From: Lanelle Wiggins/DC/USEPA/US

To: bmu@bancroftiowa.com, scott.siddoway@rosi-boise.com, rex.butler@cipco.net, 

crmugas@crmu.net, mike.thatcher@cbpower.coop, dhaverland@dutil.com, 

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mshook@coffeyville.com, WPenrod@sunflower.net, kbihm@lepa.com

Cc: tpugh@publicpower.org, mrossler@eei.org, ec@jecinc.info, rae.cronmiller@nreca.coop, 

afield@hunton.com, wwehrum@hunton.com

Date: 07/11/2011 05:07 PM

Subject: tentative agenda for the second SBAR Panel Outreach meeting for the Utility GHG NSPS 

Rulemaking - Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Dear Small Entity Representatives:

Below is a tentative agenda for our meeting this Wednesday, July 13 from 1:30pm - 5:00pm eastern time. 

Please note that I have stretched the meeting to run until 5, rather than the originally scheduled ending 

time of 4:30. We have access to the room until 5, and we wanted to accommodate the meeting topics 

that were suggested by Theresa Pugh and Rae Cronmiller (see Theresa's 7/6 email, I believe you all 

were cc'd on).

TENTATIVE AGENDA - July 13, 2011

1:30pm - 5:00pm eastern

1:30 Welcome/Introductions/Allotment of Time in Agenda* (15 min)

1:45 Discussion of SER suggested issues (2 hrs)

 Limited use boilers with limited opportunities for efficient improvements due to NSR complications 

for conventional pollutants (even though we believe that the pollution control exclusion applies in 

the context of NSPS).

 Variances per kwH and heat rates over monthly and annual operations (six real world case 

studies by utilities)

 Why age of plant is significant in setting any NSPS for CO2 (Wyandotte)

 A brief presentation on legal issues on NSPS for CO2 (Bill Wehrum)

 Why knowing the end game on biomass is critical before proposing NSPS for EPA and utilities 

(Holland)

 Why municipal government electric utilities are different from other utilities. Examples: why the 

business model is based upon cost-effective decisions that integrate wastewater treatment waste 

combustion, etc. Why waste heat for snow melt and community energy plan provides high 

temperature for high temperature water in buildings to reduce CO2 used from heating of water, etc 

(Holland)

3:45 Discussion of 'Questions for SERs' (slides 53-63) (1 hr)

4:45 Summary and closing (15 min)

*Please note: In the initial 15 minutes of the meeting, we will open a quick discussion of the allotment of 

time in the agenda. In the absence of having a third Panel outreach meeting, we'd like to devote time at 

this meeting to discussion of the topics/issues that SERs feel are most important for the Panel to hear. 

We can either stick to the suggested allotment of time, or decide as a group to shift some of the time from 

the discussion of slides 53-63 up to the bullet points suggested by Theresa and Rae. The SERs listed as 

speakers under Theresa and Rae's bullets should be prepared to adjust themselves to fit into the time 

period allotted (anywhere from 2 hrs to about 2 hrs and 45 minutes). EPA is assessing the feasibility of 

having a 3rd outreach meeting, and yet you should be prepared for this meeting to be your only 
opportunity for a verbal discussion. Remember that EPA will also accept written comments for two weeks 

after Wednesday (deadline COB July 27) on the issues that we cover verbally, as well as on any topics 

that we do not get to in any meetings.

Location for Wednesday's meeting:

Room 6530, Ariel Rios North

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20004

(Federal Triangle metro stop on the Orange line, entrance along 12th street about half way between 

Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenues)

OR you can participate via conference call by calling 1-866-299-3188 and entering code 202 566 2372

If you have not done so already and you are attending in person, please send me your name by 

noon tomorrow. I will need to give your name to our guards to make your entry to the building as easy

as possible. When you arrive, please use the entrance to the Ariel Rios North building located under the 

arches and next to the Metro entrance. Be prepared to present an ID to the guards. The guards will scan 

your bags, sign you in, and give you a visitor pass. Someone from my team will meet you at the guard 

desk to escort you to our meeting room.

For your handy reference, I have attached two documents from our first Panel outreach meeting: the 

presentation on the rulemaking (“EGU NSPS Panel Outreach Presentation 2011.06.15.pdf”) and the 

outline of regulatory options that EPA heard at the five GHG NSPS listening sessions (“Final NSPS 

Markup 05-05-2011.pdf”).

Please call or email me if you have any questions.

Thanks,

Lanelle

Final NSPS Markup 05-05-2011.pdf

 

EGU NSPS Panel Outreach Presentation 2011.06.15.pdf 

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Lanelle Bembenek Wiggins

RFA/SBREFA Team Leader

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Policy

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (1806A)

Washington, DC 20460

202/566-2372

wiggins.lanelle@epa.gov

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