl chloride plants, especially the CertainTeed plant near Mossville, for many years. MEAN, LEAN, the Alliance, and Sierra Club would like to have the opportunity to meet with Ms. Garcia and any other appropriate people at EPA as soon as possible to discuss this rule. (As noted in the petition, we are also seeking a meeting with Ms. McCarthy in the air office.) Please see pp. 14-27 of this petition for a discussion of some of the major public health and environmental justice concerns at issue. We would be very grateful for your time and for any help you could offer to try to set up a meeting with Ms. Garcia on this rule in the very near future. Earthjustice also represents these groups in a lawsuit filed yesterday to challenge EPA’s final rule under the Clean Air Act. Therefore, we will also make this meeting request directly to DOJ as soon as we discover the appropriate attorney. Please feel free to share this request with anyone appropriate from DOJ and the Office of General Counsel, as well as any other EPA offices, to invite them to participate in this meeting. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at (202) 745-5220 or Jim Pew at (202) 745-5214. Best, Emma ______Emma Cheuse Senior Associate Attorney Earthjustice 1625 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Suite 702 Washington, DC 20036‐2243 T: 202‐745‐5220 or 202‐667‐4500 ext. 5220 F: 202‐667‐2356 www.earthjustice.org The information contained in this email message may be privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying is strictly prohibited. If you think that you have received this email message in error, please notify the sender by reply email and delete the message and any attachments. *Please consider the environment before printing. [attachment "PVC MEAN LEAN Air Alliance Sierra Club recon petition Final.pdf" deleted by Sharon Cooperstein/DC/USEPA/US] Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To OAR_Scheduling cc Sent by: Cindy Huang bcc 06/14/2010 01:55 PM Subject Fw: ABA Panelist Invitation - August 2010 ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco ----- Forwarded by Cindy Huang/DC/USEPA/US on 06/14/2010 01:55 PM ----- From: Chris Costanzo Dear Ms. McCarthy, The American Bar Association is putting together a plenary session on climate change at its 2010 Annual Meeting held in San Francisco from August 5-7. The plenary session will take place Friday afternoon, August 6. Below is the description of the session, along with a list of panelists, some of whom have already confirmed their participation. We would be delighted if you could join our distinguished panel, which would greatly benefit from your perspective as the Assistant Administrator of the EPA office charged with developing federal climate change policy and initiatives. The program will be interactive and consist of a question and answer format between the moderator and the panelists, with brief materials provided by the panelists to the audience to satisfy CLE requirements. Because the conference is rapidly approaching, I would greatly appreciate hearing from you in the next couple of days if possible. If for some reason you are unable to participate, we would be grateful to receive any suggestions of other good candidates from your office. Thanks in advance for your consideration of the ABA's invitation. Best regards, Chris ------Chris Costanzo Vice Chair, International Environmental Law Committee ABA Section of International Law +1 949.395.4297 [email protected] http://www.linkedin.com/in/chriscostanzo1 ______ 3:45 PM – 5:15 PM CLE PROGRAM: The Bumpy Road to Comprehensive Climate Change Law and Policy CLE Centre There is widespread agreement that comprehensive legal regimes will be adopted to force a shift to a low carbon economy. But volatility and uncertainty surrounding the near-term passage and implementation of such regimes is higher than ever before. Indeed, this past year has seen significant challenges to the adoption of national and international top-down approaches, complicated by the state of the economy and a changing geopolitical landscape. Even state and regional actions have had their share of dissenters and detractors, threatening their momentum as climate change regulatory and market mechanisms become metaphorical lightning rods in election-year politics and the court of public opinion. Yet consensus is building, and fundamental steps have been taken that will allow decision-makers to develop comprehensive legislative action against climate change. Please join our panel as it presents a critical overview of significant climate change legal and policy developments at an international, national, and state and regional level, including the road to Cancun, US and state/regional legislative and regulatory initiatives, and evolving climate change tort litigation. The panel will also discuss and debate hot issues in this fast-paced area of law and policy and provide its insight on possible near-term opportunities for those in the legal profession. Co-sponsors: ABA Section of International Law; ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources (TBC) Speakers: David Bookbinder, Chief Climate Counsel, Sierra Club Chris Costanzo (Speaker and Moderator) Gina McCarthy, Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Air and Radiation (TBC) Mary D. Nichols, Chair, California Air Resources Board (TBC) Robert A. Wyman Jr., Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To Sabrina Hamilton cc Sent by: Cindy Huang bcc 07/19/2011 11:56 AM Subject Fw: Region 6 FIP/BART Decision for San Juan Generating Station Correspondence for Gina ----- Forwarded by Cindy Huang/DC/USEPA/US on 07/19/2011 11:56 AM ----- From: Erik Schlenker-Goodrich Dear Administrator McCarthy‐ Please find attached a letter submitted on behalf of Amigos Bravos, the Coalition for Clean Affordable Energy, Conservation Voters New Mexico, the National Parks and Conservation Association, Natural Resources Defense Council, New Mexico Sportsmen, Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club, San Juan Citizens Alliance, San Juan Quality Waters Coalition, and WildEarth Guardians. A hard copy of this letter will also be sent to you today. This letter strongly encourages the EPA Office of Air and Radiation to continue to support the prompt finalization of EPA Region 6’s proposed Federal Implementation Plan (“FIP”) and associated Best Available Retrofit Technology (“BART”) determination, which includes the installation of Selective Catalytic Reduction with a 0.05 lbs/MMBtu NOx limit for the San Juan Generating Station (“SJGS”) in New Mexico. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, Erik Schlenker‐Goodrich ______Erik Schlenker‐Goodrich Director, Climate and Energy Program Western Environmental Law Center 208 Paseo del Pueblo Sur, Unit 602 Taos, New Mexico 87571 (p) 575.613.4197 (f) 575.751.1775 www.westernlaw.org ______ Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To Teri Porterfield, Cindy Huang cc Sent by: Cindy Huang bcc 02/22/2010 03:40 PM Subject Fw: Panel Invitation - Good Jobs Green Jobs National Conference - Youth and the Outdoors ----- Forwarded by Cindy Huang/DC/USEPA/US on 02/22/2010 03:40 PM ----- From: Jackie Ostfeld Dear Ms. McCarthy: I am writing to formally invite you to participate in a panel discussion on Youth, the Great rd Outdoors and Green Jobs on May 4, 2010 at the Washington Hilton. The panel is part of the 3 Annual Good Jobs Green Jobs National Conference sponsored by the Blue Green Alliance. This year’s theme is “Investment, Innovation, Action.” The panel is called “Youth and the Outdoors: Laying the Foundation for Green Careers” and will focus on ways to invest in youth today to strengthen the green economy of tomorrow. The “Youth and the Outdoors: Laying the Foundation for Green Careers” panel brings together experts on youth and the great outdoors to inform the national discussion around green jobs. Today’s youth are tomorrow’s leaders and they are growing up disconnected from the natural and green world outdoors. The panel will focus on the significance of exposing young people to the natural world for inspiring a generation to help shape tomorrow’s green economy. Panelists will share stories, opportunities and innovative ideas for making a smooth transition from green play to green pay, one that reaches all sectors of society. We would like each panelist to speak for 8-10 minutes, describing the work you and your agency do to engage youth in the natural world, to create career ladders for young people to transition from green play to green pay and the significance of engaging youth in the great outdoors for the green economy and the health of the environment. Also, please feel free to discuss barriers young people face in connecting to the natural world, solutions for getting kids engaged and the significance of getting kids outdoors and educated about the natural world for solving our environmental challenges. The audience, which will be comprised of the Sierra Club Youth Delegation and conference participants from across the country, will also have an opportunity to address the panel with questions. For more information about the conference, please visit the Conference website at www.greenjobsconference.org Jacqueline Ostfeld of my staff will follow up with you shortly to answer any questions you might have and see if you will be able to join us. I hope your answer is yes. (Formal invitation attached) Sincerely, Martin LeBlanc National Youth Education Director Sierra Club - - - Jacqueline Ostfeld National Youth Representative Sierra Club, Building Bridges to the Outdoors (O): 202-548-6584 / (F): 202-835-2072 Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To cc Sent by: Cindy Huang bcc 09/08/2010 10:09 AM Subject Enviros meeting Fee, am putting you on an email with Gina McCarthy's scheduler Cindy. Cindy, think you already have the basic details at bottom. Here are the 2 windows of time that we are looking to have Gina come -- flexible within those windows and looking for about 10 mins of remarks and 20 mins of Q&A (this would be here in the EEOB): (1) Monday, Sept 13, between 3-6pm (ideally closer to 6pm) (2) Tuesday, Sept 14, between 9am-noon Attendees will be members from likely be state affiliates / chapters of Sierra Club, Environment America, League of Conservation Voters, National Wildlife Federation, NRDC and EDF (the core of the CEW executive committee). They are representing PA, WI, MN, VA, MI, MT and OH. Would be great to have her if the timing works out. Thanks! From: Fee, Robert I. Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 1:18 PM To: Greenawalt, Andrei Subject: Agency event request We have around 30-40 environmental folks (coordinated through clean energy works) from Midwest states that are coming in to town next week Monday and Tuesday, the 13th and 14th. They are coming to defend the clean air act and are doing a number of legislative briefings along those lines. We would like to host them and have an administration and EPA person talk about the various EPA rulemakings and start a conversation about the process and how they can help. Can you ping EPA to see if they would be able to send someone for either Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning? Gina McCarthy would be our number one choice. Let me know if you need more info Thanks Fee Robert Fee Office of Public Engagement 202-456-4815 Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To cc Sent by: Cindy Huang bcc 02/15/2013 12:40 PM Subject Meeting with American Lung Association Meeting Date 02/20/2013 Time 03:00:00 PM to 03:30:00 PM Chair Gina McCarthy Invitees Required Janet McCabe; peter.iwanowicz Optional Daniel Hopkins; Emily Atkinson; Larke Williams; Nancy Ketcham-Colwill FYI Location Ariel Rios North room 5400, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20460 From ALA: Peter Iwanowicz, Paul Billings, Janice Nolen, Lyndsay Moseley, Kesaaraa Wijeyewickrema Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To cc Sent by: Cindy Huang bcc 10/10/2012 01:50 PM Subject Wool Fiberglass Area Source NESHAP (SAN 5669, Tier 2) Meeting Date 10/11/2012 Time 03:30:00 PM to 04:00:00 PM Chair Gina McCarthy Invitees Required Janet McCabe; Keith Barnett; Peter Tsirigotis; Steve Page; Susan Fairchild; Winifred Okoye Optional Amit Srivastava; Amy Vasu; Cynthia Browne; Don Zinger; Emily Atkinson; Eric Ginsburg; Fred Thompson; Janet Eck; Joanne Tammaro; Kelly Rimer; Lala Alston; Lisa Conner; Lydia Wegman; Marguerite McLamb; Mary Henigin; Mike Koerber; Pamela Garrett; Patricia Embrey; Peter South; Ravi Srivastava; Steve Fruh; Tanya Johnson; Wendy Blake FYI Location ARN 5400 / video + conference: 1-866-2 access: 202 INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING FOR GINA OAR Meeting Request Form Requesting Meeting/Conference Call with: Gina McCarthy Date of this Request: October 9, 2012 Point of Contact (Name/Number): Peter Tsirigotis, (919) 541-5207 Technical Expert: Susan Fairchild, (919) 541-5167 Title of Meeting: Wool Fiberglass Area Source NESHAP (SAN 5669, Tier 2) Purpose of Meeting: Status and Path Forward Regarding Wool Fiberglass Area Sources Priority Status (check one) -- Critical Less Immediate __ Last possible date for meeting: 10/12/2012 If the meeting is critical, please explain why: We are negotiating with Sierra Club for a significant extension beyond the current November 30, 2012, date. Gina requested a follow-up meeting before she leaves for Indonesia. Location of Meeting: ARN 5400 with video conference for OAQPS-RTP Length of Meeting: 30 - 45 minutes Equipment/resources needed: Video conferencing and call-in number requested. DATES TO AVOID: None identified. Key Participants: Office/Organization Name OAR Gina McCarthy OAR Janet McCabe OAQPS Steve Page OAQPS/SPPD Peter Tsirigotis OAQPS/SPPD Keith Barnett OAQPS/SPPD Susan Fairchild OGC Winifred Okoye cc: OAQPS Peter South OAQPS Mike Koeber OAQPS Mary Henigin OAQPS/SPPD Fred Thompson OAQPS/SPPD Janet Eck OAQPS/SPPD Amy Vasu OAQPS/SPPD Steve Fruh OAQPS/SPPD Eric Ginsburg OAQPS/SPPD Marguerite McLamb OAQPS/SPPD Ravi Srivastava OAQPS/SPPD Lisa Conner OAQPS/HEID Lydia Wegman OAQPS/HEID Kelly Rimer OAQPS/IO Lala Alston OAQPS/SPPD Tanya Johnson OAQPS/SPPD Joanne Tammaro OAQPS/SPPD Pamela Garrett OGC Wendy Blake OGC Patricia Embrey Signed by: Authorized by: Keith Barnett /s/ 10/9/12 Group Leader, MMG Date /s/Steve Fruh for Authorized by: Peter Tsirigotis 10/9/12 Director Date Sector Policies and Programs Division NOTE: For meetings with: (1) Steve Page -- Please provide briefing materials by 10:00 AM, 1 day before scheduled meeting to SPPD Front Office. (2) Gina McCarthy – Please provide briefing materials by 10:00 AM, 2 days before scheduled meeting to SPPD Front Office. Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To cc Sent by: Cindy Huang bcc 01/24/2012 03:18 PM Subject (1:30PM AZ / 3:30PM ET) ROUNDTABLE Meeting Date 01/30/2012 Time 01:30:00 PM to 03:00:00 PM Chair Gina McCarthy Invitees Required Optional FYI OAR Invitations Location Phoenix Convention Center room 224B (second floor of North Building) Hi, Here are the people who have accepted so far and their bios. Please let me know if you want more participants, or more participants of a certain kind. We have about 10 people at this point. I'm trying to find a community group but coming up short. I could invite the American Lung Association or the Maricopa County asthma coalition, or more industry. Dr. Patricia Mariella, AZ State University Amanda Reeve, AZ House of Representatives, and Tami Stow, House Environmental Policy Leader Eric Massey, Air Director, AZ Dept. of Environmental Quality (he and Gina have met before) William Wiley, Maricopa County Air Quality Dept. Edward Fox, Arizona Public Service (owner/operator of Four Corners Power Plant) Glenn Hamer and Rebecca Hudson, Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry Rob Smith, Sierra Club (no coal contingent) Mr. John Lewis, InterTribal Council of AZ [email protected] To Beth Craig 03/09/2009 12:53 PM cc bcc Subject CMS For Review - Gloria Hammond - AX-09-000-2196 Control AX-09-000-2196 is in your CMS In Box for review. Please go to the CMS webpage to view the details of the control. Summary Information - Control Number: AX-09-000-2196 Control Subject: Daily Reading File - Clean Energy and Global Warming Pollution Top Priorities for 2009 From: North Star Chapter, Sierra Club Note: This Email was automatically generated. Please do not attempt to respond to it. You can access this control at https://cms.epa.gov/cms. Questions or comments concerning CMS should be directed to CMS Support at 202-564-4985 or CMS [email protected]. [email protected] To Don Zinger, Beth Craig 04/24/2009 10:17 AM cc bcc Subject CMS For Review - Martha Faulkner - OAR-09-000-5858 Control OAR-09-000-5858 is in your CMS In Box for review. Please go to the CMS webpage to view the details of the control. Summary Information - Control Number: OAR-09-000-5858 Control Subject: Sierra Club National Resources Defense Council Reconsideration of the PM2.5, NSR Implementation Rule From: Jackson, Lisa P. Note: This Email was automatically generated. Please do not attempt to respond to it. You can access this control at https://cms.epa.gov/cms. Questions or comments concerning CMS should be directed to CMS Support at 202-564-4985 or CMS [email protected]. John Millett/DC/USEPA/US To Christopher Mylan 05/09/2012 03:20 PM cc bcc Subject Re: Electric Vehicles - talking points Thanks, Chris! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Millett Office of Air and Radiation Communications U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5411 Ariel Rios Building North Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202/564-2903 Cell: 202/510-1822 Christopher Mylan Hi Lisa, How long/how many bullets... 05/09/2012 02:00:03 PM From: Christopher Mylan/DC/USEPA/US To: John Millett/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: Lisa Mcclain-Vanderpool/R8/USEPA/US@EPA, [email protected], Nate McMichael/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 05/09/2012 02:00 PM Subject: Re: Electric Vehicles - talking points Hi Lisa, How long/how many bullets where you shooting for? We have whole speeches and/or individual stats... Thanks, Christopher Mylan US EPA Communications Specialist Office of Transportation and Air Quality Office: 202.564.7411 Mobile: 412.999.4548 John Millett Hi Lisa -- Maybe Justin or Chris have s... 05/09/2012 01:56:21 PM From: John Millett/DC/USEPA/US To: Lisa Mcclain-Vanderpool/R8/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: [email protected], Christopher Mylan/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Nate McMichael/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 05/09/2012 01:56 PM Subject: Re: Electric Vehicles - talking points Hi Lisa -- Maybe Justin or Chris have something off the shelf . . