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OFFIC E O F AI R QUALIT Y PLANNIN G 

### Mr
. A
. D
. Correll AND.STANBARD S 

### Chairma n o f th e Boar d an d Chief Executiv e Office

r Georgia-Pacifi c Corporatio n 13 3 Peachtre e Street , N E P
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. Box 10580 5 Atlanta , G A 3034 8 Dea r Mr
. Correll : Thi s i s i n respons e t o you

r lette r of July 6,199 9 to Rober

t Perciasep e i n which you expressed you

r concern s regardin g th e recen t development s o f

th e Ne w Sourc e Review (NSR) Refor mproject
. A s you

r letter indicated , th e U.S
. Environmenta l Protectio n Agency (EPA) ha s recently receive d proposal s fromvariou s industr y group s and other

stakeholders , and I ca

n assur e yo u tha t thos e proposal s are bein g carefull y reviewe d an

d full y considere d a s w e mov e forwar d t o promulgatio n o f

th e NS RRefor

mrules
. The EP A remain s committed to a

n appropriat

e exchang e o f

idea s an d to reachin g workabl e solution s o n th e remainin g NS RRefor missues
. A

t th e sam e time , w e recogniz e aneed t o balanc e th e time demand s o f reopenin g th e dialogu e wit h th e nee d to sta

y on track an d reach closur e withi n th e comin g months
. You ma y b e please d to lear

n tha t w e ar e schedulin g meeting s wit h representative s fromth e majo r stakeholde

r group s t o allo w fo

r a n additiona

l opportunit

y fo r dialogue
. Th e meetin g wit

h th e Nationa

l Environmenta

l Developmen

t Association' s Clea

n Air Regulator y Project , o f

whic h Georgia-Pacifi c i s amember , i s currently schedule d fo r Augus t 18 , 1999
. The result s o f

thes e discussion s wil l help infor mou r senior managemen

t a s final decision s ar e mad e o n thi s rulemaking
. I truly appreciat

e Geogia-Pacific' s continue d interes t in thi s importan

t environmenta

l rulemakin g and th e tim e tha t you hav e investe d towar

d offering idea s throughout it s development
. W e ar

e makin g ever

y possibl e effor

t to understand an

d conside r al l stakeholde

r perspective s prio r

to issuin g final regulations
. Sincerely ,

i Joh n q 7 Seit z L Director Officeto f Ai r Qualit y Plannin g

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AD . Correl l Chairman of

the Board

and Chief Executive OtHoer 1331 P.O.Box 10SOOS Atlanta, QA 30348 Telephone (404) 65*421 7

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Jul y 6,199 9
Th e Honorabl e RobertPerciasep e Assistan tAdministrato r fo r Ai r U.S . Environmental Protectio n Agenc y Washington , D.C . 2046 0 Dea r Bob : W e ar e concerne d aboutth e action s thatEPA may tak e o n th e refor m o f th e Ne w Sourc e Revie w Program . EP

A ha s bee n engaged , sinc e Februar y 1999 , i n discussion s wit

h stakeholder s i n a

n effortt o develo p proposal s t o refor m th e agency' s Ne w Sourc e Revie w Program . Al l stakeholders , includin g regulate d industries , hav e investe d significan ttim e and resource s i n thi s proces s believin g thatthei r concept s wil l b e considere d i n goo d faith ; an d wit h th e seriousnes s wit h whic h the y wer e developed . W e ar e ver y concerne d t o lear n thatEP A staf

f hav e decide d t o recommen d movin g forwar d wit h th e Agency' s existin g NS Rproposal s wit h whatappear s t o b e n o regar

d fo r th e numerou s idea s generate d through th e stakeholde r process . Thi s outcom e i s particularly concernin g i n ligh to f di e enormou s impac tth e NS Rregulation s hav e o n state s an d regulate d industrie s alike . W e are writin g t o urg e yo u t o allo w stakeholde r discussion s t o b e complete d prio r t o finalizin g an y NS Rrefor m package . Tha tEP A staf

f hav e acknowledge d th e need fo r refor m o f th e NS Rrule s i s wel l known . I tals o i s wel l know n thatth e complexitie s o f th e curren

tsyste m impos e enormou s burdens o n state s an d regulate d industries . Perhap s les s wel l know n i s th e leve l o f effor trecentl y pu

tfort h b y industr

y representative s t o develo p wha tw e believ e ar e workabl e refor

m concepts . T o hav e tha teffor tignore d a

tth e en d o f

th e da y seem s unreasonable . A s chairma

n o f th e environmen tcommitte e fo r AF&PA , w e understand you r desire , a s Assistan t Administrato r fo r Air , t o ensure thatth e Agenc y doe s no tbecom e embroile d i n month s o r eve n year s o f stakeholde r discussion s that, i n di e end , yiel d n o measurabl e results . However , w e strongl y believ e tha t there i s a proper balanc e betwee n allowin g endles s debat e versu s abruptl

y suspendin g discussion s whe n a workabl e solutio n i s withi n reach . W e ar e confiden tmat , give n a littl e mor e time , th e stakeholde r proces s wil l resul ti n a se to f refor m concept s tha

tca n b e supporte d b y th e man y stakeholder s involved , includin g EPA , states , regulate d industries , an d th e environmental community . W e urg e yo u t o allo w stakeholde r discussion s t o b e complete d s o thatsuch a n outcom e can , i n fact , becom e a reality . Sincerely ,

AD C
cc : Mr . J . E . Bosti c

Ms . A . Schaffer - AF&P A 

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