MEMORANDUM

Tetra Tech, Inc. 

10306 Eaton Place, Suite 340 

Fairfax, VA 22030 

phone 703-385-6000 

fax 703-385-6007 

DATE: June 8, 2012 

TO: 316(b) Record 

 

FROM: Kelly Meadows, Tetra Tech 

SUBJECT: Meetings Between EPA and Stakeholders Since the Proposed Existing Facility 

Rule 

This memo serves as an index for meetings (and other interactions) held between EPA and 

various stakeholder group since EPA published the proposed existing facility rule on April 20, 

2011. The table below provides information on meetings held, plus any attendance lists, meeting 

notes or documents that may have been shared at these meetings. Note that not all meetings will 

have documentation; an entry in the table below documents that the meeting occurred and that no 

further materials were developed. 

Date Meeting 

Type 

Stakeholder Meeting 

Purpose 

Document 

Control 

Number 

Associated 

Documents 

4/6/2011 Conference 

call 

Small Entity 

Representativ

es (SER) 

Greenhouse 

gas emissions

n/a n/a 

4/14/2011 Conference 

call 

Association of 

State and 

Interstate 

Water 

Pollution 

Control 

Administrator

s 

(ASIWPCA), 

Proposed rule n/a n/a 
Date Meeting 

Type 

Stakeholder Meeting 

Purpose 

Document 

Control 

Number 

Associated 

Documents 

multiple states 

4/15/2011 Meeting 

(Hosted by 

SBA at 

offices of 

Pepper 

Hamilton, 

LLP) 

Small 

Business 

Roundtable 

Discussed 

proposed 

316(b) rule 

and Utility 

MACT 

n/a n/a 

4/25/2011 Presentation C-Water AquaSweep 

technology 

n/a n/a 

4/26/2011 Meeting Electric 

Power 

Research 

Institute 

(EPRI) 

Clarifications 

on proposed 

rule 

requirements 

n/a n/a 

4/26/2011 Presentation Energy 

Information 

Administratio

n (EIA) 

Power plant 

regulations 

11-6803 n/a 

5/4/2011 Meeting Utility Water 

Act Group 

(UWAG) 

Proposed 

316(b) rule 

n/a n/a 

5/4/2011 Meeting Environmenta

l Group 

Brown Bag 

Discussed 

proposed 

316(b) rule as 

well as 

Waters of the 

U.S. 

n/a n/a 

5/5/2011 Meeting Utility Water 

Act Group 

(UWAG) 

Clarifications 

on proposed 

rule 

requirements 

n/a n/a 

5/16/2011 Conference 

call 

Utility Water 

Act Group 

(UWAG) 

Proposed 

316(b) rule 

n/a n/a 

5/24/2011 Meeting 

(Hosted by 

AF&PA) 

American 

Forest and 

Paper 

Association 

(AF&PA) 

Proposed 

316(b) rule 

n/a n/a 

6/3/2011 Meeting Clean Energy 

Group 

Discuss IM 

limits 

11-6501A 11-6501B, 

11-6501C, 

11-6501D 
Date Meeting 

Type 

Stakeholder Meeting 

Purpose 

Document 

Control 

Number 

Associated 

Documents 

6/9/2011 Conference 

call 

Riverkeeper Proposed rule 11-6507A 11-6507B, 

11-6507C 

6/14/2011 Conference 

call 

Association of 

State and 

Interstate 

Water 

Pollution 

Control 

Administrator

s 

(ASIWPCA), 

multiple states 

Permit 

application, 

BTA 

standards, 

monitoring, 

state burden 

n/a n/a 

6/14/2011 Email Bipartisan 

Policy Center 

(BPC) 

BPC report 

on EPA 

regulations 

11-6802 n/a 

6/16/2011 Conference 

call 

National 

Governors 

Association 

Proposed 

316(b) rule 

n/a n/a 

6/28/2011 Meeting Nuclear 

Energy 

Institute (NEI)

Proposed 

316(b) rule 

n/a n/a 

6/29/2011 Conference 

call 

Utility Water 

Act Group 

(UWAG) 

ICR burden n/a n/a 

6/30/2011 Meeting Boilermakers, 

United 

Mineworkers, 

Plumbers and 

Pipefitters, 

IBEW, 

Department of 

Energy 

Discussed 4 

rules 

affecting 

generators: 