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Millett Office of Air and Radiation Communications U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5411 Ariel Rios Building North Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202/564-2903 Cell: 202/510-1822 Lisa Mcclain-Vanderpool Hi John We are preparing so... 05/09/2012 01:39:41 PM From: Lisa Mcclain-Vanderpool/R8/USEPA/US To: John Millett/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 05/09/2012 01:39 PM Subject: Electric Vehicles - talking points Hi John We are preparing some talking points for our RA to speak at an event showcasing electric vehicles next week. He also has a tv interview (along with the American Lung Association person). I was wondering if you have a good contact for me who could help with a few TPs? The focus will be air quality but any stats, etc. would be great. We'll mention the President's 1 million EVs goal - we're open to input! Lisa Lisa McClain-Vanderpool EPA Region 8 Public Affairs Office Office (303)312-6077 Cell (303)501-4027 [email protected] Patricia To Janet McCabe Embrey/DC/USEPA/US cc 04/06/2012 04:04 PM bcc Subject Re: Signed: Notice of Final Actions on Reconsideration Petitions From the National Association of Clean Water Agencies and the Sierra Club on Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Sewage Sludge I If no one is available Susmita could do it first thing Monday. Janet McCabe ----- Original Message ----- From: Janet McCabe Sent: 04/06/2012 03:57 PM EDT To: Peter Tsirigotis; Patricia Embrey Subject: Fw: Signed: Notice of Final Actions on Reconsideration Petitions From the National Association of Clean Water Agencies and the Sierra Club on Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Sewage Sludge I Will someone from ogc or oaqps give the petitioners a heads up? Linda Chappell ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda Chappell Sent: 04/06/2012 03:52 PM EDT To: Andra Belknap; Arvin Ganesan; Avi Garbow; Betsaida Alcantara; Betsy Shaw; Bicky Corman; Bob Perciasepe; Bob Sussman; Brendan Gilfillan; Charles Imohiosen; Christopher Busch; David Bloomgren; Diane Thompson; Dru Ealons; Eric Wachter; Gina McCarthy; Janet McCabe; Joseph Goffman; Laura Vaught; Lawrence Elworth; Michael Goo; Scott Fulton; Seth Oster; Stephanie Owens Cc: Anna Duncan; Beth Craig; Don Zinger; Jackie Krieger; John Millett; Jonathan Edwards; Josh Lewis; Karen Orehowsky; Linda Chappell; Lorie Schmidt; Lucy Edmondson; Margo Oge; MichaelE Scozzafava; Mike Flynn; Sarah Dunham; Steve Page; Tom Eagles; Adam Kushner; Alan Rush; Alison Davis; Allison Dennis; Amy Cole; Andrea Drinkard; Ann Campbell; Bruce Schillo; Cathy Milbourn; Cheryl Mackay; Christine Dibble; David Cohen; Dawn Roddy; Deborah Banks; Diann Frantz; Donald Maddox; Eileen Pritchard; Jan Cortelyou-Lee; Jeff Morin; Jeffrey Levy; Jeremy Arling; John Hannon; Jonathan Lubetsky; Joseph-J Dougherty; Joyce Frank; Justin Cohen; KarenL Martin; Katherine Sibold; Kelly Rimer; Kirsten King; Kristina Friedman; Lakeshia Walker; Lora Strine; Lori Stewart; Louise Wise; Mariana Cubeddu; Mary Hanley; Mary Henigin; Matthew Morrison; Megan Brachtl; Nate McMichael; Nena Shaw; Nicole Owens; Pam Mazakas; Pat Scoville; Patricia Embrey; Patricia Haman; Paul Balserak; Peter South; Philip Metzger; Philip Schwartz; Phillip Brooks; Robin Kime; Roxanne Smith; Ruthw Morgan; Shannon Kenny; Teri Porterfield; Valerie Washington; Paul Versace; Nathaniel Jutras; Darryl Adams; Peter Tsirigotis; David Cozzie; Amy Hambrick Subject: Signed: Notice of Final Actions on Reconsideration Petitions From the National Association of Clean Water Agencies and the Sierra Club on Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Sewage Sludge Incineration Units These final actions on petitions for reconsideration were signed today. [attachment "SSI Reconsideration Petitions 040612.pdf" deleted by Patricia Embrey/DC/USEPA/US] ______Linda M. Chappell, Ph.D. Special Assistant, Office of the Administrator United States Environmental Protection Agency Mailing Address: 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Mail Code: 1101A, Washington, D.C. 20460 Tel: 202-564-2234 / Mobile: 202-734-8292/ Fax: 202-564-1490 / [email protected] Patricia To Joseph Goffman Embrey/DC/USEPA/US cc 06/20/2011 04:27 PM bcc Subject Re: Time for a call Have you managed to reach any of the players? Joseph Goffman ----- Original Message ----- From: Joseph Goffman Sent: 06/20/2011 12:11 PM EDT To: Patricia Embrey; Peter Tsirigotis; Laura Vaught Subject: Fw: Time for a call it's getting close to show time, no? Joseph Goffman Senior Counsel to the Assistant Administrator Office of Air and Radiation US Environmental Protection Agency 202 564 3201 ----- Forwarded by Joseph Goffman/DC/USEPA/US on 06/20/2011 12:10 PM ----- From: Paul Billings Regarding delays Direct 202-785-3988 Cell 240-472-8372 Paul G. Billings Vice President National Policy & Advocacy American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004-1725 Phone: 202-785-3355 x 3988 Fax: 202 -452-1805 [email protected] Patricia To Scott Fulton, Avi Garbow, Gina McCarthy, Janet McCabe, Embrey/DC/USEPA/US Joseph Goffman, Peter Tsirigotis, Arvin Ganesan, Seth Oster 08/03/2011 09:22 PM cc Susmita Dubey, Kevin McLean bcc Subject Boiler MACT court filings This evening Sierra Club filed a motion to enforce Judge Friedman's order (requiring the final Boiler MACT to be issued), a motion for summary judgment in the new case challenging the stay and a motion to expedite consideration of the summary judgment motion. DOJ calculates that our response to the motion to enforce will be due on August 20. The word "contempt" does not appear in the motion. Patricia To Scott Fulton, Avi Garbow, Joel Beauvais Embrey/DC/USEPA/US cc Joseph Goffman 04/17/2012 03:52 PM bcc Subject Enviro suits on the MATS rule FYI -- Sierra Club, EIP, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, and Conservation Law Foundation have sued on the MATS rule as expected after our last meeting. Enviros, 12-1197.pdf Patricia To "Joseph Goffman" Embrey/DC/USEPA/US cc Richard Ossias 11/01/2010 12:28 PM bcc Subject Boiler MACT Rich said you were asking who the litigants are in the deadline case that covers Boiler MACT. It is Sierra Club (represented by Earth Justice). There are industry intervenors on our side. Patricia To "Joseph Goffman", "Peter Tsirigotis" Embrey/DC/USEPA/US cc 07/15/2011 11:51 AM bcc Subject Boilers Late yesterday Sierra Club filed the challenge in District Court to our stay of the Boiler MACT rule. No other filings yet. Paul Billings To Gina McCarthy, Arvin Ganesan, Michael Goo FYI we sent this letter to Bill Daley last night. The enclosures mentioned in the letter are here: http://www.lungusa.org/healthy-air/outdoor/resources/clean-air-survey-june2011.html http://www.lungusa.org/get-involved/advocate/advocacy-documents/health-groups-ozone .pdf WH Letter 7 18 2011.pdf ATT00001.htm Paul Billings To Gina McCarthy, Janet McCabe, Joseph Goffman, Steve FYI See attached ad that we have begun running in DC publications today NOTE new email [email protected] ‐ please update your contacts Paul G. Billings Vice President National Policy & Advocacy American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004‐1725 Phone: 202‐785‐3355 x 3988 Fax: 202 ‐452‐1805 Red CarriageAd.pdf Paul Billings To Gina McCarthy, Janet McCabe, Rob Brenner, Lorie Schmidt, Good morning I wanted to call your attention to the attached ad that is running beginning today calling on the President to stand up for kids and update the smog standard. It is appearing in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Daily Variety. It will continue to run this week in hill publications. Cheers Paul Paul G. Billings Vice President National Policy & Advocacy American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004‐1725 Phone: 202‐785‐3355 x 3988 Fax: 202 ‐452‐1805 [email protected] Smog Health Standard.pdf Paul Billings To Janet McCabe, Gina McCarthy, Joseph Goffman, Steve AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION RELEASES NEW TELEVISION AD TO THWART CONGRESSIONAL ATTACKS ON THE CLEAN AIR ACT WASHINGTON, D.C. –The American Lung Association has released a television advertisement today in an effort to thwart Congressional attempts to weaken the Clean Air Act. This effort is part of the Lung Association’s Healthy Air Campaign to preserve the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to implement and enforce this forty‐year‐old, landmark public health law. The provocative new ad focuses on the devastating effects of air pollution and its impact on the health of children, while bringing a sense of urgency to the debate over cleaner air. Every day, millions of Americans suffer from the toll of toxic air in the form of asthma attacks, heart attacks, strokes and even premature death. Right now, some in Congress and special interests are trying to stop the cleanup of toxic mercury air pollution; they are encouraging the EPA to ignore scientific evidence that smog harms health and can even cause premature death and they are erroneously claiming that it’s too costly for big polluters to install modern pollution controls. Since late 2010, the American Lung Association has led a coalition of health and medical organizations as part of the Healthy Air Campaign to raise awareness about the serious health consequences of rolling back clean air policies. According to a bipartisan survey conducted by the Lung Association in June of this year, the American people support its fight for healthier air: an overwhelming 75 percent of voters support the EPA and its efforts to update standards for life‐threatening air pollutants, while 68 percent feel that EPA scientists, not Congress, should set air pollution standards. In a video posted today on YouTube addressing Americans nationwide, American Lung Association president and CEO, Charles D. Connor remarked: “For over 40 years, the Clean Air Act has helped keep America’s air healthy and safe. But now, it’s under attack...here’s the truth: If we weaken the Clean Air Act, millions of children and adults will suffer asthma and heart attacks, strokes and even premature death.” The ad released today, which will run on network and cable television, features a red baby carriage with sounds of a child suffering respiratory distress that are heard while the red carriage is seen in front of iconic D.C. landmarks including the Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol. The voiceover of the ad states the following: “Congress can’t ignore the facts. More pollution means more childhood asthma attacks. Log on to LungUSA.org and tell Washington: Don’t weaken the Clean Air Act.” “Members of Congress must know that any vote against clean air policies and ignoring the health of our children is unacceptable,” said Peter Iwanowicz, assistant vice president with the American Lung Association. “Using public health as a pawn in a political fight to maintain the support of big polluters is abhorrent, and once they find out what is taking place we don’t think the public will stand by while their Member of Congress votes to eliminate safeguards.” The television advertisement represents the latest education and outreach effort in the American Lung Association’s Healthy Air Campaign. The campaign has mobilized more than 1,800 medical professionals and 500 organizations, representing all 50 states, to support the Clean Air Act. The Campaign expects to be very active during the upcoming August recess. The Clean Air Act has had strong bipartisan support for the past 40 years. In 2010 alone, enforcing the Clean Air Act is estimated to have prevented 160,000 premature deaths. ### About the American Lung Association Now in its second century, the American Lung Association is the leading organization working to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease. With your generous support, the American Lung Association is “Fighting for Air” through research, education and advocacy. For more information about the American Lung Association, a Charity Navigator Four Star Charity and holder of the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Guide Seal, or to support the work it does, call 1‐800‐LUNG‐USA (1‐800‐586‐4872) or visit www.LungUSA.org. American Lung Association • 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW • Washington, DC 20004-1725 1-800-LUNG-USA (1-800-586-4872) • www.LungUSA.org Paul G. Billings Vice President National Policy & Advocacy American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004‐1725 Phone: 202‐785‐3355 x 3988 Fax: 202 ‐452‐1805 [email protected] Paul Billings To Janet McCabe, Gina McCarthy, Joseph Goffman, Steve See the attached letter from 14 leading health & medical organizations to President Obama on the ozone NAAQS. Paul G. Billings Vice President National Policy & Advocacy American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004‐1725 Phone: 202‐785‐3355 x 3988 Fax: 202 ‐452‐1805 [email protected] Health Groups Ozone letter to President Aug 3 2011.pdf Paul Billings To Janice Nolen, Gina McCarthy, Janet McCabe, Rob Brenner Attached find our print ad from today’s Roll Call it also running in CQ Daily this week Below is an online version that is running this week as well Paul Billings 202‐785‐3355 From: Janice Nolen Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 8:20 PM To: '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]' Cc: '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; Paul Billings; Peter Iwanowicz Subject: Report on Utility Air Toxics Coming out tomorrow Gina, We are releasing tomorrow a report Toxic Air: The Case for Cleaning Up Coal‐fired Power Plants , to help the public understand the long‐overdue need to clean up emissions of hazardous air pollutants from coal‐fired power plants in the electric grid. In addition, we are releasing the white paper that formed the basis of that report, Emissions of Hazardous Air Pollutants from Coal‐fired Power Plants , prepared for us by Environmental Health & Engineering, Inc. in Boston. Both and the press release are attached. They can be accessed after 5 AM tomorrow from our website at www.LungUSA.org/ToxicAirReport. You will note that by coincidence, the lead researcher in the E H& E team is David MacIntosh, Sc.D. who is in no way related to the current member of EPA’s esteemed team. If you have questions, please let me, Paul Billings or Peter Iwanowicz know. Thanks, Janice Janice E. Nolen Assistant Vice President, National Policy and Advocacy American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004‐1725 P 202.785.3355 C 202.486.0285 F 202.452.1805 [email protected] @lungassociation Toxic Report Ad rollcall 3811.pdf Paul Billings To Jim Ketcham-Colwill, Joseph Goffman FYI Attached please find the American Lung Association letter to Senators Kerry and Lieberman voicing our opposition to Section 802 of the draft American Power Act and requesting the provision be removed from the legislation because of its impact on the health protections provided by the Clean Air Act. I am happy to answer any questions. Thanks Paul Billings Paul G. Billings Vice President National Policy & Advocacy American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004‐1725 Phone: 202‐785‐3355 x 3988 Fax: 202 ‐452‐1805 [email protected] Kerry Lieberman American Power Act letter.pdf Paul Billings To Joseph Goffman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Mary Havell June 21, 2011 202 -715-3459 [email protected] American Lung Association Calls for EPA to Complete Mercury and Air Toxics Rule on Time, Criticizes Comment Extension Washington, D.C. (June 21, 2011) — Charles D. Connor, American Lung Association President and CEO, issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement to extend the public comment period on its proposed Mercury and Air Toxics Rule: “The American Lung Association is deeply troubled by the announcement today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to extend the comment period for the Power Plant Mercury and Air Toxics standards. The cleanup of toxic air pollution from power plants is 20 years overdue. I stood with EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson in support of these lifesaving standards when this proposal was announced on March 16, 2011. It is most distressing to see EPA accede to pleas from industry lawyers, lobbyists and their allies in Congress calling for additional time, on top of the 111 days already provided, to review and comment on the proposal. “Last month, I wrote to Administrator Jackson urging her to complete action on this rule by the deadline of November 16, 2011. I am reassured today by Administrator Jackson’s renewed commitment to this deadline. This deadline is vital because the Mercury and Air Toxics Rule, when fully implemented, will prevent an estimated 120,000 asthma attacks and 17,000 premature deaths each year.” ### About the American Lung Association Now in its second century, the American Lung Association is the leading organization working to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease. With your generous support, the American Lung Association is “Fighting for Air” through research, education and advocacy. For more information about the American Lung Association, a Charity Navigator Four Star Charity and holder of the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Guide Seal, or to support the work it does, call 1-800-LUNG-USA (1-800-586-4872) or visit www.LungUSA.org. American Lung Association • 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW • Washington, DC 20004-1725 1-800-LUNG-USA (1-800-586-4872) • www.LungUSA.org Paul G. Billings Vice President National Policy & Advocacy American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004‐1725 Phone: 202‐785‐3355 x 3988 Fax: 202 ‐452‐1805 [email protected] Paul Billings To Joseph Goffman, Gina McCarthy, Bob Perciasepe FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Mary Havell October 21, 2011 202-715-3459 [email protected] American Lung Association Urges EPA to Finalize Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Power Plants Statement of the American Lung Association WASHINGTON – The American Lung Association urges the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take no more than 30 extra days to finalize the power plant Mercury and Air Toxic Standards. EPA received nearly 1 million comments from people who took the time to express support of these lifesaving standards. An additional 30 days to respond to these comments and ensure that the health benefits are maximized is an appropriate step. There should not be any further delays. Each month of delay in commencement of cleanup will result in significant health consequences including an estimated 1,400 premature deaths. The cleanup of toxic air pollution from oil and coal-fired power plants is long overdue. When final, the EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards – required by the Clean Air Act – will protect Americans against life-threatening air pollution linked to cancer, heart disease, neurological damage, birth defects, asthma attacks and even premature death. More than 400 coal-fired power plants located in 46 states across the country release in excess of 386,000 tons of hazardous air pollutants into our air each year. The wide range of uncontrolled pollutants from these plants includes: arsenic; lead and other metals; mercury; dioxins; formaldehyde and benzene; and acid gases such as hydrogen chloride. Congress first required EPA to clean up toxic air pollution from industries in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. Ever since, coal-using electric utilities have successfully deployed a range of tactics to delay the regulations. Those at high risk of health effects from breathing the hazardous power plant air pollutants include: infants, children and teenagers; older adults; pregnant women; people with asthma and other lung diseases; people with cardiovascular disease; diabetics; people with low incomes; and healthy adults who work or exercise outdoors. They are counting on and expecting EPA to do the job correctly. Congress required it and millions of Americans are counting on EPA to protect their health. Paul Billings To LisaP Jackson, Gina McCarthy, David McIntosh, Janet Attached find an EMBARGOED copy of the American Lung Association State of the Air Report. We are having our press conference today at 1:00 pm ET and the embargo lifts at 5:00 am ET on Wednesday April 27. The report documents that nearly half the population lives in areas where air pollution levels put their health at risk. The report also shows improvements due to the implementation and enforcement of the Clean Air Act. Janice and I are happy to answer any questions. Cheers Paul Paul G. Billings Vice President National Policy & Advocacy American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004‐1725 Phone: 202‐785‐3355 x 3988 Fax: 202 ‐452‐1805 [email protected] SOTA 2011 Embargo Edition.pdf Paul Billings To LisaP Jackson, Gina McCarthy, David McIntosh, Janet Attached find an EMBARGOED copy of the American Lung Association State of the Air Report. We are having our press conference today at 1:00 pm ET and the embargo lifts at 5:00 am ET on Wednesday April 27. The report documents that nearly half the population lives in areas where air pollution levels put their health at risk. The report also shows improvements due to the implementation and enforcement of the Clean Air Act. Janice and I are happy to answer any questions. Cheers Paul Paul G. Billings Vice President National Policy & Advocacy American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004‐1725 Phone: 202‐785‐3355 x 3988 Fax: 202 ‐452‐1805 [email protected] SOTA 2011 Embargo Edition.pdf Paul Billings To LisaP Jackson, Gina McCarthy, Janet McCabe, Arvin I wanted to share with our latest television ad on power plant pollution with you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvhBLSrw7zM Please contact me if you have any questions. Thanks Paul NOTE new email [email protected] ‐ please update your contacts Paul G. Billings Vice President National Policy & Advocacy American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004‐1725 Phone: 202‐785‐3355 x 3988 Fax: 202 ‐452‐1805 Paul Billings To LisaP Jackson, Gina McCarthy, Janet McCabe, Arvin FYI Wanted to make sure you saw this ad that is running to day in Hill publications from the American Academy of Pediatrics, Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, American Lung Association, American Nurses Association, American Public Health Association, American Thoracic Society, Health Care Without Harm, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and Trust for America’s Health. NOTE new email [email protected] ‐ please update your contacts Paul G. Billings Vice President National Policy & Advocacy American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004‐1725 Phone: 202‐785‐3355 x 3988 Fax: 202 ‐452‐1805 102001PartnerAd_10x13 5_V71.pdf Paul Billings To LisaP Jackson Administrator Jackson: Attached please find a letter from Charles D Connor, President & CEO of the American Lung Association urging you to reject any further delays to the Mercury and Air Toxics Rule. Thank you for your consideration. Paul G. Billings Paul G. Billings Vice President National Policy & Advocacy American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004‐1725 Phone: 202‐785‐3355 x 3988 Fax: 202 ‐452‐1805 [email protected] Letter to Admin Jackson May 18 2011.pdf Paul Billings To LisaP Jackson, Janet McCabe, Gina McCarthy, Joseph I wanted to share with you our recent bipartisan polling that shows strong support for EPA and the Clean Air Act. The results are overwhelmingly favorable towards our position and defending EPA’s authority to protect public health. Key highlights include: 69 percent think the EPA should update Clean Air Act standards with stricter limits on air pollution; 68 percent feel that Congress should not stop the EPA from updating Clean Air Act standards; And a bipartisan 69 percent majority believe that EPA scientists, rather than Congress, should set pollution standards. We are releasing the survey with our Democratic and Republican pollsters at noon eastern today, at which time this link ‐‐ www.LungUSA.org/clean‐air‐survey ‐‐ will be live with the survey results, slides and polling memo. Paul Billings 202‐785‐3355 Lung Association Clean Air Survey Press Release 2-16-11 FINAL.pdf ALA Presentation v3 - Hill.ppt ALAm1 021611 - FINAL.PDF lung021411fq1 - cobrand.pdf Paul Billings To LisaP Jackson Administrator Jackson, Attached please find a letter from seven leading health and medical organizations (Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, American Thoracic Society, Health Care Without Harm, Physicians for Social Responsibility & Trust for America's Health )urging you to move ahead with the Tier 3 vehicle emissions and gasoline standards. These lifesaving standards will dramatically cut vehicle pollution. EPA should propose new vehicle and fuel standards without any further delay. Please contact me if you have any questions Thank you Paul Billings NOTE new email [email protected] ‐ please update your contacts Paul G. Billings Vice President National Policy & Advocacy American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004‐1725 Phone: 202‐785‐3355 x 3988 Fax: 202 ‐452‐1805 Health group Tier 3 letter to EPA_Jan 12 2012.pdf Paul Billings To Michael Goo, Peter Tsirigotis I got enough to satisfy the request So you can stand down Thanks for your help Paul NOTE new email [email protected] ‐ please update your contacts Paul G. Billings Vice President National Policy & Advocacy American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004‐1725 Phone: 202‐785‐3355 x 3988 Fax: 202 ‐452‐1805 Paul Billings To Paul Billings FYI th Attached is an embargoed copy of the American Lung Association’s 13 Annual State of the Air Report. This report looks at air quality across the nation and provides letter grades (A‐F) for the counties where air pollution monitors gather data for ozone (smog) and particle pollution (soot). This year’s report shows continued progress in improved air quality—thanks to cleanup measures enforced under the Clean Air Act. The Clean Air Act has drastically cut these toxins from the air we breathe. The report also shows that far too many children, seniors, people living in poverty and people with diabetes, lung and heart disease live in areas with unhealthy air. We need the Clean Air Act to be aggressively implemented and enforced to protect everyone from air pollution. We are using the hashtag #StateoftheAir to promote the report on twitter. The report is embargoed until 5:00 am EDT on Wednesday April 25. Please respect our embargo. It will be live at www.stateoftheair.org at that time. Janice, Peter or I would be happy to answer any questions. NOTE new email [email protected] ‐ please update your contacts Paul G. Billings Vice President National Policy & Advocacy American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004‐1725 Phone: 202‐785‐3355 x 3988 Fax: 202 ‐452‐1805 ALA_SoTA 2012 Embargoed.pdf Paul Billings To Paul Billings, Janet McCabe, Gina McCarthy, Joseph See the attached letter from Chuck Connor to William Daley requesting an official estimate of the date of release for the Ozone NAAQS. We don’t know what “shortly” means Happy to answer any questions. Paul G. Billings Vice President, National Policy & Advocacy American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004‐1725 Phone: 202‐785‐3355 x 3988 Fax: 202 ‐452‐1805 [email protected] Sept 1 2011 Letter to William Daley.pdf Paul Billings To Paul Billings American Lung Association is Gravely Disappointed Over EPA Continued Delay of Ozone Standard Repeated Delay Means Millions of Americans Must Breathe Dangerous Levels of Deadly Pollutant With No Relief In Sight Statement of Charles D. Connor, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Lung Association Washington, DC. December 8, 2010 –The American Lung Association is gravely disappointed over the decision announced today that the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to delay for the third time its final decision on the ozone national air quality standards, postponing the decision from December 31, 2010 to July 29, 2011. EPA’s delay leaves in peril the lives and the health of millions of Americans. As a result, the Lung Association is exploring legal options to require the EPA to issue a final standard. Putting off stronger standards means that lives will be lost. Based on EPA’s own estimates, a six–month delay means that an estimated 2,000 to 6,000 people will lose their lives because they must breathe air pollution that would have been cleaned up if the EPA had met its most recent deadline of December 31, 2010. Instead of acting, the EPA intends to call a special meeting of the independent review panel of scientists that provide EPA guidance on air pollution standards. The EPA’s decision to reconvene the 22 scientists, the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, is an unnecessary delay. These same scientists had unanimously supported the range in their first review that ended in 2006. The EPA went back to the Committee last year and they again unanimously recommended the same range: 60 to 70 parts per billion. Now, EPA returns and asks them to reconsider the same evidence again for the third time. If EPA seeks more guidance, they should consider that its Committee of scientific advisors was not the only group of experts recommending a much stronger standard. In the 2006 review, the American Lung Association and 15 other medical societies and public health organizations asked EPA to adopt the most protective level under consideration: 60 ppb. Supporters of the tighter standard included the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Thoracic Society, and the American Public Health Association. Ozone air pollution causes premature death, asthma attacks, and difficulty breathing. Ozone can send people with lung disease like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to the emergency room and the hospital. Delays in setting the standard causes delays in putting clean up measures in place that can reduce ozone and protect the health of millions of people. The EPA is required by the Clean Air Act to establish a national air quality standard that defines the limit on the amount of ozone pollution that can be in the air across the U.S. The public has a right to know when the level of air pollution in their community can harm health. The ozone standard drives the nationwide cleanup of this widespread and deadly pollutant. The federal government, states and communities must take steps to cut ozone. Delays to setting a standard mean delays to steps that can reduce the levels of ozone, and reduce premature deaths. Polluters and their supporters have placed intense pressure on the EPA, to get the EPA to weaken the standard or to ignore the legally firm requirements of the Clean Air Act. We urge the EPA to recognize that the polluters’ tired arguments about killing jobs are no truer now than they were decades ago. EPA’s duty to protect public health is core to their mission and the Clean Air Act. We urge EPA to adopt the strongest, most protective standard under consideration: 60 parts per billion. About the American Lung Association Now in its second century, the American Lung Association is the leading organization working to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease. With your generous support, the American Lung Association is “Fighting for Air” through research, education and advocacy. For more information about the American Lung Association, a Charity Navigator Four Star Charity and holder of the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Guide Seal, or to support the work it does, call 1‐800‐LUNG‐USA (1‐800‐586‐4872) or visit www.LungUSA.org. Paul G. Billings Vice President National Policy & Advocacy American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004‐1725 Phone: 202‐785‐3355 x 3988 Fax: 202 ‐452‐1805 [email protected] Paul Billings To Paul Billings American Lung Association is Gravely Disappointed Over EPA Continued Delay of Ozone Standard Repeated Delay Means Millions of Americans Must Breathe Dangerous Levels of Deadly Pollutant With No Relief In Sight Statement of Charles D. Connor, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Lung Association Washington, DC. December 8, 2010 –The American Lung Association is gravely disappointed over the decision announced today that the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to delay for the third time its final decision on the ozone national air quality standards, postponing the decision from December 31, 2010 to July 29, 2011. EPA’s delay leaves in peril the lives and the health of millions of Americans. As a result, the Lung Association is exploring legal options to require the EPA to issue a final standard. Putting off stronger standards means that lives will be lost. Based on EPA’s own estimates, a six–month delay means that an estimated 2,000 to 6,000 people will lose their lives because they must breathe air pollution that would have been cleaned up if the EPA had met its most recent deadline of December 31, 2010. Instead of acting, the EPA intends to call a special meeting of the independent review panel of scientists that provide EPA guidance on air pollution standards. The EPA’s decision to reconvene the 22 scientists, the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, is an unnecessary delay. These same scientists had unanimously supported the range in their first review that ended in 2006. The EPA went back to the Committee last year and they again unanimously recommended the same range: 60 to 70 parts per billion. Now, EPA returns and asks them to reconsider the same evidence again for the third time. If EPA seeks more guidance, they should consider that its Committee of scientific advisors was not the only group of experts recommending a much stronger standard. In the 2006 review, the American Lung Association and 15 other medical societies and public health organizations asked EPA to adopt the most protective level under consideration: 60 ppb. Supporters of the tighter standard included the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Thoracic Society, and the American Public Health Association. Ozone air pollution causes premature death, asthma attacks, and difficulty breathing. Ozone can send people with lung disease like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to the emergency room and the hospital. Delays in setting the standard causes delays in putting clean up measures in place that can reduce ozone and protect the health of millions of people. The EPA is required by the Clean Air Act to establish a national air quality standard that defines the limit on the amount of ozone pollution that can be in the air across the U.S. The public has a right to know when the level of air pollution in their community can harm health. The ozone standard drives the nationwide cleanup of this widespread and deadly pollutant. The federal government, states and communities must take steps to cut ozone. Delays to setting a standard mean delays to steps that can reduce the levels of ozone, and reduce premature deaths. Polluters and their supporters have placed intense pressure on the EPA, to get the EPA to weaken the standard or to ignore the legally firm requirements of the Clean Air Act. We urge the EPA to recognize that the polluters’ tired arguments about killing jobs are no truer now than they were decades ago. EPA’s duty to protect public health is core to their mission and the Clean Air Act. We urge EPA to adopt the strongest, most protective standard under consideration: 60 parts per billion. About the American Lung Association Now in its second century, the American Lung Association is the leading organization working to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease. With your generous support, the American Lung Association is “Fighting for Air” through research, education and advocacy. For more information about the American Lung Association, a Charity Navigator Four Star Charity and holder of the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Guide Seal, or to support the work it does, call 1‐800‐LUNG‐USA (1‐800‐586‐4872) or visit www.LungUSA.org. Paul G. Billings Vice President National Policy & Advocacy American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004‐1725 Phone: 202‐785‐3355 x 3988 Fax: 202 ‐452‐1805 [email protected] Paul Billings To Rob Brenner, John Millett, Gina McCarthy, Janet McCabe, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Mike Townsend March 1, 2011 202‐715‐3450 [email protected] American Lung Association Hails New Report on Lifesaving Benefits of the Clean Air Act WASHINGTON–The American Lung Association today hailed a new report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): The Benefits and Costs of the Clean Air Act from 1990 to 2020. The report documents the lifesaving value of investing in clean air including the benefits the Clean Air Act has provided for public health and the economy. The report estimates that the benefits of reducing fine particle and ground level ozone pollution under the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments will reach approximately $2 trillion in 2020 while saving 230,000 people from early death in that year alone. The estimated costs of public and private efforts to meet the requirements in the same span of time: only $65 billion—a ratio of $30 in benefits for every dollar invested in cleanup. “For forty years the Clean Air Act has safeguarded Americans and their families from toxic air pollution,” said Charles D. Connor, president and CEO of the American Lung Association. “While we have known that this law has improved public health, this report clearly quantifies the economic benefits directly attributable to the Clean Air Act.” According to the report, in 2010 alone the reductions in fine particle and ozone pollution from the 1990 Clean Air Act amendments prevented more than: 160,000 premature deaths 130,000 heart attacks 13 million lost work days 1.7 million asthma attacks These compelling health statistics debunk a common myth repeated by opponents of the Clean Air Act who claim clean, healthy air is too costly. The report is released at a time when Members of Congress and their supporters have advanced proposals that would place these public health gains in jeopardy. H.R. 1, the 2011 funding bill, would decimate the EPA’s ability to protect public health from life‐threatening air pollution. H.R. 1 slashes EPA’s budget by a third and the legislative riders attached to it will prevent the EPA from updating and implementing sensible health safeguards. Other measures have been introduced in Congress to block key Clean Air Act authority to address toxic air pollution. “We surveyed the American people and found that those who want to interfere with EPA’s implementation of the Clean Air Act are out of touch with what the public wants,” said Connor. “The public strongly supports EPA cleaning up toxic mercury pollution, smog and carbon dioxide. The latest information about the Clean Air Act’s benefits should remind Congress of the enormous benefits of cleaner, healthier air.” ### About the American Lung Association Now in its second century, the American Lung Association is the leading organization working to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease. With your generous support, the American Lung Association is “Fighting for Air” through research, education and advocacy. For more information about the American Lung Association, a Charity Navigator Four Star Charity and holder of the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Guide Seal, or to support the work it does, call 1‐800‐LUNG‐USA (1‐800‐586‐4872) or visit www.LungUSA.org. Paul G. Billings Vice President National Policy & Advocacy American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004‐1725 Phone: 202‐785‐3355 x 3988 Fax: 202 ‐452‐1805 [email protected] Paul Billings To Rob Brenner, Joseph Goffman, Peter Tsirigotis, Michael Goo, I note that the Mercury and Air Toxics Power Plant Rule has not yet appeared in the Federal Register. We are concerned that this delay will compress amount of time available for EPA to complete the rulemaking on the court ordered schedule. Please advise when the NPRM will appear thanks Paul G. Billings Vice President National Policy & Advocacy American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004‐1725 Phone: 202‐785‐3355 x 3988 Fax: 202 ‐452‐1805 [email protected] Paul Billings To Teri Porterfield Awesome I’ll be standing by [email protected] Paul G. Billings Senior Vice President, Advocacy & Education American Lung Association 202‐785‐3355 x 3988 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 6:18 PM To: Paul Billings Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Time for a quick chat? Hi Paul, Hope you are doing well. I put it on Bob's call sheet for 8:15 - we'll try to make it happen... Teri Porterfield This is your World. Shape it or someone else will. 202-564-7683 Paul Billings ---02/05/2013 06:11:36 PM---Hi Bob I was wondering if you had some time this week for a brief chat. I am in by 7:30/7:45 most d From: Paul Billings Hi Bob I was wondering if you had some time this week for a brief chat. I am in by 7:30/7:45 most days we can calendar something or you can call my cell 240‐472‐8372 when you have a few free minutes. thanks NOTE new email [email protected] Paul G. Billings Senior Vice President, Advocacy & Education American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004‐1725 Phone: 202‐785‐3355 x 3988 Fax: 202 ‐452‐1805 Penny To Gina McCarthy Lassiter/RTP/USEPA/US cc 02/17/2010 12:32 PM bcc Subject Accepted: Pre-Brief - Sierra Club re. RTR deadline suit Peter Iwanowicz To Gina McCarthy, Janet McCabe, Arvin Ganesan, Laura Hi all: The attached is running in some hill publications this week. It is also on‐line here. Thank you to all of you for withstanding the relentless pressure from those who were trying to thwart your efforts to set these life‐saving standards. Peter Peter Iwanowicz American Lung Association (202) 715‐3446 Please make note of my new email address and update your contacts file ([email protected]) Thank you President Obama.pdf Peter Iwanowicz To Rob Brenner, Jeffrey Clark, Brendan Gilfillan, Joseph NEW POLL SHOWS OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR EPA AND STRONGER SMOG STANDARDS Challenging industry assertions, voters reject economic arguments and support public health Americans across the country are overwhelmingly supportive of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the agency’s efforts to update standards for life‐threatening air pollutants such as smog, according to new data released today from a nationwide, bipartisan survey conducted by the American Lung Association. Central to the current debate in Congress, 75 percent of voters support the EPA setting stricter limits on smog, and a significant majority of voters reject the notion that stronger standards will impede economic recovery, with most believing that updated standards are likely to will create more jobs as a result of innovation and investment in new technologies. The full poll and additional information can be found here. Peter M. Iwanowicz Assistant Vice President American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004-1725 (202) 715-3446 (direct) (202) 785-3355 (main) (202) 697-1528 (mobile) [email protected] Peter South/RTP/USEPA/US To Carlos Alfaro, Don Zinger, Jean Walker, Joseph-J Dougherty, 04/16/2012 03:32 PM Mary Henigin, Crystal Edwards, Peter South, Maria Sanders, Alan Rush, Cindy Huang, Kirsten King, Sharon Cooperstein, Gregory Green, Lala Alston, Emily Atkinson, Mike Koerber cc Phil Lorang, Johnetta Heilig bcc Subject Fw: Meeting with Moapa Tribal Chairman I've attached background materials in prep for tomorrow's meeting with the Moapa Tribal Chairman (you may also want to check in with Darrel). reid-gardner_fact-sheet_April-2012.pdf Note that the fact sheet is from the Region 9 website. The proposed action was published on April 12. