# Victor

N. Lopiano Sr

. VP-Fossi

l and Hydro Generation President-PPL
Nuclear Development,

LLC 

# Jezebel

e Alicea-Virella EPA-Office

of Water/OST/EAD Mail Code: 4303T 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
N.W. Washington,

D.C. 20460 VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS

PPL Generation,

LLC Two North Ninth Street Allentown,

PA 18101-1179 Tel. 610

. 774

. 3913 Fax 610

. 774

. 6092 

# v nlopiano

@ pplweb.com 

# August

5, 2013 URGENT: Request

for Release

of Information From Docket

No. EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0819 ***PROMPT RESPONSE REQUESTED*** Dear Ms. Alicea-Virella: Our facilities provided information

that

is being used

to inform EPA's development

of the proposed revision

of the effluent limitation

s guideli

ne

s and standards

for the steam elect

ric power gene
rat ing point source (ELG Rule). The facilities listed below either responded

to ear lier ELG Rule questionnaires

to the indu stry
or provided inform
atio

n to you throu

gh other means,

suc

h as site visits

or separate information requests.

The specif

ic facilities

in question are
as follows: PPL Generation

PPL Brunner

I s land
NPDES Permit PA0008281 PPL Generation

PPL Montour

NPDES Permit PA0008443 PPL Generation

PPL Susquehanna

NPDES Permit PA0047325 PPL Generation

PPL Martins Creek

NPDES Permit PA0012823 PPL Montana

J.E. Corette

NPDES Permit MT0000396 We have identified certain record documents
which
we believe contain information reported by, or derived from data

or information

r eported

by, one
or more

of our facilities.

EPA has redacted

all or portions

of these documents

as "con fidenti

a

l business information"

(CBI). We are requesting

that you provide

to us

a ll information related

to the

f aci lities

li sted above (including inform

at ion that EPA has derived from information obtained
from our facilities

and from

all other sources,

and including facility-specific

or facility-derived information

in input files to the listed documents) contained within
the following documents: EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0819

Doc.

ID No. (DCN No.) Short Description 1959 (DCN SE01825A53)

FGD Input Table Current Systems 1959 (DCN SE01825A54)

FGD Input Table Planned Systems



# '"21959(DCNSE01825A55)FGDHighFlowAnalysis1959(DCNSE01825A73)BottomAshMDSConveyanceO&MCosts1959(DCNSE01825A74)BottomAshIntermediateStorageO&MCosts1959(DCNSE01825A75)BottomAshWetSluicingO&MCosts1959(DCNSE01825A76)BottomAshRemoteMDSCapitalCosts1959(DCNSE01825A77)BottomAshWetSluicingO&MCosts1959(DCNSE01825A78)BottomAshRemoteMDSCapitalCosts1977(SE02900)CBISteamElectricPollutantLoadingModelforFGDWastewater1984(SE02899)CBISteamElectricPollutantLoadingsModelforAshTransportWater1986(SE01756)CBIFutureProfileFGDLoads2104(SE02897)CBISteamElectricCostModel(FGDandAshTransportWater)2105(SE02898)CBISteamElectricCostModel(FGDandLeachate)2121(SE03804)CBIDataDictionaryfortheFGDandAshCostModel2157(SE02988)CBILoadsCalculationDatabaseforOptions1,2,3,4,and52159(SE03508)CBILoadsCalculationDatabaseFutureProfile-IPMOnly2191(SE03879)CBIBottomAshManagementDeterminationCalculations2195(SE03507)LoadsCalculationDatabase-QuestionnaireandIPM2197(SE03552)CBIEAReportCalculationsDatabase2201(SE03895)CBILoadsCalculationDatabaseforOptions3a,3band4a2210(SE02129)CBIMemorandumtotheSteamElectricRulemakingRecord:NewSourcePerformanceStandardsCostingMemorandumandAttachment2252,2252.1(SE01957,SE1957A1)CBIIncrementalCostsandPollutantRemovalsforProposedELGsReportandAttachment2256(SE01957)CBIIncrementalCostsandPollutantRemovalsPleaseincludeallinformationfromthesedocumentsthatrelatestoourfacilities.Forexample,ourfacilitiessuppliedinformationaboutexistingcontroltechnologies.Throughthisrequest,wearerequestingnotonlythecontroltechnologiesinformationsuppliedbyourfacilities,butalsocontroltechnologiesinformationaboutourfacilitiesderivedfromothersources,aswellasallEPA-developedinformationrelatingtoourcontroltechnologies,includingEPA'sassessmentsoffuturetechnologychoicesforourfacilitiesbasedonthevariousruleoptions.Foreachdocument,asappropriate,pleasealsoinclude:(1)alegendwhichexplainseachcolumnheadingandeachabbreviationusedthroughouttheentiredocument;and(2)alistofallformulasappliedinthedocumentandalegendforanyabbreviationsusedintheformulas.Thelegendandformulainformationiskeytounderstandingthesedocuments.WemakethisrequestwithoutwaivinganyofourCBIdesignations.Becauseyouareprovidingtheinformationonlytous,thereisnobreachofconfidentialityandnowaiverofCBIprotections.Furthermore,wearenotrequestingCBIinformation,orCBI-derivedinformation,fromothercompaniesthatmayhavefurnisheddataorinformationappearinginthelisteddocuments.Wearerequestingonlyinformationrelatedtoourownfacilities.

### 3 We have done our best

to be selective

in asking

for facility-specific information.

The information

we are seeking, however

, is critical

to our review

of

, and preparation

of comments on

, the proposed

ELG Rule. Because there
are less than

50 days left

in the comment period,

we ask that you expedite

this request. If you have any questions about this request, please contact Nancy Evans

at 610-774-4309

or NAEVANS@pp

l web

. com

.

I look forward

to your prompt response. Thank you very much
for your help. We prefer that the information

be
in electronic
form. Please send
CD to Nancy

A. Evans,
PPL Corporation,

2 N. gth St., Mail Stop GENTW20,

A
ll entown,

PA, 18101

- 1179. Sincerely, 

### I certify under penalty of/aw that

I am

a responsible corporate official

or his/her authorized representative

ofPPL Corporation

and am authorized

to request confidential business information

on behalf

of my company.

I certify that PPL Corporation

is the majority owner

or the operator

for each facility (and for each unit
at each facility)

for which

we are requesting confidential business information

.

I am aware that there may
be significant penalties

for s ubmitting

false information including

the possibility

of fines and imprisonment, pursuant

to 18 

# u.s.c.

§ 

### 1001. cc: Mr. Ron Jordan Mr

. James Covington

USEPA

HQ USEPAHQ