VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL: RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, to jordan.ronald@epa.gov and covington.james@epa.gov Mr. Ronald Jordan USEPA Headquarters Mr. James Covington USEPA Headquarters Urgent: Request for Release of Information From Docket No. EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0819 ***PROMPT RESPONSE REQUESTED*** Dear Mr. Jordan and Mr. Covington: Our facilities provided information that is bei ng used to inform EPA’s development of the proposed revision of the effluent limitations guid elines and standards for the steam electric power generating point source (ELG Rule). The facilities listed below either responded to earlier ELG Rule questionnaires to the industry or provided information to you through other means, such as site visits or separate information requests. The specif ic facilities in question are as follows: Operating Company and Facility Name Facility NPDES Number Alabama Power Company Barry Gadsden E C Gaston Gorgas Greene County James H Miller Jr Georgia Power Company Bowen Harlee Branch

Hammond Edwin I Hatch AL0002879 AL0002887 AL0003140 AL0002909 AL0002917 AL0027146

GA0001449 GA0026051 GA0001457 GA00041202 Kraft Jack McDonough McIntosh McManus Mitchell Scherer Vogtle Wansley

Yates Gulf Power Company Crist Scholz Lansing Smith Mississippi Power Company Victor J Daniel Jr Jack Watson Southern Power Company Curtis H Stanton Energy Center Rowan GA0003816 GA0001431 GA0003883 GA0003794 GA0001465 GA0035564 GA0026786 GA0026778 GA0001473

FL0002275 FL0002283 FL0002267

MS0024511 MS0002925

N/A NCG500582

We have identified certain record documents wh ich we believe contain information reported by, or derived from data or informa tion reported by, one or more of our facilities. EPA has redacted all or portions of these documents as “conf idential business information” (CBI). We are requesting that you provide to us all information related to the facilities listed above (including information that EPA has derived from information obt ained from our facilities and from all other sources, and including facility-spe cific or facility-derived information in input files to the listed documents) contained within the following documents:3 EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0819 Doc. ID No. (DCN No.) Short Description 1959 (DCN SE01825A53) FGD Input Table Current Systems 1959 (DCN SE01825A54) FGD Input Table Planned Systems 1959 (DCN SE01825A55) FGD High Flow Analysis 1959 (DCN SE01825A73) Bottom As h MDS Conveyance O&M Costs 1959 (DCN SE01825A74) Bottom Ash In termediate Storage O&M Costs 1959 (DCN SE01825A75) Bottom Ash Wet Sluicing O&M Costs 1959 (DCN SE01825A76) Bottom As h Remote MDS Capital Costs 1959 (DCN SE01825A77) Bottom Ash Wet Sluicing O&M Costs 1959 (DCN SE01825A78) Bottom As h Remote MDS Capital Costs 1977 (SE02900) CBI Steam Electric Polluta nt Loading Model for FGD Wastewater 1984 (SE02899) CBI Steam Electric Pollutant Loadings Model for Ash Transport Water 1986 (SE01756) CBI Future Profile FGD Loads 2104 (SE02897) CBI Steam Electric Cost Model (FGD and Ash Transport Water) 2105 (SE02898) CBI Steam Electric Cost Model (FGD and Leachate) 2121 (SE03804) CBI Data Dictionary for the FGD and Ash Cost Model 2157 (SE02988) CBI Loads Calculation Data base for Options 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 2159 (SE03508) CBI Loads Calculation Database Future Profile – IPM Only 2191 (SE03879) CBI Bottom Ash Manage ment Determination Calculations 2195 (SE03507) Loads Calculation Da tabase – Questionnaire and IPM 2197 (SE03552) CBI EA Report Calculations Database 2201 (SE03895) CBI Loads Calculation Database for Options 3a, 3b and 4a 2210 (SE02129) CBI Memorandum to the Steam Electric Rulemaking Record: New Source Performance Standards Costing Memorandum and Attachment 2252, 2252.1 (SE01957, SE1957A1) CBI Incremental Costs and Pollutant Removals for Proposed ELGs Report and Attachment 2256 (SE01957) CBI Incremental Costs and Pollutant Removals

Please include all information from these documents that relates to our facilities. For example, our facilities supplied informa tion about existing control technol ogies. Through this request, we are requesting not only the control technologies in formation supplied by our facilities, but also control technologies information a bout our facilities derived from other sources, as well as all EPA-developed information relating to our contro l technologies, including EPA’s assessments of future technology choices for our facil ities based on the various rule options. For each document, as appropriate, please also include: (1) a legend which explains each column heading and each abbreviation used thro ughout the entire document; and (2) a list of all formulas applied in the document and a legend for any abbreviations used in the formulas. The legend and formula information is key to understanding these documents. We make this request without waiving any of our CBI designations. Because you are providing the information only to us, there is no breach of confidentiality and no waiver of CBI protections. Furthermore, we are not requesting CBI inform ation, or CBI-derived information, from other4 companies that may have furnished data or inform ation appearing in the listed documents. We are requesting only information related to our own facilities. We have done our best to be selective in asking for facility-specific information. The information we are seeking, however, is critical to our review of, and preparation of comments on, the proposed ELG Rule. Because there are less than 45 days left in the comment period, we ask that you expedite this request. If you have any questions about this request, plea se call or email me. I look forward to your prompt response. Thank you very much for your help.

Sincerely, 

# Donna B. Hill

Donna B. Hill Program Manager Southern Company Services, Inc. 600 North 18 th Street / Bin 14N-8195 Birmingham, AL 35203 205-257-5234 office 205-587-4846 cell dbhill@southernco.com

Cc: Chris M. Hobson cmhobson@southernco.com Ms. Jezebele Alicea-Virella alicea.jezebele@epa.gov