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-04-12/pdf/2012-8713.pdf Please call me or Phil Lorang with any questions. Thanks Pete South Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards/IO Office of Air and Radiation U.S. EPA Phone: 919 541-5359 Cell: 919 599-7213 ----- Forwarded by Peter South/RTP/USEPA/US on 04/16/2012 03:29 PM ----- Meeting with Moapa Tribal Chairman Tue 04/17/2012 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Attendance is for Janet McCabe Chair: Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US Sent By: Cindy Huang/DC/USEPA/US Location: Ariel Rios North room 5415, Rooms: ARN-OAR-Room-5415/DC-ARN-OAR@EPA 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20460 / conference: 1-866- Andrew Byrne/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Darrel Harmon/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Deborah Required: Jordan/R9/USEPA/US@EPA, [email protected], Janet McCabe/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Jeff Besougloff/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Steve Page/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA Cynthia Browne/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Don Zinger/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Emily Atkinson/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Kirsten King/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Lala Optional: Alston/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Peter South/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Sharon Peter South/RTP/USEPA/US To Janet McCabe 12/15/2011 08:17 PM cc Steve Page bcc Subject Re: PLEASE REVIEW: Remaining signature items for 2011 Sure--I'll follow-up with you in the morning. Janet McCabe ----- Original Message ----- From: Janet McCabe Sent: 12/15/2011 07:57 PM EST To: Peter South Cc: Steve Page Subject: Fw: PLEASE REVIEW: Remaining signature items for 2011 Pete--could you please coordinate with the troops tomorrow to confirm the OAQPS dates on this list that Venu is preparing for Diane? Re Chemical Manufacturing Area sources--is it going to OMB? If so, and if it's just in OP now, it's not liekly to be signed for a long time. If it doesn't need to go to OMB, then signature soon is more realistic thanks Janet McCabe Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator Office of Air and Radiation, USEPA Room 5426K, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20460 202-564-3206 [email protected] ----- Forwarded by Janet McCabe/DC/USEPA/US on 12/15/2011 07:52 PM ----- From: Venu Ghanta/DC/USEPA/US To: Janet McCabe/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 12/15/2011 07:24 PM Subject: PLEASE REVIEW: Remaining signature items for 2011 Janet-Please take a look and mark up as needed. I have excluded MATS and Secondary Lead for obvious reasons. I always marvel at how the regulatory timelines differ for OAQPS versus the other offices... Thanks, Venu RFS 2012 Volume Standards-Final Rule Status: Currently at OMB Deadline: Must be signed ASAP, as statutory deadline was (b) (5) DP Response to Sierra Club Petition regarding Ozone and PM Modeling Status: Currently under development Deadline: Must be signed by (b) (5) DP CSAPR as BART for Regional Haze Requirements-Proposed Rule Status: Currently at OMB Deadline: Proposal must be signed ASAP, as final rule must be signed by (b) (5) DP Adjustments to the Allowance System for Controlling HCFC Production, Import, and Export for 2012-2014-Proposed Rule Status: Currently at OMB Deadline: Signature requested by (b) (5) in order to publish by (b) (5) DP DP Area Source NESHAP for Chemical Manufacturing-Final Rule Status: Currently in OP for review Deadline: None Re-proposal of Confidentiality Determinations for Eight Subparts under the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule-Proposed Rule Status: Currently at OMB Deadline: Proposal must be signed ASAP, as final rule must be signed by (b) (5) Peter South/RTP/USEPA/US To Peter South 04/16/2012 04:44 PM cc Alan Rush, Carlos Alfaro, Cindy Huang, Crystal Edwards, Don Zinger, Emily Atkinson, Gregory Green, Jean Walker, Johnetta Heilig, Joseph-J Dougherty, Kirsten King, Lala Alston, Maria Sanders, Mary Henigin, Mike Koerber, Phil Lorang, Sharon Cooperstein bcc Subject Re: Fw: Meeting with Moapa Tribal Chairman Additional materials developed by Region 9 in prep for tomorrow's meeting. Please call me or Phil Lorang with any questions. Thanks From: Colleen McKaughan/R9/USEPA/US To: Phil Lorang/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Darrel Harmon/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: Megan Brachtl/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Kristin Riha/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Lea Anderson/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 04/16/2012 04:36 PM Subject: Re: Fw: Meeting with Moapa Tribal Chairman Here is a short briefing paper for the meeting tomorrow. They are consulting during the public comment period so the conversation should be docketed. Can you send me your summary and I will make sure it gets in to the docket? Thanks! Colleen W. McKaughan Associate Director, Air Division USEPA, Region 9 (520) 498-0118 Pete South Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards/IO Office of Air and Radiation U.S. EPA Phone: 919 541-5359 Cell: 919 599-7213 Peter South I've attached background materials in p... 04/16/2012 03:32:59 PM From: Peter South/RTP/USEPA/US To: Carlos Alfaro/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Don Zinger/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Jean Walker/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Joseph-J Dougherty/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Mary Henigin/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Crystal Edwards/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Peter South/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Maria Sanders/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Alan Rush/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Cindy Huang/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Kirsten King/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Sharon Cooperstein/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Gregory Green/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Lala Alston/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Emily Atkinson/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Mike Koerber/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: Phil Lorang/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Johnetta Heilig/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 04/16/2012 03:32 PM Subject: Fw: Meeting with Moapa Tribal Chairman Peter To Gina McCarthy Tsirigotis/RTP/USEPA/US cc 05/21/2012 09:50 AM bcc Subject ferroalloys I confirmed that Sierra club has raised ecological analyses and ESA in their comments on the ferroalloys proposal. It's apparently now standard practice for them to raise these issues. I also found out that OGC staff are briefing Scott today at 3:30 pm to get his reaction before the Thursday meeting with you. Peter Zalzal To Gina McCarthy, Joseph Goffman, Steve Page, Assistant Administrator McCarthy: Attached please find a letter from the American Lung Association, Environmental Defense Fund, and the Natural Resources Defense Council respectfully requesting that EPA move forward expeditiously with nonattainment designations for the revised sulfur dioxide national ambient air quality standards. Best wishes, Peter Zalzal Peter Zalzal Staff Attorney Environmental Defense Fund 2060 Broadway, Suite 300 Boulder, CO 80302 T 303 447 7214 C 303 946 0907 F 303 440 8052 [email protected] edf.org This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete this e-mail and destroy any copies. Any dissemination or use of this information by a person other than the intended recipient is unauthorized and may be illegal. SO2 NAAQS Designation letter ALA EDF NRDC.pdf States' Recommended Nonattainment Designations for SO2 10.pdf Peter Zalzal To LisaP Jackson, Gina McCarthy, Janet McCabe, Joseph Dear Administrator Jackson: Please find attached Environmental Defense Fund, Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, Clean Air Task Force, and the Center for Biological Diversity’s petition respectfully requesting reconsideration of the above‐referenced final rule. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Peter Zalzal Peter Zalzal Staff Attorney Environmental Defense Fund 2060 Broadway, Suite 300 Boulder, CO 80302 T 303 447 7214 C 303 946 0907 F 303 440 8052 [email protected] edf.org This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete this e-mail and destroy any copies. Any dissemination or use of this information by a person other than the intended recipient is unauthorized and may be illegal. Inputs Deferral Reconsideration Petn.pdf Comments of Sierra Club et al on Proposed Deferral and Call for Information.pdf Ex 18.pdf Ex 26.pdf Phillip Brooks/DC/USEPA/US To Janet McCabe 11/30/2010 09:05 PM cc bcc Subject Thank you. Janet McCabe ----- Original Message ----- From: Janet McCabe Sent: 11/30/2010 08:52 PM EST To: Phillip Brooks Subject: Fw: biomass comments to EPA here's a short note from one of the key objectors. i'll see what else I can find. Janet McCabe Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator Office of Air and Radiation, USEPA Room 5426K, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20460 202-564-3206 [email protected] ----- Forwarded by Janet McCabe/DC/USEPA/US on 11/30/2010 08:52 PM ----- From: [email protected] To: Janet McCabe/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 09/12/2010 08:57 PM Subject: biomass comments to EPA Dear Ms. McCabe, please read my comments to the EPA and forward to others there. Thanks Ron Saff If I was employed by the EPA and my job was to make policy on whether or not biomass plants should receive the continued green light from the government, one of the issues I would be deeply concerned about would be my reputation. If these biomass plants are allowed to continue to be approved, the consequences will be massive deforestation and an increase in death, disease and cancer. It will be just a matter of time before the NY Times or 60 Minutes discovers this massive biomass scam that has been foisted on the American public, and they will likely name the lead people from the EPA and other govt agencies that had a hand in the approval of these pollution belching incinerators.Personal embarrasment for all those involved in a decision to increase biomass plant approval will likely follow as the public realizes just what a massive scandal these are. As a physician, I am well aware of the hazardous health impacts. Biomass plants release tons of particle pollution, this is no secret , it says so in their applications.According to the American Heart Association, there is no safe threshold for particle pollution, in other words, there is no safe level or number. The AHA states that the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) standards are not stringent enough to protect our health. There is a linear relationship between the amount of air pollution and the amount of heart attacks and death, not only from heart disease but from ALL CAUSES.In other words, the higher the level of particle pollution, the higher the death rate and the only safe level is zero. In a Nov 16 2009 letter from Scott Keays of the American Lung Association to Sen. Kerry here are some of the specific wording:"Burning wood, like burning any other substance, releases toxic chemicals and particles which can negatively affect both the environment and respiratory health"."Biomass and diesel emissions are particularly harmful.""The concerns about generating electricity through biomass become even more troubling when you consider how wasteful and inefficient this source of power is." "Given the technology and the natural resources available to us, we do not believe that anyone should be forced to choose between electric power and their health". In a Feb 4 2010 statement, the Physicians for Social Responsiblity stated"If the proposed biomass power plants are built in the Pioneer Valley, the resulting excess air pollution would exacerbate an already unacceptable public health burden." The Massachusetts Medical Society and the Florida Medical Association, worried about the health impacts of biomass plants, have also come out with statements against them. In recognition of the numerous and serious adverse health consequences that can result from human exposure to the components of emissions of biomass burning, the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians (NCAFP) has issued a letter of concern regarding the development of biomass burning plants in the State of North Carolina on April 19, 2010. In short, the hazardous health impacts including death, disease and cancer is well known and acknowledged by the medical community; physican groups and medical associations representing tens of thousands of doctors across the U.S.have weighed in against the deadly impacts of biomass plants.The media will likely link any further decisions to approve biomass plants with those specific government officials that gave the approval, this could be a "career -ender". Ronald Saff,MD 2300 Centerville Rd. Tallahassee, Fla [email protected] Phillippa To Cathy Milbourn, Enesta Jones, Julia Valentine, John Millett, Cannon/R5/USEPA/US Andrea Drinkard 07/30/2012 01:48 PM cc bcc Subject Fw: EPA Administrator signs a petition response Order for Georgia-Pacifc, located in Green Bay, WI FYI. in case you get calls. ----- Forwarded by Phillippa Cannon/R5/USEPA/US on 07/30/2012 12:47 PM ----- From: Susan Kraj/R5/USEPA/US To: Phillippa Cannon/R5/USEPA/US@EPA, Cc: Genevieve Damico/R5/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 07/30/2012 12:35 PM Subject: EPA Administrator signs a petition response Order for Georgia-Pacifc, located in Green Bay, WI Just a heads up in case there is any press interest or questions about this action. Thanks, Susan Kraj Air Permit Section 3-2654 On July 23, 2012, the Administrator responded to a July 23, 2011 petition submitted by the Sierra Club, the Clean Water Action Council and the Midwest Environmental Defense Center (Petitioners). The Petitioners asked EPA to object to a Clean Air Act Title V operating permit issued by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products, located in Green Bay, WI. The Administrator denied this petition. The main issues raised in the petition were that the permit lacks applicable prevention of significant deterioration and new source performance standard requirements, and that the permit lacks applicable requirements ensuring protection of air quality increments. Rebecca To Janet McCabe, Addie Johnson Weber/R7/USEPA/US cc 01/17/2011 11:10 AM bcc Subject Re: Sunflower permit appeal We can also touch base on your ag request then. Karl hired a new ag advisor starting this week so i suspect he will be helpful. Sent by EPA Wireless E-Mail Services Janet McCabe ----- Original Message ----- From: Janet McCabe Sent: 01/17/2011 09:13 AM EST To: Rebecca Weber; Addie Johnson Subject: Re: Sunflower permit appeal At this point my afternoon is remarkably free. Addie, can you and becky find a time that works for her please? Thanks Rebecca Weber ----- Original Message ----- From: Rebecca Weber Sent: 01/17/2011 08:12 AM EST To: Janet McCabe Subject: Fw: Sunflower permit appeal I will be in dc next week. Do u have time to meet w me on the 26th on sunflower update and alternatives? Sent by EPA Wireless E-Mail Services MarkA Smith ----- Original Message ----- From: MarkA Smith Sent: 01/14/2011 11:27 AM CST To: Rebecca Weber; John Smith Cc: Karl Brooks; William Rice; Robert Patrick; Sara HertzWu; Rich Hood; David Bryan; David Cozad; Dana Skelley; Ward Burns Subject: Fw: Sunflower permit appeal SC filed their appeal today. Likely we will get calls. As a starter, I suggest we use something similar to what we used last month: (b) (5) DP If asked: We are under no legal time frame for our review. ----- Forwarded by MarkA Smith/R7/USEPA/US on 01/14/2011 11:24 AM ----- From: "Stephanie Cole" Stephanie [attachment "1944 petition for judicial review.pdf" deleted by Janet McCabe/DC/USEPA/US] [attachment "EJ Sierra Club Permit Appeal PR 2011 FINAL.doc" deleted by Janet McCabe/DC/USEPA/US] [attachment "Sunflower Coal Plant Permit Factsheet.doc" deleted by Janet McCabe/DC/USEPA/US] Richard Ossias/DC/USEPA/US To Scott Fulton, Gina McCarthy, Susan Hedman, Robert Kaplan cc Brenda Mallory, Avi Garbow, Joel Beauvais, Janet McCabe, 06/20/2011 11:01 AM Steve Page, Scott Mathias, Anna Wood, Michael Ling, Phil Lorang, Raj Rao, OGC RCs and DRCs, Ronald Fein, Tim Williamson, Flaire Mills, Robert Smolski, Nancy Tommelleo, Vera Kornylak, Louise Gross, Suzanne Smith, Dana Skelley, Robert Patrick, Jonah Staller, Sara Laumann, Nina Spiegelman, Jefferson Wehling, Meg Silver, Kara Christenson, Ann Lyons, Tom Olivier, Elliott Zenick, Scott Jordan, Jonathan Averback, Susan Tennenbaum, Jonathan Averback, David Orlin, Sara Schneeberg, Air Division Directors and Deputies bcc Subject Fw: Favorable Decision in NRDC v. Jackson (7th Circuit) (Challenge to EPA's approval of 2002 NSR Reform provisions into Wisconsin SIP) - Copy of Decision and Summary Scott Jordan's note below explains the favorable court result in the challenge to our approval of Wisconsin's NSR Reform provisions into their SIP. (b)(5) ACP Scott J (OGC) and Susan Tennenbaum (ORC-5) were the lead EPA attorneys working with DOJ on the case, with guidance from Elliott Zenick, David Orlin, Sara Schneeberg, and Jon Averback here in OGC. Thanks to all who contributed. ----- Forwarded by Richard Ossias/DC/USEPA/US on 06/20/2011 10:43 AM ----- From: Scott Jordan/DC/USEPA/US To: OGC ARLO Date: 06/20/2011 07:48 AM Subject: Favorable Decision in NRDC v. Jackson (7th Circuit) (Challenge to EPA's approval of 2002 NSR Reform provisions into Wisconsin SIP) - Copy of Decision and Summary On June 16, 2011, the Seventh Circuit denied the petitions for review filed by NRDC and Sierra Club challenging EPA's approval of the 2002 NSR Reform provisions into the Wisconsin SIP. A copy of the court's opinion is attached. BACKGROUND: In 2002, EPA adopted certain revisions to the NSR applicability provisions. These revisions are commonly referred to as NSR Reform. In subsequent litigation, the D.C. Circuit upheld three of the revisions and struck down two of the revisions. New York v. EPA, 413 F.3d 3 (D. C. Cir. 2005) ("New York I"). The three provisions upheld by the New York I court were: (1) the use of past and projected actual emissions to measure emissions increases (as opposed to potential emissions); (2) the use of a ten-year lookback period from which the source could select a 24-month baseline period to measure past emissions, and (3) a "Plantwide Applicability Limitation" (or "PAL") program, under which a source can opt to have a plant-wide emissions limit, which then allows the source to make changes that increase and decrease emissions within the source, as long as the source's total emissions stay within the overall limit. EPA ACTION UNDER REVIEW: Wisconsin adopted these three NSR Reform provisions and submitted them to EPA for approval into the Wisconsin SIP. Petitioners submitted comments arguing that these NSR Reform provisions were "backsliding" prohibited under CAA sections 110(l) and 193. EPA approved the Wisconsin SIP revisions and addressed Petitioners' arguments about backsliding by (1) noting that the provisions had been upheld by the New York I court, (2) that the general analysis that EPA had done to support the 2002 rule supported NSR Reform in Wisconsin, and (3) Petitioners had not provided any information or arguments demonstrating that the general analysis did not apply in Wisconsin, and that information in the record countered Petitioners' specific arguments that the revisions would be backsliding. COURT DECISION AND WARNING: The primary issue addressed in the opinion was whether EPA's approval of the NSR Reform provisions into the Wisconin SIP was backsliding prohibited by CAA sections 110(l) and 193. The Court held that EPA's decision was not contrary to these provisions. First, the court found that Petitioners' arguments were a repeat of the arguments that they had made and lost in New York I. Opinion at 3-5. Second, the court held that the general analysis that supported the NSR Reform provisions when they were challenged after promulgation "supply substantial evidence for the EPA's decision [with respect to the Wisconsin SIP] and show that it is neither arbitrary or capricious." Opinion at 5. But, the court did give EPA a warning: The court noted that some states have implemented the NSR Reform provisions and that the experience in those states might support or refute EPA's conclusions. In this case, neither EPA nor Petitioners provided the court with any information on that experience, and so "as long as the judiciary remains behind the veil of ignorance, it must accept EPA's projections." Opinion at 5-7. The court further said, however, that "[a]t some point, preferring predictions over facts is not longer rational." Opinion at 7. There were two other holdings in the opinion: 1. No need for further comment period on EPA's response to comments - The court rejected Petitioners argument that EPA should have allowed another round of comments to give interested parties the opportunity to comment on EPA's responses to the first round of comments. Opinion at 7-8 ("[T]he public gets to comment on the proposed rules, not on the agency’s response to earlier public comments.") 