CSAPR, 

MACT, 

316(b) and 

CCR 

n/a n/a 

7/15/2011 Meeting Dominion 

Electric 

Proposed 

316(b) rule 

n/a n/a 

7/26/2011 Meeting Clean Energy 

Group 

Discuss IM 

limit, cycles 

of 

concentration

, velocity 

standard 

n/a 11-6501E, 

11-6501F 

9/8/2011 Letter Virginia 

Department of 

Game and 

Rescind 

comment 

letter 

11-6801 n/a 
Date Meeting 

Type 

Stakeholder Meeting 

Purpose 

Document 

Control 

Number 

Associated 

Documents 

Inland 

Fisheries 

(DGIF) 

9/27/2011 Conference 

call 

Association of 

State and 

Interstate 

Water 

Pollution 

Control 

Administrator

s 

(ASIWPCA), 

multiple states 

Clean Energy 

Group 

proposal 

n/a n/a 

9/28/2011 Meeting Utility Water 

Act Group 

(UWAG) 

Clean Energy 

Group 

proposal 

n/a n/a 

10/6/2011 Conference 

call 

Western 

States Water 

Council 

Proposed 

316(b) rule 

n/a n/a 

10/12/2011 Meeting Clean Energy 

Group 

Clean Energy 

Group 

proposal 

11-6501G n/a 

11/16/2011 Meeting Edison 

Midwest 

Generation 

Proposed 

316(b) rule 

11-6503A 11-6503B 

11/18/2011 Meeting North 

American 

Electric 

Reliability 

Corporation 

(NERC) 

Discussed 

NERC 

analysis of 

EPA's 

generating 

sector rules 

n/a n/a 

11/21/2011 Meeting Cooling 

Water Intake 

Structure 

(CWIS) 

Coalition 

Proposed 

316(b) rule 

11-6504A 11-6504B, 

11-6504C 

12/2/2011 Meeting Clean Energy 

Group 

Proposed 

316(b) rule 

11-6501H 11-6501I, 

11-6501J, 

11-6501K, 

11-6501L 

12/12/2011 Meeting Riverkeeper, 

Natural 

Resources 

Proposed 

316(b) rule 

11-6507D n/a 
Date Meeting 

Type 

Stakeholder Meeting 

Purpose 

Document 

Control 

Number 

Associated 

Documents 

Defense 

Council 

(NRDC), 

Sierra Club 

12/13/2011 Meeting Electric 

Power 

Research 

Institute 

(EPRI) 

Research and 

development 

plan 

11-6506A 11-6506B, 

11-6506C, 

11-6506D, 

11-6506E 

12/13/2011 Meeting Riverkeeper, 

Natural 

Resources 

Defense 

Council 

(NRDC) 

Proposed 

316(b) rule 

11-6507E n/a 

12/21/2011 Email Union of 

Concerned 

Scientists 

(UCS) 

Analysis of 

power plant 

water use 

11-6510A 11-6510B, 

11-6510C, 

11-6510D, 

11-6510E 

1/27/2012 Conference 

call 

Los Angeles 

Department of 

Water and 

Power 

(LADWP), 

Hawaii 

Electric 

Impingement 

mortality 

reduction 

schedule 

11-6502A, 

11-6502B 

n/a 

2/8/2012 Meeting 

(Hosted by 

OMB) 

Clean Energy 

Group 

E.O. 12866 

meeting 

n/a n/a 

2/10/2012 Meeting 

(Hosted by 

OMB) 

Utility Water 

Act Group 

(UWAG) 

E.O. 12866 

meeting 

n/a n/a 

2/24/2012 Meeting 

(Hosted by 

OMB) 

Pacific Gas & 

Electric 

E.O. 12866 

meeting 

n/a n/a 

2/29/2012 Email NextEra 

Energy 

Great Lakes 

data 

n/a 11-6505A, 

11-6505B 

3/2/2012 Meeting 

(Hosted by 

OMB) 

Edison 

Electric 

Institute (EEI) 

E.O. 12866 

meeting 

n/a n/a 

4/10/2012 Meeting 

(Hosted by 

OMB) 

Riverkeeper E.O. 12866 

meeting 

n/a 11-6507F, 

11-6507G, 

11-6507H, 
Date Meeting 

Type 

Stakeholder Meeting 

Purpose 

Document 

Control 

Number 

Associated 

Documents 

11-6507I, 

11-6507J 

4/12/2012 Conference 

call 

Association of 

Clean Water 

Administrator

s 

Discuss 

316(b) and 

other issues 

n/a n/a 

5/22/2012 Meeting 

(Hosted by 

OMB) 

Exelon Corp. E.O. 12866 

meeting 

n/a n/a