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SUBJECT : Meeting wit hDavi d Hawkins , NRD C ' . FROM : WilliamF . Tyndall , Attorney/]y p ) Ai r an d Radiatio n Division , LE-1 3 2 A TO : Docke t A-90-0 6 On Augus t 6 , 1991 , Davi d Hawkins , Senio r Attorney , Natura l Resource s Defens e Council , me t wit hth e following individual s fro mEPA : E . Donal d Elliott , Genera l Counsel , Gre g Foot e an d myself , Offic e o f Genera l Counsel , Juli e Dolmike , Offic e o f Enforcement ; Lydi a Wegman , John Calcagn i an d Davi d Solomon , Offic e o f Ai r Qualit yPlanning an d Standards , participate d b y phone . Th e purpos e o f th e meeting wa s t o discus s NRDC' s objection s t o th e WEPC O rul e a s proposed . Specifically , Mr . Hawkin s comment s wer e a s follows : On th e NS Rbaseline : EPAcanno t chang e t o th e "highes t tw o years " baselin e withou t changing regulatorylanguage , whic hEP A di d no t propos e t o do . Hawkin s suggeste d using th e averag e o f th e previou s five year s a s a mor e accurat e indicato r o f th e source' s baselin e operations . Elliot t observe d tha t EPAmaynee d t o provid e a bette r rationalizatio n fo r it s decisio nt o mov e away fro mth e presen t emphasi s onth e tw o yea r perio d immediatel y preceding change . O n applicabilit ydeterminations : Hawkin s calle d fo r EPAt o explicitl yrequir e source s t o see k applicabilit ydetermination s i n orde r t o qualif yfo r th e pollutio n contro l projec t exclusio n o r th e actua l t o futur e actua l methodology . On enforcement : NRD C want s t o hol d companie s t o thei r futur e actua l projection . Elliot t suggeste d on e approac hwoul d b e t o allo wcompanie s t o predic t post-modificatio n level s o f operatio n an

d the n appl yNS Rt o an ycompanie s tha t experienc e significan t increase s abov e th e projecte d level . On causation : Hawkin s claim s tha t th e causatio nregulatory languag e create s a presumptio ni n favo r o f excluding demand growt hfromfutur e actual s projection . Thi s conflict s wit hth e

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plai n languag e o f sectio n111(a)(4 ) o f th e CleanAi r Ac t whic h place s th e burde n o n a sourc e t o prov e i t i s entitle d t o thi s "exemption. " Placing th e burde no n th e sourc e i s als o mor e workabl e sinc e th e permitting authorit ydoe s no t hav e acces s t o th e source' s demand growt hprojection s an d bac k u

p materials . Hawkin s als o propose d adding th e concep t o f economi c feasibilit y t o th e exclusion . I n othe r words , th e proposa l alread ylimit s th e demand growt hexclusio nt o utilit yunit s tha t ar e physicall y o r legall ycapabl e o f increasing capacity . Hawkin s woul d ad d tha t i t b e economicall yfeasibl e (withou t th e propose d change ) t o increas e operation s a t th e uni t i nquestion . Elliot t state d tha t th e languag e o f th e propose d regulation s wa s ambiguou s an d tha t th e burde n o f proo f fo r th e deman d growt hexclusio nmigh t nee d t o b e clarified . Asid e from

thes e specifi c areas , th e participant s als o discusse d th e timing o f th e transcrip t fro mth e Jul y2 2 hearing hel d b yCongressma n Waxma n an d th e likel ycompletio ndat e fo r th e rule . Elliot t indicate d EPA' s inten t wa s t o allo wpubli c commen t on th e transcrip t an d t o finis hth e rul e b yth e en

d o f thi s year .