2. Arguments not made during comment period are not preserved for judicial review - Petitioners' argument that the SIP submission contains an error in Wisconsin's definition of "major modification" was not raised to EPA during the comment period, and so cannot be made during judicial review. Opinion at 8. Richard To Janet McCabe Wayland/RTP/USEPA/US cc Kristina Friedman 12/21/2011 10:34 AM bcc Subject Re: sierra letter Thanks... Liz and I are doing the clean review now, so thank for the catch. Janet McCabe I just talked to Chet about another clarif... 12/21/2011 10:29:59 AM From: Janet McCabe/DC/USEPA/US To: Kristina Friedman/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Richard Wayland/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 12/21/2011 10:29 AM Subject: sierra letter I just talked to Chet about another clarification on p. 3 which he's going to work on, but then I also noticed a typo in the 2nd paragraph of p 4--"Example" should be 'example" OGC is working on the cover note Thanks Janet McCabe Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator Office of Air and Radiation, USEPA Room 5426K, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20460 202-564-3206 [email protected] Rob Brenner/DC/USEPA/US To Beth Craig 04/29/2010 02:11 PM cc bcc Subject Re: Fw: Oil Burning Thanks a lot , Beth. Rob Beth Craig Rob, per our discussion earlier, Beth ---... 04/29/2010 02:07:19 PM From: Beth Craig/DC/USEPA/US To: Rob Brenner/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 04/29/2010 02:07 PM Subject: Fw: Oil Burning Rob, per our discussion earlier, Beth ------Sent by EPA Wireless E-Mail Services From: Gina McCarthy Sent: 04/29/2010 02:00 PM EDT To: Beth Craig Cc: "Don Zinger" Beth - can you ask Alan to have the EOC connect with ALA (Paul's info is below) per Bob P's request. (b) (5) DP From: Bob Perciasepe Sent: 04/29/2010 01:48 PM EDT To: Gina McCarthy Subject: Fw: Oil Burning Gina. This from Paul. I told him you would follow up. Bob Perciasepe Office of the Administrator (o)202 564 4711 (c) 202 (b) (6) From: Paul Billings [[email protected]] Sent: 04/29/2010 01:45 PM AST To: Bob Perciasepe Subject: Oil Burning Thanks for sharing the information with me last night If asked, here is what we are saying to the media and the public The American Lung Association is deeply concerned about the health threats presented by air emissions from the Gulf Coast oil spill and subsequent burning. These emissions could lead to adverse health effects, especially for children, older adults, and people with chronic lung disease, heart diseases and diabetes. However, it can even harm healthy adults. Health effects can include coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath, as well as more serious effects that could be life-threatening, such as asthma attacks and heart attacks. We offer the following guidance to Gulf Coast residents to protect your lung health: o Identify how local authorities will notify you during a disaster and how you will get information, whether through local radio, TV or NOAA Weather Radio stations or channels. o Children, older adults and individuals with lung disease or other chronic conditions are particularly at risk. If you or a family member are in one of these groups, be sure to prepare with your doctor or health care provider steps you can take if the air quality worsens in your area. Check with your doctor or healthcare provider if you are experiencing breathing difficulty. In an emergency, dial 9-1-1. o Stay indoors and reduce physical activity outdoors as long as unhealthy air conditions continue. Close windows, doors and fireplace dampers; use air conditioners on the recirculation setting so outside air will not be moved into the room. The American Lung Association also urges governments to move swiftly to protect lung health, and suggests the following: o We are encouraging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the impacted states to deploy air pollution monitors to detect harmful gases, particulate matter and hazardous air pollutants resulting from the oil spill and any burning of the oil. o We are urging the EPA, Department of Homeland Security, states and local governments to inform the public and the medical and public health community about the potential health threats. We recommend these agencies update the public rapidly as the situation changes. o Finally, the EPA, Department of Homeland Security, states and local governments must inform the public about what steps should be taken to reduce or mitigate the health threat posed by any emissions from the oil spill or burn. Reactive use only, should you receive any questions regarding wearing masks: Particle masks (N95) will help protect against some particles but not fumes. These masks may be useful for people with lung disease in the event of dense smoke from an oil burn. Ordinary medical masks may be better than nothing but not likely to be adequate. Paul G. Billings Vice President National Policy & Advocacy American Lung Association 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004‐1725 Phone: 202‐785‐3355 x 3988 Fax: 202 ‐452‐1805 [email protected] Rob Brenner/DC/USEPA/US To Cheryl Newton 06/29/2010 02:41 PM cc Anna Wood, Janet McCabe, Steve Marquardt, Steve Page bcc Subject Re: Evening Plans Tomorrow in Chicago Thanks Cheryl, I would have loved to do it, but I'll be flying back to DC tomorrow night. I really appreciate the offer. Rob Cheryl Newton Hi - Sorry for the late notice but you ma... 06/29/2010 02:02:10 PM From: Cheryl Newton/R5/USEPA/US To: Steve Page/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Janet McCabe/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Rob Brenner/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Anna Wood/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: Steve Marquardt/R5/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 06/29/2010 02:02 PM Subject: Evening Plans Tomorrow in Chicago Hi - Sorry for the late notice but you may enjoy this and we'd love to share the opportunity. While you all are in town on tomorrow, June 30, we are also having a meeting of our Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative. As part of the meeting we are having a celebration on board a cruise vessel from Navy Pier the evening of June 30. This is a vessel that we actually plan to have repowered (engine replacement) with our FY09/2010 diesel funds. The cruise boards from 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm and then runs from 7 pm to 10 pm. It includes dinner and there are fireworks around 9:30 as well. The function is sponsored and will have approximately 60 people that work to reduce diesel emissions regionally including non-profits like American Lung Association and industry folks like Caterpillar, Cummins, etc.. OTAQ (Jim Blubaugh) will also be attending on the HQ side. I plan to let others at the Regional Haze meeting know about this opportunity but we would not be able to cover them under sponsorship. I wanted to specifically check with you all as we can fit you under the sponsorship if you plan to be in town and would like to participate. Please let me know if that is something that you would be interested in and we can get you under the sponsorship and generate tickets. Thanks http://www.mysticbluecruises.com/ Rob Brenner/DC/USEPA/US To Gina McCarthy 03/15/2010 05:13 PM cc Brenner.Rob, Joseph Goffman, mccabe.janet, McLean.Brian, Page.Steve, porterfield.teri, Zinger.Don bcc Subject Re: Fw: Requesting a meeting to discuss CAIR I also agree that we should meet with them Gina McCarthy Unless I hear a dissenting voice, I am i... 03/15/2010 02:21:56 PM From: Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], Joseph Goffman/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, [email protected] Cc: [email protected], [email protected] Date: 03/15/2010 02:21 PM Subject: Fw: Requesting a meeting to discuss CAIR Unless I hear a dissenting voice, I am inclined to move forward with this mtg. ----- Forwarded by Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US on 03/15/2010 02:20 PM ----- From: Janice Nolen Hello, Gina, We and our colleagues in the environmental community appreciate the willingness you and your staff have shown to talk with us on many issues. We would like to schedule a meeting with you to discuss the CAIR replacement rule under development. We understand you are hoping to announce something next month. Thank you, Janice Nolen Janice E. Nolen Assistant Vice President National Policy and Advocacy American Lung Association [email protected] 1301 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004-1725 P 202-785-3355 C 202-486-0285 F 202-452-1805 Rob Brenner/DC/USEPA/US To "Janet McCabe" 05/10/2011 05:36 PM cc Gina McCarthy, Janet McCabe, Joseph Goffman bcc Subject Re: FW: "Coal Cares," Nationwide Campaign to Fight Asthma Stigma I got it this morning from an enviro with a note indicating that it's a satire from the "Yes Men". Rob "Janet McCabe" Unbelievable.... _____ 05/10/2011 04:21:35 PM From: "Janet McCabe" (b) (6) To: Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Rob Brenner/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Joseph Goffman/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: Janet McCabe/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 05/10/2011 04:21 PM Subject: FW: "Coal Cares," Nationwide Campaign to Fight Asthma Stigma Unbelievable.... From: Kathryn Watson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 12:40 PM To: 'Tim Method'; Rosemary Spalding; 'Lori Kaplan'; (b) (6) ; Felicia Robinson Subject: FW: "Coal Cares," Nationwide Campaign to Fight Asthma Stigma The “stigma” of asthma? In other words…hey kids, it’s cool to have asthma! Is this a cruel joke? My precious great‐niece Maddy (4 yrs. old) went to the emergency room early Sunday morning for shortness of breath…her first asthma attack. From: Hoosier Discussion, Alerts and Announcements [ mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lin Kaatz Chary Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 12:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: "Coal Cares," Nationwide Campaign to Fight Asthma Stigma NOTE: This HOOSIER-TOPICS discussion list is open to anyone. Messages posted do not necessarily represent positions of the Sierra Club. ------Just got this from a colleague - and thought that this list would really appreciate it. As she wrote to me, "now THIS is funny." From: [email protected] [ mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peabody Energy Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 9:08 AM Subject: Peabody Announces "Coal Cares," Nationwide Campaign to Fight Asthma Stigma Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) Announces "Coal Cares™" Initiative, New Nationwide Campaign Against Stigma of Childhood Asthma ST. LOUIS, May 10, 2011 / PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Peabody Energy today announced the creation of an innovative new public health initiative designed to combat the stigma of asthma among American children ages 0-18. With Coal Cares™ ( www.coalcares.org), Peabody will offer free, custom-branded inhaler actuators to children living within 200 miles of a coal plant, along with coupons worth $10 towards the purchase of the asthma medication itself. "Too many young Americans face daily schoolyard taunting and bullying because of a condition over which they have no control," said Gregory H. Boyce, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Peabody Energy. "By re-branding the inhaler as a cool, individualized, must-have accessory, Coal Cares™ will empower children to tell bullies: ‘suck it up.’" Children can choose from a variety of youth-themed inhaler cases, from tween faves like "the Bieber" and "My Little Pony," to the "Emo" and "Diamond" inhalers for older, style-conscious youth. There’s even "My First Inhaler," for tots. Coal Cares™ launches today in commemoration of Asthma Awareness Month, the Environmental Protection Agency’s effort to call attention to rising asthma rates, especially among children. Coal Cares™ and its Puff-Puff™ line of inhalers is the first, and most ambitious, market-friendly public health initiative of this scope of any privately-owned American company, and testifies to the energy industry’s commitment to the well-being of all citizens, including the youngest. "Our actions are guided by a singular mission: to be a leading worldwide producer and supplier of balanced energy solutions, which power economic prosperity and well-being," said Boyce. "Coal Cares™ brings this mission to life, empowering children everywhere to take control of their destinies, beginning with their own lungs." "Coal Cares™ is emblematic of the return to self-reliance that healthy entrepreneurship demands," said James Miasmus, Vice President of Government Affairs at Peabody USA. "Costly ‘scrubbing’ technology, on the other hand, is an untested and heavy-handed intrusion into our still-vulnerable economy. At Peabody, we're thinking globally but acting locally, and locating preventive action at the point of consumption, where it belongs." "Coal Cares™ isn’t just the name of a campaign," said Kevin Briesslau, Vice President of Communications at Peabody Coal. "It’s a philosophy, a way of doing business in harmony with the community we are a part of. After all, coal is the fastest-growing fuel in the world. We're part of America’s heritage, and we’re here to stay." To learn more about Peabody's Coal Cares™ initiative, visit: www.coalcares.org. Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) is the world's largest private-sector coal company and a global leader in clean coal solutions. With 2010 sales of 246 million tons and nearly $7 billion in revenues, Peabody fuels 10 percent of U.S. power and 2 percent of worldwide electricity. CONTACT: Vic Ganey Phone (314) 472-5539 SOURCE Peabody Energy Lin Kaatz Chary, PhD, MPH Indiana Toxics Action c/o 7726 Locust Avenue Gary, IN 46403 USA VOICE: (219) 938-0209 FAX: (435) 603-0498 [email protected] ITAP: Analysis - Education - Action From: @K.ST Action: REJECT Robert To "Gina McCarthy" Goulding/DC/USEPA/US cc "Shalini Vajjhala" 12/01/2009 02:33 PM bcc Subject Fw: Invitation for Copenhagen BGA event Any thoughts? This is after LPJ departs scheduling ----- Original Message ----- From: scheduling Sent: 12/01/2009 02:31 PM EST To: Robert Goulding; Heidi Ellis Subject: Fw: Invitation for Copenhagen BGA event FYI - I already told Yvette that the Admin will be unable to attend, but they would welcome a delegate (maybe LIsa H or Gina if they are still there) - Thanks, Dan ----- Forwarded by Daniel Gerasimowicz/DC/USEPA/US on 12/01/2009 02:30 PM ----- From: Yvette Pena Lopes Attached is a letter of invitation to Administrator Jackson for an event in Copenhagen. The Blue Green Alliance is bringing a delegation of labor and environmental leaders to the UNFCCC meetings in Copenhagen, Denmark, and is planning several high profile educational and media events, including a large reception on Thursday, December 17. Along with our sister organization Blue Green Canada, Change to Win, United Nations Environment Program, and other partner organizations, BGA has secured a terrific venue near the Bella Convention Center. We believe this event will serve as an important networking opportunity to connect different constituencies and perspectives from around the world. We would like to invite the Administor to join us and would be honored to have you share a few words with attendees. Other speakers will include LiUNA President Terence O’Sullivan, Utility Workers Union of America’s President D. Michael Langford, Sierra Club Executive President Carl Pope, Natural Resources Defense Council Frances Beinecke, and other domestic and international leaders. Date: Thursday, December 17, 2009 Time: 8:00 pm Location: Mogens Dahl Koncertsal, located at Snorresgade 22 – DK-2300 Copenhagen. Yvette Pena Lopes Director of Legislation and Intergovernmental Affairs Blue Green Alliance 1133 15th St, NW Suite 1075 Washington, DC 20005 Direct: 202-675-2392 Cell: 202-713-2149 [email protected] Robin Kime/DC/USEPA/US To "Rick Hind" 03/23/2011 11:53 AM cc bcc Subject Re: MTG. REQ ON CHEMICAL DISASTER PREVENTION Thank you ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Hind [[email protected]] Sent: 03/23/2011 11:47 AM AST To: Robin Kime Cc: Heidi Ellis; Janet Means-Thomas Subject: Re: MTG. REQ ON CHEMICAL DISASTER PREVENTION Robin, Thank you, that sounds great. I am reachable at (202) 319-2445 all day. Thanks again, Rick On 3/23/2011 11:10 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Hi Rick, > > Michael's scheduler is out sick today; I'll give you a call later in the > day to talk through some options. > > I look forward to talking with you. > > Robin W. Kime > Office of the Administrator/Office of Policy > Phone (202) 564-6587 > Fax (202) 501-1688 > > > > > From: Rick Hind -- Rick Hind Legislative Director, Greenpeace 702 H Street, NW #300 Washington, DC 20001 (202) 319-2445 (direct) (202) 413-8513 (cell) (202) 462-1177 (switch board) (202) 462-4507 (fax) [email protected] www.greenpeaceusa.org Robin Kime/DC/USEPA/US To "Shannon Kenny", "Alex Barron" 03/23/2011 10:18 AM cc bcc Subject Fw: MTG. REQ ON CHEMICAL DISASTER PREVENTION May we discuss how best to prepare for this? Heidi Ellis ----- Original Message ----- From: Heidi Ellis Sent: 03/23/2011 09:30 AM EDT To: Robin Kime; Sarah Dale Cc: Michael Goo Subject: Fw: MTG. REQ ON CHEMICAL DISASTER PREVENTION I spoke to Michael about this and he is fine with taking the meeting. ----- Forwarded by Heidi Ellis/DC/USEPA/US on 03/23/2011 09:29 AM ----- From: Heidi Ellis/DC/USEPA/US To: Rick Hind Hello Mr. Hind, Thank you for your request. We prefer that you meet with Michael Goo, Associate Administrator for the Office of Policy, as he is the lead for cross-cutting efforts. I have included his Chief of Staff and Special Assistant on this e-mail so they can coordinate with you. Thank you. ______Heidi M. Ellis Director of Scheduling Office of the Administrator | US EPA Rick Hind Dear Heidi, On behalf or our blue-green... 