MEMORANDUM

TO: Toni Jones, Charlene Spells, Ketan Pa tel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

FROM: Jason Huckaby, Eastern Research Group, Inc.

DATE: August 25, 2010

SUBJECT: Meeting Summary with ConocoPhillips Alaska

INTRODUCTION

A meeting and telephone conference between repr esentatives of U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA), ConocoPhillips Alaska and other inte rested parties was held so that stakeholders

could present their comments and concerns on the proposed Commercial and Industrial Solid

Waste Incineration (CISWI) emission guidelines and new source performance standards

regarding remote incineration units in Alaska.

ATTENDEES

Brad Thomas, ConocoPhillips

Clint Gill, ConocoPhillips

Dave Newsad, SLR International representing Alaska Oil and Gas Association (by telephone)

John Hellen, Pioneer Natural Resources, Alaska (by telephone)

Toni Wyche Jones, EPA

Ketan Patel, EPA

Charlene Spells, EPA

Susmita Dubey, EPA (by telephone)

Jason Huckaby, ERG (by telephone)

TIME and DATE

2:00 to 3:00 PM EDT on August 24, 2010

AGENDA

See attached brief agenda prepared by ConocoPhillips Alaska and presentation slides.

DISCUSSION SUMMARY

The meeting discussion is presented below accord ing to talking poin ts, opening with an

introduction of attendees.2 Toni:

Thanks for your voice mail this morni ng. I'll be in DC on the 23rd meeting with

EPA about the GHG reporting rules so t hought that a meeting with you on the

24th would work best. I think 1 to 1.5 hours would be sufficient. With me will be

Clint Gill who helps with our regulatory affairs.

Of course, the 24th is after the CISWI rule public comment period closes. I'll

make sure our comments are submitted by the deadline and would like to use the

meeting to ensure our iss ues are clearly understood. Sometimes letters don't do

justice to matters as important as this - where the shutdown of our incinerators

could create substantial health and safety issues as well as being very costly
(annualized costs in excess of $100, 000 per ton of emissions reduced).

Briefly, the issues I'd like to cover are:

 Shutting down our remote incinerators will force the periodic stockpiling of

MSW-type waste and this could create problems with, particularly, rabid

foxes and bears;

 In our review of the rule, we cannot see where any Alaska incinerators can

comply with the proposed emission standards making us face the

possibility of removing most if not all of them all from service. It does not

appear this was EPA's intent but the definition in the rule for "small remote

incinerators" seems to make the conclusion inescapable;

 In at least one case, the removal of incinerators from service may have to

occur at or near the time of rule fi nalization (still working on this piece);

and

 We have two facilities not connected to the statewide r oad system and this

will cause us, in one case, to have to fl y waste to a landfill and, in another,

to barge it all the way to the state of Washington.

We believe there are solutions consistent with EPA's intent in the rule and I want

to propose those to you as well. I'll make sure you have our comment letter prior

to the meeting and will develop a ppt for it.

I look forward to your response.

Brad Thomas

ConocoPhillips Alaska

ph: 907.263.4741

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