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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY I REGION IX 1,

75 Hawthorne Street

San Francisco, CA 94105-3901

CERTIFIED MAIL NO. 7012 1640 0001 2190 7540

MAY 072013 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED

3 ames McGowan

Senior Vice President

Sithe Global Power, LLC

277 Park Avenue

th 40 Floor

New York. NY 101 72

Dear Mr. MeG owan:

This letter is in reference to your application for a Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD)

permit for the Desert Rock Energy Facility dated May 7. 2004. and to our request for additional

information dated November 17, 2011. We attempted to contact you about this matter earlier

this year. 1—lowever, because we did not receive conhirmation that our previous letter was

delivered, we are making this additional elton to reach you.

It has been approximately eighteen months since we last requested information Irom Sithe

Global Power, LLC about the status of the Desert Rock Energy Facility and we have yet to

receive a reply. Accordingly, EPA will consider your PSD permit application to be withdrawn

without hlirther notice unless you contact us within 30 days oh your receipt of this letter to

discuss the status of your application and provide us with a Plan to supply the information that

EPA would need in order to continue processing the application.

If you have any questions or if you wish to arrange a meeting to discuss the status of the permit

application, please contact (lerardo Rios. Chief of the Air Permits 001cc, at (415) 972—3974 or

rios.gerardouepa.gov.

Sincerely,

Deb iih loidan ‘

Director, Air I)ivision

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United States Environmental Protection Agency

75 Hawthorne Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

CC: Mr. Geraldo Rios

United States Environmental Protection Agency

75 Hawthorne Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

Re: Application for a PSD permit for the Desert Rock Energy Facility

Dear Ms. Jordan,

As per James McGowan’s request, attached please find a signed letter from Thomas J.

DeLeo regarding your letter dated May 7, 2013 referencing our application for a Prevention of Significant Deterioration permit.If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me by email at pazsitheg!obal.com or by phone at +1(212) 351-0094.

Verytr lyyours,

o ntaPaz

Administrative Assistant

277 Park Avoriua 4Dt Floor Now York, Now York 10172 P 212 351 ODGO F 212 351 00D2
Director, Air Division

United States Environmental Protection Agency

Region IX75 Hawthorne Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

Dear Ms. Jordan:

We received your letter dated May 7, 2013 regarding an application for the Prevention of

Significant Deterioration (“PSD”) Permit for the Desert Rock Energy Facility dated May 7,

2004 and to an EPA request for additional information dated November 11, 2011. Please beinformed that Desert Rock Energy Company, LLC is no longer developing this project and

hereby withdraws the PSD application.A formal acknowledgement ofthis withdrawal by EPA would be appreciated.

Sincerely,

Thomas J. DeLeo

Chief Operating Officer

Sithe Global Power, LLC

277 Park Avonue 4Dt Flaor New York, Now York 10172 P 212 351 OOCO F 212 351 0002
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

REGION IX

75 Hawthorne Street

San Francisco, CA 94105-3901

JUN 1 82013

ihornas .1. DeLco

Chie[ Operating Officer

Sithe Global Power. LLC

277 Park Avenue

40th FHr

New York. NY 10172

This letter is in reference to your application toy a Prevention of’ Significant Deterioration (PSD)

permit for the Desert Rock Energy Facility. As requested, this is to conhrm receipt of your May

3 1 201 3 letter withdrawing the application.

Sincerely.

4 / 7 J/’ /

Gerardo C. Rios

Chiel Permits Office

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Dear Mr. DeLco:

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