03/22/2011 12:54:27 PM From: Rick Hind Dear Heidi, On behalf or our blue-green coalition we would like to request a meeting with Administrator Jackson about a regulator proposal we have made to Office of Air and Water leaders including Gina McCarthy, Debbie Dietrich, Dana Tulis, Cynthia Dougherty as well as Deputy Administrator Bob Perciasepe. To the credit of the EPA and Department of Homeland Security, the Obama administration has consistently taken urged Congress to require the use safer chemical processes at high risk chemical plants: http://homeland.house.gov/sites/homeland.house.gov/files/Testimony%20Beers_1.p df http://www.dhs.gov/files/programs/gc_1176736485793.shtm http://www.epa.gov/ocir/hearings/testimony/111_2009_2010/2010_0303_pss.pdf After passing H.R. 2868 in the House in 2009, chemical security and disaster prevention legislation died in the Senate in 2010. The prospects for truly protective legislation look no better this year. More than 100 groups support this legislation including the AFL-CIO, United Auto Workers, United Steel Workers, Communications Workers of America, Teamsters, Sierra Club, Environmental Defense Fund, Physicians for Social Responsibility, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, Clean Water Action, OMB Watch, League of Conservation Voters, etc. As result our blue-green coalition would like to meet with Administrator Jackson and other EPA leaders to discuss regulatory options with you and any other relevant Agency staff you recommend. For example, we would like to explore the use of the Clean Air Act's general duty clause in section 112 (r) (1). As you may know, this authority was cited by the EPA in their 2002 proposal led by former Deputy Administrator Linda Fisher (now VP at DuPont). We think the current EPA could improve on the 2002 proposal but what's most promising is the priority given to hazard reduction such as: "Making chemical processes inherently safer by reducing quantities of hazardous chemicals handled or stored, substituting less hazardous chemicals for extremely ones or otherwise modifying the design of a process to reduce or eliminate chemical hazards." For more details on this proposal I've attached documents from the EPA's 2002 proposal which include: -- EPA's roll out plan at the White House -- EPA proposed guidance referencing the general duty clause & inherently safer technologies -- EPA Q&A on the program -- Draft Announcement by Administrator Whitman -- A slide presentation given by Deputy Administrator Linda Fisher Below are a few sobering examples of why such preventive action is so urgently needed: On February 24thH ABC News reported on the the hazards posed by U.S. refineries: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/hydrofluoric-acid-risk-oil-refineries/story?id=1 2985686&page=1 The November 15, 2010 Washington Post, reported that the Lashkar terrorist organization that committed the 2008 attacks in in Mumbai, India, asked a now convicted U.S.ally to "conduct surveillance of an unnamed chemical plant in MARYLAND." The request shows that Lashkar was gathering intelligence on U.S. targets as early as 2001. http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/11/the-man-behind-mumbai.php On November 9, 2010, "A man crashed his sport-utility vehicle through an entrance gate at a plant in Clute and sped through the facility while shouting, 'We're' all gonna die!' before the SUV slammed into an 18-wheeler outside the gate." http://www.chron.com/disp/story.l/bizarre/7287659.html A November 9, 2010 explosion occurred at a NY duPont killed one worker: http://www.jems.com/article/news/fatal-explosion-ny-chemical-plhttp://www.wben .com/One-Dead--One-Injured-In-Explosion-at-DuPont-Tonaw/8537114 http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/nation/chemical-tank-explodes-at-western-new -york-dupont-plant-killing-1-injuring-1-106974728.html On October 13, 2010, Homeland Security staff that over see chemical security said, “the U.S. intelligence community has changed its estimate of that threat. . . .We are in a new threat environment domestically..." http://secprodonline.com/articles/2010/10/13/dhs-official-cfats.aspx?admgarea= News On August 2, 2010, two men were convicted of plotting to blow up jet-fuel tanks at John F. Kennedy International Airport, a plan authorities said was meant to outdo the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/2/ny-jury-convicts-2-jfk-airport- tank-blast-plot/?page=1 And the following are a few of reasons why such an initiative would also be popular: SAFER CHEMICAL PROCESSES MEAN MORE JOBS An independent economic analysis by Management Information Services, Inc. (MISI) showed that the House-passed chemical security bill (H.R. 2868) would actually have created 8,000 jobs and leveraged nearly $2 billion in economic stimulus. The two sectors of the economy that will benefit the most include publicly-owned water treatment plants. For a copy of the report & supporting documents go to: http://www.misi-net.com/publications.html HUNDREDS OF PLANTS HAVE CONVERTED & SAVED MONEY Even though the Congressional Research Service identified 484 plants that each put 100,000 or more people at risk, others have converted and and often yielded savings. Unfortunately at the current pace voluntary conversion will take decades and there is no priority given to the highest risk facilities. List of converted plants at: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2010/03/chemical_security_factsheet.htm l CLOROX IS CONVERTING ALL OF ITS U.S. PLANTS In November 2009, The Clorox Company announced plans to convert all of their U.S. facilities from ultra-hazardous chlorine gas to liquid bleach to “strengthen our operations and add another layer of security,” according to their CEO Don Knauss. Clorox also indicated that these changes “won’t affect the size of the company’s workforce." http://investors.thecloroxcompany.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=420583 DOW CHEMICAL IS CONVERTING ITS NORTHERN CA PLANT In December 2008, Dow Chemical announced a partnership with K2 Pure Solutions that will eliminate the chlorine gas risks at their Pittsburgh, CA plant and create 40 permanent jobs and approximately 300 construction jobs. www.k2pure.com THE RAIL ROADS SUPPORT A REQUIREMENT FOR HIGH RISK PLANTS TO CONVERT The Association of American Railroads has also called for disaster prevention saying, "It’s time for the big chemical companies to do their part to help protect America. They should stop manufacturing dangerous chemicals when safer substitutes are available. And if they won’t do it, Congress should do it for them..." http://www.aar.org/KeyIssues/~/media/aar/backgroundpapers/hazmattransportation byrailanunfairliability.ashx Thank you. We look forward to meeting at your earliest convenience. Sincerely, Rick -- Rick Hind Legislative Director, Greenpeace 702 H Street, NW #300 Washington, DC 20001 (202) 319-2445 (direct) (202) 413-8513 (cell) (202) 462-1177 (switch board) (202) 462-4507 (fax) [email protected] www.greenpeaceusa.org Robin Kime/DC/USEPA/US To john.coequyt 08/29/2012 02:01 PM cc bcc kime.robin Subject Fw: Michael Just checking in to find out your preferred meeting spot, thanks. ----- Forwarded by Robin Kime/DC/USEPA/US on 08/29/2012 02:01 PM ----- From: Robin Kime/DC/USEPA/US To: John Coequyt Thanks, do you want to come to Michael's office or meet at Starbucks in the Marriott (or elsewhere)? John Coequyt I think 1:30 makes sense for us. On We... 08/29/2012 10:16:47 AM From: John Coequyt I think 1:30 makes sense for us. On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Robin Kime Starting fresh- if you'd like to meet with Michael tomorrow, he can be free at 11:00 - before your 11:30 or at 12:00 or 1:30 or 2:00. Any chance this helps? again, my apologies for the confusion. John Coequyt ---08/29/2012 10:06:35 AM---Thanks Robin I am a little confused. Are you inviting us to lunch with Michael and asking us to a m From: John Coequyt Thanks Robin I am a little confused. Are you inviting us to lunch with Michael and asking us to a meeting with him at another time? We have a meeting with the Air office at 11:30. On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Robin Kime < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > You'll see Michael for lunch tomorrow at 12:30. In terms of meeting > separately - can 12:00, 1:30, or 2:00 work? Just let me know if I can help > connect you both tomorrow. > > - Robin > > > Robin W. Kime > Office of the Administrator/Office of Policy > Phone (202) 564-6587 > Fax (202) 501-1688 -- John Coequyt Sierra Club C: (202) 669-7060 O: (202) 675-7916 -- John Coequyt Sierra Club C: (202) 669-7060 O: (202) 675-7916 Russell Frye To mccarthy.gina Forwarding email to Hon. Lisa Jackson: Dear Administrator Jackson: The attached letter, from 9 national trade associations and business organizations, should have been hand-delivered to your office today. It concerns an August 20, 2010 letter you received from Sierra Club, NRDC, and Environmental Defense Fund, demanding that EPA issue New Source Performance Standards for greenhouse gas emissions from boilers. A copy was being delivered to Assistant Administrator McCarthy as well. Thank you for your attention, Russell Frye FryeLaw PLLC 1101 30th St., N.W. Suite 220 Washington, DC 20007-3769 202-302-7321 fax: 866-850-5198 [email protected] 100915_Ltr_to_Jackson_GHG_NSPS[1].pdf Ruthw Morgan/DC/USEPA/US To Amy Cole, Darryl Adams, Mariana Cubeddu 04/09/2012 03:14 PM cc Deborah Banks, Tom Eagles, OAR Special Assistants, Diedra Wingate, Linda Chappell, Cynthia Gaines, Eileen Pritchard, Nicole Owens, Mary Henigin, Joseph-J Dougherty, Alan Rush, John Millett, Andrea Drinkard, Allison Dennis, Don Zinger, Janet McCabe bcc Subject SAN 5392 - Notice of Final Actions on Reconsideration Petitions from the National Association of Clean Water Agencies and the Sierra Club on Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Sewage sludge Incineration Units (FROM)(OA)(OAR-12-000-5414) To Mariana/OP for review and Administrator 's signature: SSI ReconDenial TypsettingRqst.pdf SSI ReconDenial FRNotice 4Apr12.docx SSI ReconDenial FR ExpediteLtr.4Apr12.docx SSI ReconDenial CommPlan4Apr12.docx SSI ReconDenialFactSht4Apr12.docx SSI ReconDenial ActnMemo19Mar12.5pm-rev3-22-12.docx 04/09/2012 SAN#: 5392 CMS Control #: OAR-12-000-5414 Notice of Final Actions on Reconsideration Petitions from the National Association of Clean Water Agencies and the Sierra Club on Standards of Peformance for New Satitionary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources : Sewage sludge Incineration Units Tier: 3 RIN#:2060-AP90 OAQPS OP/Amy Cole, OP/Darryl Adams, OP/Mariana Cubeddu, OAR Correspondence Unit, OPMO File, OAQPS File Final Action is ready for OMB Federal Register Administrator's signature Comments: OAQPS Reg Contact: Amy Hambrick, 919 541-0964 OAQPS Mgmt. Level Reviewer: Mary Henigin, 202 564-2186 Communications Contact: John Millett (202)564-2903 Thanks, Deborah Banks Ruth Morgan Ruthw Morgan/DC/USEPA/US To OAR Special Assistants, Tom Eagles 07/20/2012 04:36 PM cc John Millett, Andrea Drinkard, Allison Dennis, Don Zinger, Janet McCabe, Betsy Shaw, Deborah Banks, Wendy Mcquilkin, Mary Henigin, Joseph-J Dougherty, Alan Rush, Eileen Pritchard, Amy Cole, Darryl Adams, StephanieN Brown, Mariana Cubeddu, Nathaniel Jutras, Nicole Owens, Linda Chappell, Cynthia Gaines, Sabrina Hamilton, Martha Faulkner, Gloria Hammond bcc Subject SAN 5583.1 - Extension of Deadline for Promulgating Designations for the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard -(NPRM)(OA)(OAR-12-001-2091) To OAR Special Assistant for review and concurrence on Administrator 's signature package: SO2 Action memo 7-20-12.docx SO2 FR Notice - Delaying Designations 7-20-2012.docx Communication Plan_ Extension SO2 designations_7-20-12.docx Fact sheet_Primary SO2 desig delay_07-20-12.doc typesetting request.pdf Signature on 7/31/12, because we expect a deadline lawsuit to be filed by Sierra Club if this action to extend the deadline is not signed by Aug. 2, 2012. 07/20/2012 Tier: 3 CMS Control #: 12-001-2091 03:11 PM Extension of Deadline for Promulgating Designations for the 2010 Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard - SAN 5583.1 Reviewers Sign Off Concur Concur w/ Non- Concur Date Comment OPAR Special Assistant Don Zinger Janet G. McCabe Gina McCarthy Stage: NPRM for Administrator's Signature Deadline: Program Office Deadline Deadline Date: 07/31/12 Signature on 7/31/12, because we expect a deadline lawsuit to be filed by Sierra Club if this action to extend the deadline is not signed by Aug. 2, 2012. Contact: Rhonda Wright - 919 541-1087 Mgmt. Level Reviewer: Mary Henigin - 202 564-2186 OPAR Contact: Return to: Ruth Morgan 564-1326, 6358 AR North Ruthw Morgan/DC/USEPA/US To Tom Eagles, OAR Special Assistants 03/22/2012 01:50 PM cc Don Zinger, Janet McCabe, Deborah Banks, Linda Chappell, Cynthia Gaines, Diedra Wingate, John Millett, Andrea Drinkard, Allison Dennis, Joseph-J Dougherty, Mary Henigin, Alan Rush, Amy Cole, Darryl Adams, Mariana Cubeddu, Eileen Pritchard, Nicole Owens bcc Subject SAN 5392 - Notice of Final Actions on Reconsideration Petitions from the National Association of Clean Water Agencies and the Sierra Club on Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Sewage Sludge Incineration Units (OA)(OAR-12-000-5414) (FR Notice) To OAR Special Assistant for review and concurrence on Administrator 's signature package. SSI ReconDenial ActnMemo19Mar12.5pm.docx SSI ReconDenial CommPlan16Mar12.5pm.docx SSI ReconDenial FR ExpediteLtr.5pm.docx SSI ReconDenial TypsettingRqst.pdf SSI ReconDenialFactSht16Mar12.5pm.docx SSI ReconDenial FRNotice 21Mar12.5pm.docx 03/22/2012 SAN: 5392 Tier: 3 CMS Control #: OAR-12-000-5414 01:30 PM Notice of Final Actions on Reconsideration Petitions from the National Association of Clean Water Agencies and the Sierra Cl .ub on Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources : Sewage Sludge Incineration Units Reviewers Sign Off Concur Concur w/ Non- Concur Date Comment OPAR Special Assistant Don Zinger Janet G. McCabe Gina McCarthy Stage: Notice of FRM Actions Denying Petitions for Reconsideration - OA's sign Deadline: Legal Deadline Court Ordered Deadline Date: 03/23/2012 The letter are a court-agreed deadline for signature by the Administrator on March 23, 2012. OAQPSContact: Amy Hambrick, 919 541-0964 OAQPS Mgmt. Level Reviewer: Mary Henigin, 202 564-2186 OPAR Contact: Return to: Deborah Banks Ruth Morgan Ruthw Morgan/DC/USEPA/US To Tom Eagles, OAR Special Assistants 03/22/2012 01:46 PM cc Don Zinger, Janet McCabe, Deborah Banks, Linda Chappell, Cynthia Gaines, Diedra Wingate, John Millett, Andrea Drinkard, Allison Dennis, Joseph-J Dougherty, Mary Henigin, Alan Rush, Amy Cole, Darryl Adams, Mariana Cubeddu, Eileen Pritchard, Nicole Owens bcc Subject To OAR Special Assistant for review and concurrence on Administrator 's signature package. SSI ReconDenial ActnMemo19Mar12.5pm.docx SSI ReconDenial CommPlan16Mar12.5pm.docx SSI ReconDenial FR ExpediteLtr.5pm.docx SSI ReconDenial TypsettingRqst.pdf SSI ReconDenialFactSht16Mar12.5pm.docx SSI ReconDenial FRNotice 21Mar12.5pm.docx 03/22/2012 SAN: 5392 Tier: 3 CMS Control #: OAR-12-000-5414 01:30 PM Notice of Final Actions on Reconsideration Petitions from the National Association of Clean Water Agencies and the Sierra Cl .ub on Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources : Sewage Sludge Incineration Units Reviewers Sign Off Concur Concur w/ Non- Concur Date Comment OPAR Special Assistant Don Zinger Janet G. McCabe Gina McCarthy Stage: Notice of FRM Actions Denying Petitions for Reconsideration - OA's sign Deadline: Legal Deadline Court Ordered Deadline Date: 03/23/2012 The letter are a court-agreed deadline for signature by the Administrator on March 23, 2012. OAQPSContact: Amy Hambrick, 919 541-0964 OAQPS Mgmt. Level Reviewer: Mary Henigin, 202 564-2186 OPAR Contact: Return to: Deborah Banks Ruth Morgan Sabrina To Cynthia Gaines Hamilton/DC/USEPA/US cc 10/27/2010 01:43 PM bcc Subject Fw: Please Set a New Ozone Standard to Protect Public Health FYI..... Sabrina Hamilton Air and Radiation Liaison Specialist Office of Air and Radiation - Correspondence Unit U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. (6101-A) Washington, D.C. 20460 Tel: (202) 564-1083 Fax: (202) 501-0600 ----- Forwarded by Sabrina Hamilton/DC/USEPA/US on 10/27/2010 01:43 PM ----- From: Sherry Russell/RTP/USEPA/US To: Sabrina Hamilton/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 10/27/2010 12:44 PM Subject: Fw: Please Set a New Ozone Standard to Protect Public Health Please see Tricia's note below. Thanks. Sherry Russell Communications Specialist Policy Analysis and Communications Staff Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards Phone: 919-541-0306 Fax: 919-541-2464 ----- Forwarded by Sherry Russell/RTP/USEPA/US on 10/27/2010 12:44 PM ----- From: Tricia Crabtree/RTP/USEPA/US To: Sherry Russell/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 10/27/2010 12:17 PM Subject: Re: Fw: Please Set a New Ozone Standard to Protect Public Health Sherry, We have a new docket for the next review of the ozone standard (EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0699). But...until the ozone reconsideration rule is finalized, all correspondence like the one below should appear in that docket (EPA-HQ-OAR-2005-0172). Thanks! Tricia Crabtree Environmental Protection Specialist EPA/OAQPS/HEID/OD (C504-02) Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone: 919-541-5688 Fax: 919-685-3148 E-Mail: [email protected] Sherry Russell Hi Tricia, Do you know if another docke... 10/27/2010 12:07:12 PM From: Sherry Russell/RTP/USEPA/US To: Tricia Crabtree/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 10/27/2010 12:07 PM Subject: Fw: Please Set a New Ozone Standard to Protect Public Health Hi Tricia, Do you know if another docket will be created? Thanks. Sherry Russell Communications Specialist Policy Analysis and Communications Staff Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards Phone: 919-541-0306 Fax: 919-541-2464 ----- Forwarded by Sherry Russell/RTP/USEPA/US on 10/27/2010 12:06 PM ----- From: Sabrina Hamilton/DC/USEPA/US To: Sherry Russell/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 10/27/2010 11:48 AM Subject: Fw: Please Set a New Ozone Standard to Protect Public Health Sherry, Please see Cynthia's note below and let me know if this pertains to the same docket as NAAQS. Thanks, Sabrina Sabrina Hamilton Air and Radiation Liaison Specialist Office of Air and Radiation - Correspondence Unit U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. (6101-A) Washington, D.C. 20460 Tel: (202) 564-1083 Fax: (202) 501-0600 ----- Forwarded by Sabrina Hamilton/DC/USEPA/US on 10/27/2010 11:47 AM ----- From: Cynthia Gaines/DC/USEPA/US To: Sabrina Hamilton/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 10/27/2010 11:32 AM Subject: Fw: Please Set a New Ozone Standard to Protect Public Health Sabrinia, Please check with staff and see if a new docket will be created for the below e-mail. We have quite a few e-mails with this subject in the Administrator's e-mail. In the past, we forward similar e-mails under Smog Pollution - Ozone Standard of 0.060 ppm (OAR). Just need to know if it is okay to continue to forward under the same title we have used in the past or if we should rename. Thanks. Cynthia A. Gaines Lead Information Management Specialist Office of the Executive Secretariat 202-564-1788 ----- Forwarded by Cynthia Gaines/DC/USEPA/US on 10/27/2010 11:25 AM ----- Message Information Date 10/21/2010 04:25 PM10/27/2010 01:43:05 PM From American Lung Association Message Body Oct 21, 2010 Ms. Lisa Jackson Ariel Rios Federal Building, Room 3000 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460-0001 Dear Ms. Jackson, I urge you to adopt much stronger ozone standards that will help protect the American public from breathing this dangerous air pollutant. The national air standards should set limits on air pollution that shield those whose lungs are the most vulnerable. I support strong standards that would safeguard the health of children, the elderly, people with asthma and other lung diseases. The science is clear that EPA must substantially strengthen the ozone standard to protect public health. The EPA's independent science advisors reviewed the evidence from over 1,700 studies of the health impacts of ozone. They concluded unanimously that the ozone standard should be set between 60-70 parts per billion, to protect human health. The medical and scientific community has also endorsed this conclusion. Ozone or smog can cause asthma attacks, coughing and wheezing, and shortness of breath. Breathing unhealthy levels of smog sends people to the hospital and emergency rooms. Breathing ozone smog threatens serious health risks, including strong evidence that ozone smog actually can kill people. Millions of Americans live in areas that are already polluted with too much smog. And research clearly shows that we need to be breathing much, much less ozone. EPA must set the national air standard for ozone at the most protective level the scientists recommended to you--60 parts per billion. I urge you to act now and set a new ozone standard to protect public health. Sincerely, Ms. P. Hickey 456 Worthington Rd Millersville, MD 21108-1614 OEX Processing Information Processed Date: Processed By PO Office Category: Message Count Sabrina To Cynthia Gaines Hamilton/DC/USEPA/US cc Martha Faulkner, Gloria Hammond 08/23/2011 12:52 PM bcc Subject Fw: Three Identical Controls - Form Letter - Need to be FYI Cynthia, I'm out of the office until Monday. Can you take care of this for me? Thanks so much. Sabrina ----- Forwarded by Sabrina Hamilton/DC/USEPA/US on 08/22/2011 12:57 PM ----- From: Jean Walker/RTP/USEPA/US To: Sabrina Hamilton/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: Martha Faulkner/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Gloria Hammond/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 08/19/2011 03:58 PM Subject: Three Identical Controls - Form Letter - Need to be FYI Hi Sabrina, There are three controls that need to be changed to "FYI" status. They all came from the American Lung Association They are: AX-11-001-3749 - ALA AX-11-001-3750 - ALA AX-11-001-3914 - ALA Thanks, Jean Jean Walker Policy Analysis and Communications Staff Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Phone: 919-541-5615 Fax: 919-541-2464 Sabrina To Cynthia Gaines Hamilton/DC/USEPA/US cc Martha Faulkner, Gloria Hammond 08/23/2011 12:52 PM bcc Subject Fw: Three Identical Controls - Form Letter - Need to be FYI Cynthia, I'm out of the office until Monday. Can you take care of this for me? Thanks so much. Sabrina ----- Forwarded by Sabrina Hamilton/DC/USEPA/US on 08/22/2011 12:57 PM ----- From: Jean Walker/RTP/USEPA/US To: Sabrina Hamilton/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: