From: "Alicea, Jezebele" <Alicea.Jezebele@epa.gov>

To: "McComber, Yasmin" <IYMcComber@tecoenergy.com>

CC: "Butler, Amy" <AMButler@tecoenergy.com>, "Jordan, Ronald" <Jordan.Ronald@epa.gov>, "Covington, James" <Covington.James@epa.gov>

Date: 7/24/2013 11:40 AM Subject: RE: TEC

- Request for Release of Information From Docket No. EPA

- HQ

- OW

- 2009

- 0819

Greetings Ms. McComber!

EPA received your request for "all information related to Big Bend and Polk Power Stations, facilities owned by Tampa El ectric Company, including information that EPA has derived from information obtained from these facilities and from all other sources, and in cluding facility

- specific or facility

- derived information in input files to" certain documents found on the docket for the Steam Electric ELG rulemaking.

EPA has made available substantial data and other information relating to the proposed rule in the docket for the steam elect ric power generating effluent guidelines rulemaking, including data relating to the specifi c facility(ies) you identified, data about other plants where that data is not claimed as confidential business information or could lead to the disclosure of confidential business information, equations used to estimate several key outputs such as costs, and a description of the various methodologies used by EPA (e.g., costing methodologies, pollutant loadings methodologies, etc.). In addition to this publicly available data, in response to your request, EPA is planning to forward u nder separate

correspon dence additional data that provides plant

- specific compliance costs and pollutant removals that EPA estimated would be attributable to the proposed rule, as well as plant

- specific input values that were used in EPA's cost models, pollutant loadings/removal models, and environmental assessment models. EPA is planning to provide a description of how each plant can use available data to make re levant calculations, such as how to calculate pollutant loadings. EPA believes these data, in addition to the publicl y available data already provided in the docket, provide you with sufficient information to understand any effects the proposed rule may have on your facilities a nd to comment effectively on the proposed rule, and this data represents the extent of informa tion that EPA can make available to you without disclosing, directly or indirectly, information claimed as confidential business information by other sources.

To ensure that confidential business information is only released to an authorized official, EPA requires that you submit your request on company letterhead using the certification statement below. The certifying official must be a responsible corporate official or his/ her authorized representative.

Certification Statement

"I certify under penalty of law that I am a responsible corporate official or his/her authorized representative of [fill in name of corporate entity] and am authorized to request confidential business information on behalf of my company. I certify that [fill in name of corp orate entity] is the majority owner or the operator for each facility (and for each unit at each facility) for which we are requesting confidentia l business information. I am aware that there may be significant penalties for submitting false information includi ng the possibility of fines and imprisonment, pursuant

to 18 U.S.C. § 1001. "

In addition, you must provide the name (if not the certifying official) and mailing address (no P.O. boxes) for receipt of th e requested information. Mailing addresses must be accessible to a commercial courier service (e.g., Federal Express).

Have a blessed day! Sincerely,

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Jezebele Alicea

- Virella Environmental Engineer

Phone No: 202

- 566

- 1755

Fax No: 202

- 566

- 1053

EPA

- Office of Water/OST/EAD

Mail Code: 4303T 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20460 [MC900437627[1]][MC900437627[1]][MC900437627[1]][MC900437627[1]][MC900437627[1]] From: McComber, Yasmin [mailto:IYMcComber@tecoenergy.com] Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 5:12 PM To: Jordan, Ronald; Covington, James Cc: Alicea, Jezebele; Butler, Amy Subject: TEC

- Request for Release of Information From Docket No. EPA

- HQ

- OW

- 2009

- 0819

Please find the attached Request for Release of Information NPDES for Big Bend Station and Polk Power Station.

Thank you and please contact me with any questions or comments.

Amy Butler, PE Consulting Engineer EH&S Land & Water Programs Tampa Electric CompanyOffice: (813) 228

- 4433

Fax: (813) 228

- 1308

Email: AMB utler@tecoenergy.com<mailto:AMButler@tecoenergy.com>

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