Fw: API committee meeting participant list /briefing

Rosalina Rodriguez to: Tricia Crabtree 08/05/2010 06:31 PM

Cc: Peter South

Please docket this meeting, Tricia. Let me know if you have any questions. Include their presentation, 

which is at the bottom of this email. This is my summary of the meeting:

The API group met with Bob Sussman on Monday Aug 2, 2010. API attendees: Khary 

Cauthen American Petroleum Institute , Howard Feldman American Petroleum Institute , 

Al Collins Occidental, Robert Nolan ExxonMobil, Patricia Richards Marathon, Dave 

Sander Chevron, Karen St. John BP. Also at the meeting were: Janet McCabe, OAR; 

Steve Page and Rosalina Rodriguez, OAQPS/OAR; and John Vandenberg, 

NCEA/ORD. 

API is urging EPA to abandon the O 3 NAAQS Reconsideration schedule and maintain 

the 2013 O3 NAAQS Review schedule (which actually calls for proposal in May 2013 

and final in Feb 2014). API says this longer period will give EPA time in a full cycle 

review to address additional health studies , background issues, and the W126 form for 

the secondary standard. 

Main issues raised by API:

EPA picked and chose studies (for ozone review and for other NAAQS ), some not even 

peer reviewed, and "relied on conflicting hypotheses" like the 2002 Ross study which 

reached different conclusions on lung function changes based on time of the day . 

EPA needs to consider monitoring data on ozone background levels and international 

transport because there are outstanding issues with under -predicting models that API 

has researched and litigated on; more refinement is needed; there are huge 

implications for implementation and benefits calculation ; EPA should not wait until 

implementation to fix the background issue ; measured levels in Yellowstone are 66ppb, 

which API considers "background" because of remoteness; one PRB for the whole 

nation doesn't make sense because concentrations vary temporally and by season , 

elevation, etc ... 

W126 is not ready, lacks strong biological basis.

----- Forwarded by Rosalina Rodriguez/RTP/USEPA/US on 08/05/2010 06:17 PM -----

From: Peter South/RTP/USEPA/US

To: Rosalina Rodriguez/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA

Date: 08/05/2010 08:05 AM

Subject: Fw: API committee meeting participant list/briefing

Fyi--just wanted to confirm you will be docketing.

Amit Srivastava

 ----- Original Message -----

 From: Amit Srivastava
 Sent: 08/04/2010 09:01 AM EDT

 To: Jean Walker; Jenny Noonan

 Cc: Peter South; Ross Natoli

 Subject: Fw: API committee meeting participant list/briefing

Hi,

Attached below is the information Pete requested from me. Since he is out of the office, I am forwarding it 

along to you. Please let me know if you need anything else! 

Best,

Amit Srivastava

Special Assistant to the Assistant Administrator

Office of Air and Radiation

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

ARN Room 5406 E

(202) 564-2618

Srivastava.Amit@epa.gov

----- Forwarded by Amit Srivastava/DC/USEPA/US on 08/04/2010 08:59 AM -----

From: "Khary Cauthen" <cauthenk@api.org>

To: Amit Srivastava/DC/USEPA/US@EPA

Date: 08/03/2010 05:08 PM

Subject: API committee meeting participant list/briefing

No problem Amit, attached is the document we spoke from with Mr. Sussman and 

the attendees are pasted below. We gave a more detailed presentation in June 

to the Office of Air and Radiation. I also included the document that we used 

during that meeting with Rob Brenner and Janet McCabe in June. The briefing 

was originally scheduled for AA McCarthy but she was pulled into a meeting 

with the Administrator at the last minute.

Khary Cauthen American Petroleum Institute 

Howard Feldman American Petroleum Institute 

Al Collins Occidental 

Robert Nolan ExxonMobil 

Patricia Richards Marathon 

Dave Sander Chevron 

Karen St. John BP

Khary Cauthen

202-682-8209

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-----Original Message-----

From: Srivastava.Amit@epamail.epa.gov [mailto:Srivastava.Amit@epamail.epa.gov

] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 1:46 PM

To: Khary Cauthen

Subject: API committee meeting participant list/briefing

Hi Khary,

I am Amit and I am Gina McCarthy's special assistant. We need a list of

the participants that attended the API meeting yesterday as well as the

API briefing materials. Could you please provide us with a copy of those

two items?

Thanks!

Amit Srivastava

Special Assistant to the Assistant Administrator

Office of Air and Radiation

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

ARN Room 5406 E

(202) 564-2618

Srivastava.Amit@epa.gov