Martha Faulkner/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Gloria Hammond/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 08/19/2011 03:58 PM Subject: Three Identical Controls - Form Letter - Need to be FYI Hi Sabrina, There are three controls that need to be changed to "FYI" status. They all came from the American Lung Association They are: AX-11-001-3749 - ALA AX-11-001-3750 - ALA AX-11-001-3914 - ALA Thanks, Jean Jean Walker Policy Analysis and Communications Staff Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Phone: 919-541-5615 Fax: 919-541-2464 Sabrina To Jonathan Newton Hamilton/DC/USEPA/US cc 04/04/2011 08:12 AM bcc Subject Re: Steven Milloy FOIA Request HQ-FOI-01123-11 - - Requesting Records between EPA and the American Lung Association (ALA) from November 1 , 2010 through March 24, 2011 Thanks so much Jonathan. Sabrina Sabrina Hamilton Air and Radiation Liaison Specialist Office of Air and Radiation - Correspondence Unit U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. (6101-A) Washington, D.C. 20460 Tel: (202) 564-1083 Fax: (202) 501-0600 Sam To Conrad Schneider Napolitano/DC/USEPA/US cc Joseph Goffman, Kevin Culligan, Jim Ketcham-Colwill, Sonja 07/14/2010 05:38 PM Rodman, Norm Possiel, Lora Strine, Brian Timin bcc Subject Re: Fwd: Special EPA briefing for enviros on Transport Rule Conrad: Here are our briefing materials for tomorrow. We will brief you from the first attachment (and go over the second one if anyone has questions). Joe will start the session; then we will jump right to the third section of presentation with Kevin Culligan and Sonja who will come over to ALA - that is the heart of the talk and they have to leave by 3. I will go over the first two sections of the briefing as questions warrant, but i think little of it will need explanation to your group. OAQPS will attend by phone. Sara Schneeberg will also be there from OGC. Jim Ketcham-Colwill should be there from Gina's immediate office. We look forward to sitting down with you tomorrow. Sam Conrad Schneider Hi Joe and Sam- Thank you both so... 07/12/2010 06:56:23 PM From: Conrad Schneider Hi Joe and Sam- Thank you both so much for agreeing to brief my environmental colleagues on the proposed Transport Rule this Thursday, July 15 at 2 p.m. at the DC office of the American Lung Association. Thanks also to Joe for being willing to call in from London at what will be evening for him. Here is the call-in number for the meeting for Joe and anyone else from EPA that needs to attend via phone: Phone #: 713‐481‐0080 Conferee: Talk to you then. Thanks, CS Conrad G. Schneider Advocacy Director Clean Air Task Force [email protected] www.catf.us 169 Park Row Brunswick, Maine 04011 207/721-8676 207/721-8696 (facsimile) Begin forwarded message: From: Paul Billings We intend to keep this small and private but if there are others who should be included, please let me know and we will be glad to include them. Cheers Paul Paul Billings 202‐785‐3355 Sam To Jeb Stenhouse, Jeremy Mark, Joseph Goffman Napolitano/DC/USEPA/US cc 09/02/2011 07:44 AM bcc Subject Fw: BL England fyi ----- Forwarded by Sam Napolitano/DC/USEPA/US on 09/02/2011 07:44 AM ----- From: "Christopher Van Atten" According to the IPM projection, in 2012, B.L. England Unit 1 will significantly increase its fuel consumption over 2010 levels and dramatically reduce its SO2 emission rate. EPA projects that B.L. England Unit 1 will increase its fuel consumption by 315 percent, and reduce its SO2 emission rate from 2.45 lbs/mmBtu to 0.15 lbs/mmBtu. However, recent press reports indicate that the plant's owner, RC Cape May Holdings LLC, has postponed the installation of new pollution controls (scrubber and SCR) until the end of 2013. Sierra Club calls BL England one of worst polluters, wants it closed Written by Columb Higgins Thursday, 03 March 2011 The BL England power plant in Beesleys Point has been targeted as one of the worst polluters in the state by the Sierra Club and local environmental organizations. BEESLEYS POINT - A spokesperson for the Sierra Club said Saturday that local environmental groups should push for the closure of the BL England power plant. Christine Guhl, a national field organizer for the Sierra Club's Coal to Clean Energy program, said the coal-fired power plant in Upper Township is one of the worst polluters in the state. Guhl spoke at a meeting organized by Citizens United for Renewable Energy (CURE) held Saturday at the Ocean City Community Center. "It's number five in the state for air emissions," she said. Guhl cited figures from an Environment New Jersey study showing the power plant produced 500,000 pounds of carbon dioxide, 2,500 tons of soot and smog, and 29 pounds of mercury a year. Ocean City, which is downwind of the plant, ranks 14th in the nation for per capita mortality risk from coal, she said. BL England has until the end of 2013 to install new pollution controls. Specifically, the power plant must install a Selective Catalytic Reduction system and a particulate scrubber on one of its two coal-burning boilers. The pollution controls could cost R.C. Cape May as much as $150 million. The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) had initially required the power plant's owners, R.C. Cape May, a subsidiary of Texas-based Rockland Co., to complete the pollution control upgrades in May of last year. The company signed a consent order to finish the upgrades when it bought the plant for $12 million from Conectiv Power in 2006. Because of the recession, the company was able to get the upgrades postponed until 2013. At that time, R.C. Cape May will have to install the pollution controls, convert the power plant to natural gas, or close the plant, said Guhl. "We want them to close the plant," she said. "BL England is one of the dirtiest coal plants in the country. These smaller plants, privately owned are usually the worst of the worst." The plant has a 130 MW coal boiler built in 1962 and a 160 MW boiler built in 1964. It also has an oil burning generator. "These controls were supposed to be done by 2010. Rockland said they don't have any money, we need more time. The DEP does not consider funds a valid reason for not complying with the Clean Air Act but they got the extension," Guhl added. The Sierra Club has petitioned federal regulators to reverse the DEP's decision waiving the upgrades until 2013. R.C. Cape May has spent $7 million in maintenance and repairs and $29 million in environmental controls since buying the plant in 2007, according to reports. Mayor Richard Palombo said R.C. Cape May has also submitted a petition to the state BPU (Board of Public Utilities) to convert its two coal-burning boilers to oil. "There is also a bill passed to have the state's four coal plants receive grant money to convert to natural gas, which (R.C. Cape May) has also applied for," he said. "Obviously we want them to convert to address pollution." Palombo said that Upper Township Committee could pass a resolution supporting the conversion to oil or natural gas. The BL England power plant employs approximately 95 people. It is also the reason why Upper Township has received more than $6 million annually from the state in the form of Energy Receipt Taxes. The Energy Receipt Taxes helped Upper Township avoid a local purpose tax for years. The loss of the power plant could mean the loss of state aid. But Guhl said the township receives the Energy Receipt Taxes for hosting a power generating station, not because the power plant uses coal and produces pollution. A solar or wind farm at the site would make Upper Township eligible for the state aid too, she said. "Aid comes in because it's a utility, not because it's a coal burning plant," Guhl said. "Renewables work too." A power plant closure would have to be approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, a process which could take five to 10 years. Palombo said it is important that BL England continue operating to avoid problems of power reliability. "Oyster Creek is closing, New Jersey always has reliability problems," he said. Guhl questioned what happened to a plan to install solar panels at the BL England golf course, which was announced last January. Under the plan R.C. Cape May would build a 4 MW photovoltaic solar generating facility adjacent to the 447 MW BL England Generation Station. The solar facility would have utilized 21 acres of the 442 acre site. Sierra Club's Coal to Clean Energy program has stopped 150 coal power plants from being built, Guhl said. Renewable energy sources like solar or wind could take over for fossil fuels if given the chance, she said. "People say renewables should be able to stand on their own but fossil fuels receive subsidies still," she said. A recent Harvard Medical School article calculated there are $175 to $500 billion in associated public health costs from pollution, she said. Source: Shore News Today, http://www.shorenewstoday.com/snt/news/index.php/upper-township/upper-townsh ip/9365-sierra-club-calls-bl-england-one-of-worst-polluters-wants-it-closed. html ______Christopher Van Atten, Senior Vice President M.J. 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OPEI's David Evans and myself listened by phone (only option for us). Enviros - Representatives were at NEOB and on the phone from NRDC, ED, Earth Justice, Sierra Club, and Clean Air Task Force. They indicated that they had not seen the rule, but had some sense of it. Three main points were: (1) would like to see it proposed soon as possible since that will ensure its first phase in 2012 could happen, (2) see potential for tremendous benefits, especially from SO2 control, and hope that we are being as stringent as we can, and (3) hopeful that the package doesn't make CAIR's mistake of having ancillary actions, like having the new rule equal RACT or BART. They made a strong constructive case for the rule going out now. Did mention that this rule was leading the way for the Utility MACT effort which should have even greater benefits resulting from it. CEG - Representatives were at NEOB, including Michael Bradley and his staff attorney Carrie Jenks, and company reps from FPL, Entergy, PSEG NJ, Calpine, and Constellation Energy. Noted that they wanted to be supportive of rule that resolved the air emissions transport problem, as many CEG members are in downwind areas and have done a lot to operate cleanly already. Made point that how allowances are awarded for NOx and SO2 matters a lot to them and hopeful that we are moving away from approaches that led to CAIR litigation on fuel factors - which unfairly awarded allowances to relatively high emitters of NOx and provided the wrong incentives - which the Court squarely knocked down. Made pitch for trying to use a creative voluntary allowance trade in approach for the current SO2 bank that Constellation had presented to EPA. After OMB, they made same presentation later today to Joe Goffman and myself. (Can email it to you if you want it.) Notably, on this Thursday at 3:00, OCIR has arranged for a conference call to discuss OAR's "no federalism implications" determination on the proposed Transport rule. Reps from the National Governors Association (NGA), National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) and the Environmental Council of States (ECOS) will participate. Sandy To Lisa Heinzerling, Robert Verchick, Louise Wise, Robin Kime, Germann/RTP/USEPA/US Alexander Cristofaro, Ken Munis, Nicole Owens, Al 03/22/2010 10:14 AM McGartland, Nathalie Simon, Brett Snyder, Kelly Maguire, Jennifer Bowen, Charles Griffiths, Catherine Allen, Lorry Frigerio cc bcc Subject BNA: EPA Agrees to Develop Environmental Justice Action Plan Following Symposium Environmental Justice EPA Agrees to Develop Environmental Justice Action Plan Following Symposium Senior Environmental Protection Agency officials pledged March 19 to prepare a report summarizing the agency's plans to better incorporate considerations of low-income and minority populations into its rulemaking process within 100 days after convening an environmental justice symposium. Symposium participants and some community groups urged EPA to develop the written report following a three-day environmental justice conference convened by the agency. Lisa Garcia, senior adviser to the EPA administrator for environmental justice, set a deadline of June 28 for the report in response to the requests. She said the agency will reach out to low-income and minority community advocates, including those who were unable to participate in the symposium as it develops its action plan for environmental justice. “We accept the challenge,” Garcia said. “It is an important item for EPA.” During the symposium, participants offered EPA a number of suggestions for improving its environmental justice assessments, including new environmental and economic models to analyze regulations, tools to measure environmental exposures, and methods for assessing cumulative impacts of pollutant exposure. The agency's report will respond to those suggestions and detail EPA's plan to incorporate them into its regulatory framework. EPA plans this year to issue guidance to its staff for identifying and analyzing disproportionate health and welfare impacts on low-income, minority, or susceptible populations during its rulemaking process. The guidance would require EPA staff to consider and analyze any potential environmental justice aspects of rules that are either being considered or proposed and reach out to appropriate community groups during the proposal process to discuss whether those impacts should be addressed by the agency (18 DEN A-3, 1/29/10). Speaking at the symposium EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson called environmental justice a “defining issue” for the agency, promising to “broaden the conversation” with impacted communities and advocacy groups (51 DEN A-2, 3/18/10). Administrators Promise Action Several senior agency officials pledged to address environmental justice concerns in all facets of EPA's work during a panel discussion at the symposium. As an example, Mathy Stanislaus, EPA's assistant administrator for solid waste and emergency response, said his office is performing a review of potential environmental justice impacts its hazardous waste recycling could have on low-income, minority, and tribal populations. EPA agreed in January to investigate whether the hazardous waste recycling rule should be amended after the Sierra Club argued the rule increases threats to public health and the environment without producing compensatory benefits and, therefore, should be repealed (10 DEN A-2, 1/19/10). The “Revisions to the Definition of Solid Waste” rule creates specific conditions for recycling hazardous secondary materials under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. These conditions differ from the agency's hazardous waste requirements in that as long as the conditions of the rule are met, the hazardous secondary materials are not defined as “solid waste” and therefore are not subject to hazardous waste requirements under RCRA. Stanislaus said his office is also looking at how that environmental justice analysis could be applied to other proposed rules. “We hope to learn from that,” he said. “We think there are components we can learn from.” EPA has also launched a website that allows users to better track pending and proposed rules. The website also allows users to search rules by various topics, including those with potential environmental justice implications, Lisa Heinzerling, EPA's associate administrator for policy, economics, and innovation, said . National Enforcement Initiatives Cynthia Giles, EPA's assistant administrator for enforcement and compliance assurance, said many of the agency's revised national enforcement initiatives, such as large animal operations in rural areas and emissions of air toxics, are of “particular interest” to environmental justice communities. As its national enforcement priorities for the years 2011 through 2013, EPA selected keeping sewage and untreated stormwater out of waterways; preventing animal waste from large farm operations from contaminating groundwater; protecting communities from toxic air pollution; investigating new source review violations at power plants, cement kilns, and glass and acid manufacturers; targeting pollution emissions from mining and mineral processing operations; and ensuring natural gas, coal mining, and petroleum operations comply with environmental laws (35 DEN A-5, 2/24/10). By Andrew Childers Sara To Phil Lorang Schneeberg/DC/USEPA/US cc Anna Wood, Joseph Goffman, Kevin McLean, Lea Anderson, 10/18/2012 05:14 PM Mike Koerber, Amit Srivastava, Lala Alston bcc Subject Re: Background material -- CSAPR and Better Than Bart Discussion with NPCA FYI you will unfortunately not have OGC representation at this meeting now that the time has been changed, we have a moot court at DOJ for the NM haze FIP argument for which we must leave here at 11:45 tomorrow. Sorry. Sara Schneeberg USEPA Office of General Counsel Phone: 202/564-5592 Fax: 202/564-5603 Phil Lorang The attached background material was... 10/18/2012 05:08:02 PM From: Phil Lorang/RTP/USEPA/US To: Anna Wood/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Joseph Goffman/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Kevin McLean/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Lea Anderson/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Mike Koerber/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Sara Schneeberg/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: Amit Srivastava/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Lala Alston/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 10/18/2012 05:08 PM Subject: Background material -- CSAPR and Better Than Bart Discussion with NPCA The attached background material was sent to DC in prep for Janet's meeting with NPCA tomorrow. It is simply a list of how the states fall into bins in terms of the relationship between CAIR, CSAPR, and the SIP or FIP. Please note that this document was developed for Janet as background only--please do not distribute in the meeting room. [attachment "NPCA background CAIR-CSAPR_10_19_12.docx" deleted by Sara Schneeberg/DC/USEPA/US] Phil Lorang, Senior Policy Advisor Air Quality Policy Division, OAQPS, EPA 919-541-5463 ______Emily, Thanks. I believe Mark Wenzler from NPCA, David Baron from Earthjustice and Josh Stebbins from Sierra Club will attend in person. Please count on that unless you hear otherwise from me. Best, Stephanie ______ Emily, we’d like to lock in Friday, October 19, 2012 at 11am EST. Please confirm that the time is still good. Thanks, Stephanie From: Emily Atkinson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 1:54 PM To: Stephanie Kodish Subject: Meeting on CSAPR and Better than BART Stephanie, Janet would like to arrange a one hour call the week of October 15 to discuss technical and legal issues on CSAPR and Better Than BART. Below are a few times our staff is available. Please let me know as soon as possible which date, time works best for you and then I can get it confirmed on the calendar and send you call in details Monday, 10/15 at 2:00pm Tuesday, 10/16 at 3:00pm Friday, 10/19 at 11:00am Thanks. Emily Emily Atkinson Staff Assistant Immediate Office of the Assistant Administrator Office of Air and Radiation, USEPA Room 5426K, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20460 Voice: 202-564-7403 Email: [email protected] Sarah Pallone/DC/USEPA/US To Diane Thompson, Gina McCarthy 07/13/2009 08:52 AM cc Bob Sussman, Lisa Heinzerling bcc Subject Fw: Heads Up - FYI Sarah Hospodor-Pallone Deputy Associate Administrator for Intergovernmental Relations Office of the Administrator 202-564-7178 [email protected] ----- Forwarded by Sarah Pallone/DC/USEPA/US on 07/13/2009 08:50 AM ----- From: David Gray/R6/USEPA/US To: Allyn Brooks-LaSure/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Seth Oster/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Adora Andy/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Betsaida Alcantara/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Roxanne Smith/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Arvin Ganesan/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Joyce Frank/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Sarah Pallone/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 07/13/2009 08:42 AM Subject: Heads Up - All - Here is a copy of the letter to ADM LPJ from Citizens for Environmental Justice & Sierra Club. The press conference is at 11 a.m. in Corpus Christi. I also understand Congressman Ortiz has also written a letter. David Sarah Pallone/DC/USEPA/US To Gina McCarthy 07/30/2009 03:16 PM cc bcc Subject Fw: CFEJ/SC letter to TCEQ calling for full investigation of community impacts and air pollution complaint over CITGO Refinery fire in Corpus Christi, Texas Just making sure you saw this. Sarah Hospodor-Pallone