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July 26, 2013 

Elizabeth C. Woodard 

VICE PRESIDENT, LEGAL AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS 

VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL: RETURN RECETPT REQUESTED, to 

alicea.jezebele@epa.gov 

Ms. J ezebele Alicea-V irella 

USEP A Headquarters 

Urgent: Request for Release oflnformation 

From Docket No. EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0819 

***PROMPT RESPONSE REQUESTED*** 

Dear Mrs. Alicea-Virella: 

PowerSouth Energy Cooperative provided information that is being used to inform EPA's 

development of the proposed revision of the effluent limitations guidelines and standards for the steam 

electric power generating point source ("ELG Rule"). PowerSouth responded to earlier ELG Rule 

questionnaires to the industry for the facility listed below: 

Charles R. Lowman Power Plant - NPDES AL0003671 

We have identified certain record documents which we believe contain information reported by, 

or derived from data or information reported by, our facility. EPA has redacted all or portions of these 

docwnents as "confidential business infonnation" (CBI). 

We are requesting that you provide to us all information related to the facility listed above 

(including information that EPA has derived from infonnation obtained from our facility and from all 

other sources, and including facility-specific or facility-derived information in input files to the listed 

documents) contained within the following documents: 

EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0819 Short Description Doc. ID No. (DCN No.) 

1959 (DCN SEO 1825A53) FGD Input Table Current Systems 

1959 (DCN SE01825A54) FGD Input Table Planned Systems 

1959 (DCN SE01825A55) FGD High Flow Analysis 

1959 (DCN SE01825A 73) Bottom Ash MDS Conveyance O&M Costs 

1959 (DCN SE01825A74) Bottom Ash Intetmediate Storage O&M Costs 

1959 (DCN SE01825A75) Bottom Ash Wet Sluicing O&M Costs 

1959 (DCN SEO 1825A76) Bottom Ash Remote MDS Capital Costs 

1959 (DCN SE01825A77) Bottom Ash Wet Sluicing O&M Costs 

1959 (DCN SE01825A78) Bottom Ash Remote MDS Capital Costs 

1977 (SE02900) CBI Steam Electric Pollutant Loading Model for FGD Wastewater 

P.O. Box 550 • Andalusia, Alabama 36420 • Phone: 334.427.3000 • W\WI.powersouth.com 
Ms. Jezebele Alicea-Virella 

USEP A Headquarters 

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EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0819 

Doc. ID No. (DCN No.) 

1959 (DCN SEO 1825A53) 

1959 (DCN SE01825A54) 

1959 (DCN SE01825A55) 

1959 (DCN SE01825A73) 

1959 (DCN SE01825A74) 

1959 (DCN SEO 1825A 75) 

1959 (DCN SE01825A76) 

1959 (DCN SE01825A77) 

1959 (DCN SE01825A78) 

1984 (SE02899) 

1986 (SEO 1756) 

2104 (SE02897) 

2105 (SE02898) 

2121 (SE03804) 

2157 (SE02988) 

2159 (SE03508) 

2191 (SE03879) 

2195 (SE03507) 

2197 (SE03552) 

2201 (SE03895) 

2210 (SE02129) 

2252,2252.1 (SEOJ 957, 

SE1957Al) 

2256 (SEO 1957) 

Short Description 

FGD Input Table Current Systems 

FGD Input Table Planned Systems 

FGD High Flow Analysis 

Bottom Ash MDS Conveyance O&M Costs 

Bottom Ash Intermediate Storage O&M Costs 

Bottom Ash Wet Sluicing O&M Costs 

Bottom Ash Remote MDS Capital Costs 

Bottom Ash Wet Sluicing O&M Costs 

Bottom Ash Remote MDS Capital Costs 

CBI Steam Electric Pollutant Loadings Model for Ash Transport 

Water 

CBI Future Profile FGD Loads 

CBI Steam Electric Cost Model (FGD and Ash Transport Water) 

CBI Steam Electric Cost Model (FGD and Leachate) 

CBI Data Dictionary for the FGD and Ash Cost Model 

CBI Loads Calculation Database for Options 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 

CBI Loads Calculation Database Future Profile - IPM Only 

CBI Bottom Ash Management Determination Calculations 

Loads Calculation Database - Questionnaire and IPM 

CBI EA Report Calculations Database 

CBI Loads Calculation Database for Options 3a, 3b and 4a 

CBI Memorandum to the Steam Electric Rulemaking Record: New 

Source Performance Standards Costing Memorandum and 

Attachment 

CBI Incremental Costs and Pollutant Removals for Proposed ELGs 

Report and Attachment 

CBI Incremental Costs and Pollutant Removals 

Please include all information from these documents that relates to our facility. For example, our 

facility supplied information about existing control technologies. Through this request, we are requesting 

not only the control technologies information supplied by our facility, but also control technologies 

information about our facility derived from other sources, as well as all EPA-developed infonnation 

relating to our control technologies, including EPA's assessments of future technology choices for our 

facility 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 throughout 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 fommla 

information is key to understanding these documents. 

We make this request without waiving any of our CBI designations. Because you are providing 

the infommtion only to us, there is no breach of confidentiality and no waiver of CBI protections. 

Furthennore, we are not requesting CBI information, or CBI-derived information, from other companies 

that may have furnished data or infonnation appearing in the listed documents. We are requesting only 

information related to our own facility. 

P.O. Box 550 • Andalusia, Alabama 36420 • Phone: 334.427.3000 • www.powersouth .com 
Ms. Jezebele Alicea-Virella 

USEP A Headquarters 

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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 of the limited amount of time left in the comment period, we ask that you expedite 

this request. 

The name and mailing address for receipt of the requested infonnation is below. 

Keith Stephens, Ph.D. 

Manager, Environmental Services Department 

PowerSouth Energy Cooperative 

2027 East Three Notch Street 

Andalusia, Alabama 36421 

In addition to providing the requested information in hard copy format, we also ask that the 

requested information be provided in electronic format. 

If you have any questions about this request, please contact Keith Stephens at 334-427-3373 or at 

keith.stephens@powersouth.com. I Look forward to your prompt response. Thank you very much for 

your help. 

Certification Statement 

I certify under penalty of law that I am a responsible corporate official or his/her authorized 

representative of PowerSouth Energy Cooperative and am authorized to request confidential business 

information on behalf of my company. I certify that PowerSouth Energy Cooperative is the majority 

owner or the operator for each facility (and for each unit at each facility) for which we are requesting 

confidential business information. I am aware that there may be significant penalties for submitting false 

information including the possibility of fines and imprisonment, pursuant to 18 U.S. C. § I 001. 

PowerSouth Energy Cooperative 

Date \ ) L? ~J Vice President 

Legal & Corporate Affairs 

ECW/MJD 

cc: Mr. Ronald Jordan, USEPA Headquarters Uordan.ronald@epa.gov) 

Mr. James Covington, USEPA Headquarters (covington.james@epa.gov) 

Matt Diamond, PowerSouth 

P.O. Box 550 • Andalusia, Alabama 36420 • Phone: 334.427.3000 • www.powersouth.com