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Jonathan.Pawlow@s b To : Peter_D._Eglinton@omb.eop.gov , Keit h Bamett/RTP/USEPA/US@EP A a.go v 03/08/200 1 12:0 7 P M cc : Subject : Mor e o n RP C comment s

Dea r Gentlemen , I looke dove r

Peter' s comment s sen t

t o Keitho n Tues , 3/6 , an dI concu r wit hthem . I thin k

th e approac hlai dou t

make s sense . I hav e acouple o f additiona l mino r

comments : 1 . I amwaverin g o n whethe r th e rul e an dth e Preambl e are clear enoug ho n what

th e 12-mont hrollin g average is , an dho w i t i s t o b e calculated . Th e rul e contemplate s (a s I understan dit ) that

facilitie s are t o calculat e thei r resi n usag e o n amonthl y basi s eac hcalenda r month . At

th e en do f

1 2 months , the y wil l hav e 1 2 one-monthaverages , whic hthe y the n ar e t o averag e int o a12-mont

haverag e (i.e., th e average o f th e 1 2 one-monthaverages) . I coul d envisio n that

som e les s sophisticate dfacility operato r may interpre t

th e rule' s 12-mont

haverag e a s th e average of

1 2 month s of

dail y averages , o r

som e othe r

for mof averagin g ove r

th e cours e o f 1 2 months , whic hwoul dno t b e correc t

(a s I understan dit) . Keith , I recommen dthat yo u ad d asentenc e o r

tw o i n th e Preambl e (mayb e in Sectio n 4 , Selection of Averaging Time for Demonstrating Compliance , aroun dpp . 59-6 0 o f th e draf t text , o r in som e othe r

suitabl e location??? ) an di n th e rul e tex t (mayb e in Sectio n 63.5798(a) , aroun dpp . 111-11 2 of th e draf t text , o r in som e othe r

suitabl e location???) , makin g i t crysta l clear

that th e 12-mont

hrollin g average i s t o b e determine db y arithmeticall y averagin g th e 1-mont haverages , whic hthe y ar e require delsewher e i n th e rul e t o determine , fo r eac hof th e precedin g 1 2 one-monthperiods . I als o recommen dthat

yo u ad dasentenc e o r

tw o explainin g what

a"rolling average"

is . I'v e ru n int o numerou s peopl e ove r th e year s wh o don' t

kno w what

i t is . 2 . I hav e acoupl e o f

othe r edit s t o th e Preamble , whic hhav e bee n copie dan dpaste dint o th e attached

WordPerfec t

document . Th e first

edi t i s aime dat

addin g bac k

in a n accidentall y delete dword , an dth e secon dedi t i s aime dat

clarifyin g th e discussio n o f th e additiona l alternativ e o n whic hw e wil l b e solicitin g comment . I n th e sam e attached document , I highlighte d(i n green ) acouple o f sentence s (whic hPete r

propose dtakin g out , i n hi s edit ) tha t I woul dno t

objec t t o leavin g in . 3 . Keith , don't

forge t t o chang e th e nam e o f

th e EP A Administrato r

(fro mBrowne r

t o Whitman) . Gentlemen , pleas e cal l m e i f ther e ar e an y questions . «Reinforce d Plastics - Propose d Tex t Edits (3.8.0 1 ).wpd » Best regards,P. 3

Jon Jon Pawlow Jonatha n RPawlow , Esq . Assistant Chief Counsel Offic e of Advocac y Smal l Busines s Administratio n 40 9 Thir dStreet , S.W. , 7t hFloo r Washington , D.C . 2041 6 (202 ) 205-695 1 (direct) (202 ) 481-043 3 (fax) (202 ) 205-692 8 (alternate fax) J0nathan.pawl0W@sba.g0V (e-mail) Rfiinforrfir t Plnstirs

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