Deputy Associate Administrator for Intergovernmental Relations Office of the Administrator 202-564-7178 [email protected] ----- Forwarded by Sarah Pallone/DC/USEPA/US on 07/30/2009 03:14 PM ----- From: David Gray/R6/USEPA/US To: Allyn Brooks-LaSure/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Seth Oster/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Adora Andy/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Roxanne Smith/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Arvin Ganesan/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Sarah Pallone/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Joyce Frank/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, David McIntosh/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 07/30/2009 01:15 PM Subject: Fw: CFEJ/SC letter to TCEQ calling for full investigation of community impacts and air pollution complaint over CITGO Refinery fire in Corpus Christi, Texas FYI David ******************************************** Dear Administrator Jackson, Letter sent today to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting a full investigation in partnership with the local EJ community of CITGO's East refinery fire in hydrogen fluoride alkylation unit on July 19, 2009 in Corpus Christi, Texas and copied to you as EPA Administrator and EPA Region 6 Dallas. Approximately one hundred EJ community members in Corpus Christ have called on the TCEQ to consider adverse health effects to local residents, which have been previously discounted by the Texas state environmental agency and possibly EPA investigators. FYI, Congressional inquiries are also occurring about the CITGO East refinery fire in the alkylation unit that uses Hydrofluoric Acid as a catalyst and EPA may receive requests for information from members of Congress. Sources indicate that CITGO was warned by the Union (see Reuters News stories July 19-22, 2009) about hazards in the East refinery and that CITGO allegedly failed to fix these hazards, potentially resulting in the broken pipe in the Alkylation unit. The serious public concern is that negligence by CITGO threatens and endangers the local community due to the presence of 150,000 pounds of deadly Hydrofluoric Acid stored at the East refinery and a significant quantity in use in the Alkylation unit at the time of the fire. As in previous alkylation unit accidents, CITGO does not know the precise quantity of Hydrofluoric Acid released on July 19-20, 2009 that would have produced HF vapors and droplets drifting offsite into the local EJ community. Thanks, Neil ****************************************************************************** * NEIL J. CARMAN, PH.D. Clean Air Program director Lone Star Chapter of Sierra Club http://www.texas.sierraclub.org, 1202 San Antonio street Austin, Texas 78701 512-472-1767 Phone 512-477-8526 Fax Email: [email protected] Sustainable Sources for the Planet: http://www.greenbuilder.com Volunteer scientist on Sierra Club's Air team ****************************************************************************** * Sarah Pallone/DC/USEPA/US To Gina McCarthy, Janet McCabe, Joseph Goffman 07/26/2011 10:53 AM cc bcc Subject FYI Pulled from the League of Women Voters webstie: June 23, 2011 The Honorable William M. Daley Chief of Staff The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. Daley: On behalf of the millions of Americans we represent, we are writing to thank you for your recent comments declaring the Administration is "not going to allow any legislation that impedes the need to improve our health and safety" when you were asked about the Administration's position on legislation to block or delay EPA climate standards. This strong public stance from the White House is welcomed by the millions of Americans who support efforts to clean up our air and protect our children's health. Across the Administration, there are additional efforts underway to ensure an adherence to science and commitment to the health and safety of the American people. We believe your statements are a strong defense of that effort. As you know, the White House is currently considering the details of the primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ozone. In keeping with the administration's commitment to public health, it is our strong hope that the White House will support EPA's establishment of a health-based air quality standard for ozone at the lower end of the range of 60-70 parts per billion recommended by the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC). The EPA estimates that setting such a protective standard would save thousands of lives every year. We are also grateful for the Administration's continued support of a strong mercury and air toxics standard for power plants that will save tens of thousands of lives and help reduce American's exposure to a host of health-threatening pollutants including mercury, a known brain poison that can lead to developmental disorders in children. We will continue to advocate for strong clean air standards that improve public health. We look forward to working with the Obama administration to protect the Clean Air Act and the remarkable impact it has had on the health of our families, our children and seniors, and we hope that the White House continues its commitment to protecting our health and our safety. Sincerely, Trip Van Noppen, President, Earthjustice Peter Bahouth, Executive Director, US Climate Action Network Larry J. Schweiger, President & CEO, National Wildlife Federation Michael Brune, Executive Director, Sierra Club Frances Beinecke, President Natural Resources Defense Council Elisabeth MacNamara, President, League of Women Voters of the United States Margie Alt, Executive Director, Environment America Gene Karpinski, President, League of Conservation Voters Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund Sarah Hospodor-Pallone Deputy Associate Administrator for Intergovernmental Relations Office of the Administrator 202-564-7178 [email protected] Scott Mathias/RTP/USEPA/US To Janet McCabe cc 06/30/2011 03:28 PM bcc Subject Accepted: Sierra Club SO 2 modelnig Scott Mathias/RTP/USEPA/US To Janet McCabe cc 06/30/2011 03:28 PM bcc Subject Accepted: Sierra Club SO 2 modelnig Scott Mathias/RTP/USEPA/US To Janet McCabe cc 07/01/2011 03:02 PM bcc Subject Accepted: Sierra Club SO 2 modelnig Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To Andrew Byrne, Darrel Harmon, Deborah Jordan, galpern, Gregory Green, Janet McCabe, Jeff Besougloff, Lea Sent by: Sharon Cooperstein Anderson, Phil Lorang, Rhea Jones, Steve Page, Todd Hawes 04/17/2012 10:58 AM cc Cynthia Browne, Don Zinger, Emily Atkinson, Kirsten King, Lala Alston, Peter South, Sharon Cooperstein bcc Subject Information Update - Location has changed: Meeting with Moapa Tribal Chairman From: Daniel Galpern USEPA Headquarters EPA Scheduling office cc: Veronica Burley, Scheduling Regarding: Meeting with Administrator Jackson for April 17, 2012 By email Dear Administrator Jackson: I represent the Moapa Band of Paiutes, a federally recognized Tribe in Moapa, Nevada, and the Sierra Club, the nation's largest and most effective grassroots environmental organization, in matters relating to the Reid Gardner coal fired power plant and its manifold edifices of coal ash waste. Here, I write on behalf of William Anderson, Chairman of the Tribal Business Council, and Bill Corcoran, Western Regional Campaign Director for the Beyond Coal Campaign of the Sierra Club. On April 3, 2012, I conveyed to you a letter from the Tribe that, among other things, strongly criticized a new draft rule on BART for Reid Gardner issued by Region 9 (but not yet published in the Federal Register). The letter also invited you to the Reservation to discuss this matter and to learn how this facility is severely my client's very way of life. [See below and attached.] We have not yet heard back from you on this, and time is of the essence. As noted, this is a critical issue for the Tribe, a matter of environmental injustice that, if not corrected, will yield substantial and avoidable injury to the people. We recently secured a meeting to discuss these issues with Senate Majority Leader Reid, namely for the afternoon of Tuesday, April 17, 2012, in the Capitol. Though it is very short notice, may we now request to meet with you that day? Anytime prior to 2:45pm on 4/17 would work for us. After 5pm might also work, if necessary. Thank you very much for your consideration of this request. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Sincerely yours, Dan Galpern ‐‐ Dan Galpern, Attorney Western Environmental Law Center 1216 Lincoln Street Eugene, OR 97401 (541) 359‐3243 [email protected] Stephanie To David Bloomgren, Al Armendariz, Andra Belknap, Brendan Owens/DC/USEPA/US Gilfillan, David Cohen, David Gray, John Millett, Joseph 09/12/2011 05:27 PM Goffman, Laura Vaught, Lorie Schmidt, Michael Moats, Seth Oster cc bcc Subject Re: Lumenent Stakeholders for Discussion Luminant Stakeholder Engagement Labor – workers directly impacted IBEW Local 2337 – Randall Pierce (HQ to send statement) IBEW National Utilities Director Jim Hunter (HQ to send statement) Teachers are impacted by Luminant’s lawsuits to request for lower tax base. Blue/Green Alliance Business and Energy - clean energy companies and organizations; businesses that are impacted if CSPAR M.J. Bradley & Associates LLC NRG TX, Mark Berend Excelon State and Local Officials State and local officials in the immediately impacted cities and counties o Big Brown/Turlington Mines - Freestone County Texas, . Fairfield Mayor , Mayor Roy W. Hill [email protected] 903-389-2633 . Freestone County Judge Judge Linda Grant [email protected] (Judge) [email protected] (Assistant) 903-389-3335 o Thermo/Winfield mines - Titus, Camp, Hopkins and Franklin County, Texas . Mt. Vernon Mayor, Mayor Margaret Sears, [email protected], 903-537-4643 . Franklin County Judge, Judge Paul Lovier, [email protected], 903-537-2342 (Extension 6) . Mt. Pleasant Mayor, Mayor Jerry Boatner, [email protected], 903-575-4000 . Titus County Judge, Judge Brian P. Lee, [email protected], 903-577-6791 . Pittsburg Mayor, Mayor Shawn Kennington, [email protected], 903-856-3621 . Camp County Judge, Judge Thomas Cravey, [email protected], 903-856-3845 . Sulphur Springs Mayor, Mayor Craig Johnson, [email protected], 903-885-7541 . Hopkins County Judge, Judge Chris Brown, [email protected], 903-438-4022 County Property Tax Disputes o Rusk County (Martin Lake Power Plant; Tatum/Oak Hills Mines) o Rusk County School Districts . Carlisle ISD . Cushing ISD (mostly in Nacogdoches County) . Garrison ISD (mostly in Nacogdoches County) . Henderson ISD . Kilgore ISD (mostly in Gregg County) . Laneville ISD . Leverett's Chapel ISD . Mount Enterprise ISD . Overton ISD . Rusk ISD (mostly in Cherokee County) . Tatum ISD (partly in Panola County) . West Rusk ISD o Milam County - Rockdale School District (Sandow Mines) o Titus County - Mt. Pleasant School District (Monticello Mines) Downwind states Environmental/Community/ Health Organizations o Sierra Club, Neil Carman, chemist o Environment Integrity Project o EDF o SEED o Public Citizen Texas o Downwind organizations o East Texas Environmental Concerns Organization o Houston Climate Protection Alliance o pec4U.org (Perderneles Electric Coop reform group) o Robertson County Our Land Our Lives o Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter o Stop the Coal Plant o Sustainable Energy & Economic Development Coalition o Stop the Coal Plant o Texans Protecting Our Water, Environment, and Resources o The Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Coalition – Karen Hadden, Executive Director o Freestone County 4-H Club – Dr. Bonnie McGee (Texas A& M University Extension) o Carol A. Rice, PhD, R.N. , Extension Program Leader – Family Development and Resource Management (TAMU) o Alice Kirk, MPH, Extension Program Specialist – Child Health and Wellness o Greater Dallas and North Central Texas Urban League – Dr. Beverly Mitchell-Brooks, PhD, CEO and Marc Morial, National CEO for Urban League o American Natural Gas Alliance – Peter Roberson, VP Legislative Affairs o American Wind Energy Association – Denise Bode (Sierra Club is working with them) o Wind Energy Foundation – Darlene Snow (Sierra Club is working with them) o Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter – Ken Kramer, Director & Neil Carman , Clean Air Program Director and Stephanie Cole . Working with Sierra Club to identify on the ground local advocates – both business and community. . Additionally, Sierra Club has agreed to work with local contacts that we provide in order to prep them with background information/facts. Specifically, we are looking to combat the job killing message, by taking a balanced approach. Stephanie Owens Deputy Associate Administrator Office of External Affairs and Environmental Education U.S. EPA Phone: 202.564.6879 Fax: 202.501.1789 Susmita Dubey/DC/USEPA/US To Joseph Goffman cc Arvin Ganesan, "Patricia Embrey", "Joseph Goffman", 09/23/2010 03:19 PM Joseph Goffman, "David McIntosh", Richard Ossias, Wendy Blake bcc Subject Re: Boiler mact -- Was it the result of litigation? Who was the litigant? NRDC, Sierra Club, Environmental Integrity Project, and LEAN were the environmental petitioners. There were also industry petitions for review, which the court did not decide on the merits. The case was consolidated with a challenge to the CISWI definitions rule. The CISWI definitions rule excluded from the definition of CISWI unit those units combusting solid waste for the purpose of energy recovery. The court vacated the Boilers MACT without reaching the merits of challenges to it because it concluded that we had improperly included those energy recovery units in the universe of boilers, when those units are actually solid waste incinerators (i.e., CISWI units). Based on that, the court said that the boilers MACT would likely change, and therefore vacated it. Susmita Dubey U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of General Counsel (202) 564-5577 (202) 564-5603 (fax) Joseph Goffman Joseph Goffman Senior Counsel to th... 09/23/2010 03:10:36 PM From: Joseph Goffman/DC/USEPA/US To: Joseph Goffman/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Wendy Blake/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Susmita Dubey/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Richard Ossias/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: Arvin Ganesan/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, "Patricia Embrey" Joseph Goffman Senior Counsel to the Assistant Administrator Office of Air and Radiation US Environmental Protection Agency 202 564 3201 Joseph Goffman ----- Original Message ----- From:... 09/23/2010 03:08:33 PM From: Joseph Goffman/DC/USEPA/US To: Arvin Ganesan/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, "David McIntosh" Arvin Ganesan ----- Original Message ----- From: Arvin Ganesan Sent: 09/23/2010 03:01 PM EDT To: "David McIntosh" For hearing. Sent from my Blackberry Wireless Device Thomas Diggs/R6/USEPA/US To Janet McCabe 04/18/2012 09:19 AM cc Carl Edlund bcc Subject Re: Fw: Dr. Tammy Thompson Modeling Report on Visibility Impacts from Texas BART-Eligible Sources Under CSAPR Janet: Yes - we also received this on Friday, April 13th. Michael Hiatt sent it directly to Al as well as to Gina and Al forwarded it to Carl, myself and our Regional Haze team as soon as it came in. At Al's request, I sent and email acknowledgement to Michael Hiatt that we had received the report. Thanks for sending your email to make sure. Tom Thomas Diggs Associate Director - Air US EPA Region 6 214-665-3102 fax 214-665-7263 [email protected] Janet McCabe hopefully you guys have seen this alrea... 04/17/2012 08:47:26 PM From: Janet McCabe/DC/USEPA/US To: Carl Edlund/R6/USEPA/US@EPA, Thomas Diggs/R6/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 04/17/2012 08:47 PM Subject: Fw: Dr. Tammy Thompson Modeling Report on Visibility Impacts from Texas BART-Eligible Sources Under CSAPR hopefully you guys have seen this already.... Janet McCabe Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator Office of Air and Radiation, USEPA Room 5426K, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20460 202-564-3206 [email protected] ----- Forwarded by Janet McCabe/DC/USEPA/US on 04/17/2012 09:47 PM ----- From: Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US To: Janet McCabe/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Anna Wood/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, [email protected] Date: 04/13/2012 08:10 PM Subject: Fw: Dr. Tammy Thompson Modeling Report on Visibility Impacts from Texas BART-Eligible Sources Under CSAPR fyi ----- Forwarded by Gina McCarthy/DC/USEPA/US on 04/13/2012 08:10 PM ----- From: Michael Hiatt Dear Assistant Administrator McCarthy and Regional Administrator Armendariz: On behalf of the National Parks Conservation Association and Sierra Club, Earthjustice respectfully submits the attached cover letter and final modeling report by Dr. Tammy Thompson at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Thompson’s report demonstrates that ten BART‐eligible EGUs at four Texas power plants and three other BART‐eligible sources in Texas will likely continue to cause or contribute to visibility impairment at multiple Class I areas under the Cross‐State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). Earthjustice discussed Dr. Thompson’s preliminary modeling results in our February 28, 2012 comment letter on EPA’s proposed “better than BART” determination for CSAPR (Docket ID No. EPA‐HQ‐OAR‐2011‐0729). We respectfully request that EPA add Dr. Thompson’s final modeling report to the docket for EPA‐HQ‐OAR‐2011‐0729 (the attached cover letter and final report were also emailed to a‐and‐r‐[email protected]). Sincerely, Michael Hiatt ______Michael Hiatt Associate Attorney Earthjustice 1400 Glenarm Place, #300 Denver, CO 80202 T: 303‐996‐9617 F: 303‐623‐8083 www.earthjustice.org Because the earth needs a good lawyer The information contained in this email message may be privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying is strictly prohibited. If you think that you have received this email message in error, please notify the sender by reply email and delete the message and any attachments. Nat'l Parks Conservation Ass'n and Sierra Club - Cover Letter to Dr. Tammy Thompson Modeling Report.pdf Dr. Tammy Thompson, Air Quality Modeling of the Visibility Impacts of Seven Texas-Located Point Source Facilities (2012).p Thomas Diggs/R6/USEPA/US To John Millett 03/02/2012 12:36 PM cc Darrin Larson, Robinson.Jeffrey, Austin Vela bcc Subject Re: Fw: WSJ -- LNG Export facility in Sabine Pass? John: This has crossed our paths. The company received an Air Permit and a Title V operating permit from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. Since their issuance of the permits, we have received a Title V petition from the Sierra Club, local citizens and the Gulf Coast Environmental Labor Coalition a few weeks ago. Region 6 also had considerable comments on the permit ourselves when it was at notice. If you have further questions, our permitting point of contact is Jeff Robinson, Chief, Air Permitting Section or give me a call or email. Tom Thomas Diggs Associate Director - Air US EPA Region 6 214-665-3102 fax 214-665-7263 [email protected] John Millett fyi -- has this crossed your paths? ~~~~... 03/02/2012 10:46:08 AM From: John Millett/DC/USEPA/US To: Darrin Larson/R6/USEPA/US@EPA, Thomas Diggs/R6/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 03/02/2012 10:46 AM Subject: Fw: WSJ -- LNG Export facility in Sabine Pass? fyi -- has this crossed your paths? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Millett Office of Air and Radiation Communications U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5411 Ariel Rios Building North Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202/564-2903 Cell: 202/510-1822 ----- Forwarded by John Millett/DC/USEPA/US on 03/02/2012 11:44 AM ----- From: Brendan Gilfillan/DC/USEPA/US To: Betsaida Alcantara/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: "David Bloomgren" +OW as well. Betsaida Alcantara See below ----- Original Message ----- 03/02/2012 10:23:05 AM From: Betsaida Alcantara/DC/USEPA/US To: "John Millett" See below From: "Johnson, Keith" [[email protected]] Sent: 03/02/2012 10:17 AM EST To: Betsaida Alcantara Subject: WSJ -- Question for you Hi Betsaida I’ve got a question for you: I am trying to see where the EPA Clean Air and Clean Water review of the proposed LNG Export facility in Sabine Pass stands. My understanding is that, in addition to the environmental assessment that FERC is wrapping up, EPA has those two Act assessments of the terminal to finish up as well. That may not be your strict bailiwick – but could you point me towards the best people (or even a place in the public record)? Muchas gracias Keith 202‐862‐6628