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July 26 , 2013 

### Elizabeth C. Woodard VIC E PRESI D ENT , LEG AL A ND CORPORATE AFF AI R S



### VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL: RETURN RECETPT REQUESTED, to alicea.jezebele@epa.gov

Ms. J ezebele Alicea- V irella USEPA Headquarters 

### Urgent: Request for Release oflnformation From Docket No. 

### EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0819 ***PROMPT RESPONSE REQUESTED***

Dear Mrs. Alicea- Virella: PowerSouth Energy Cooperati v e provided information that is being used to inform EPA ' s development of the proposed revision of th e effluent limitati ons guidelines and standards for the steam electric power generating point source ("ELG Rule " ). PowerSouth responded to earlier ELG Rule questionnaires to th e industry for the facility li sted below : 

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### R. Lowman Power Plant - NPDES AL0003671 We have identified certain record document s w hi ch we believe contain inform ation reported by , or derived from data or inform ati o n reported by , our facility. EPA has redacted all or portions of these docwnents as "confident i al business inf onnation " (CBI). We are requesting that you provide to us all information re lated to the facility listed above (including information that EPA ha s derived from inf onnation obta in ed from our facility and from all other sour ces , 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 18 25A53) FGD Input Table Current Systems 1959 (DCN SE01825A54) FGD Input Table Planned Systems 1959 (DCN SE01825A55) FGD High F l ow Analysis 1959 (DCN SE0 1 825A73) Bottom A s h MDS Conveyance O&M Co sts 1959 (DCN SE0 1 825A74) Bottom Ash In t e tmediate Storage O&M Cos t s 1959 (DCN SE01825A75) Bottom Ash Wet S lui c ing O&M Costs 1959 (DCN SEO 1825A76) Bottom Ash Remote MDS Capita l Costs 1959 (DCN SE0 1 825A7 7 ) Bottom A s h Wet Sluicing O&M Costs 1959 (DCN SE01825A78) Bottom Ash Remote MDS Capital Costs 19 77 (SE02900) CBI Steam Electric Pollutant Loading Model for FGD Wastewater
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so uth .co mMs. Jezebele Alicea-Virella USEP A Headquarters Page 2 EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0819 Doc. ID No. (DCN No.) 1959 (DCN SEO 1 825A53) 1959 (DCN SE01825A54) 1959 (DCN SE01825A55) 1959 (DCN SE01825A73) 1959 (DCN SE01825A74) 1959 (DCN SEO 1825A75) 1959 (DCN SE0 1 825A76) 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) 220 1 (SE03895) 2210 (SE02129)
2252,2252.1 (SEOJ 957, SE1957Al) 2256 (SEO 19 57) Short Description FGD Input Table C urrent 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 Loading s Model for Ash Transport Water CBI Future Profile FGD Loads CBI Steam Electric Cost Model (FGD and Ash Tran sport Water) CBI Steam Electric Cost Mode l (FGD and L eachate) CBI Data Dictionary for the FGD and Ash Cost Model CB I Loads Calculation Datab ase for Options 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 CBI Loads Calculation Database Future Profile

- IPM Only CBI Bottom Ash Management Determinat ion 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 CB I Incremental Costs and Pollutant Removals for Pr oposed ELGs Report and Attachment CBI Inc r e mental Co s t s and Pollutant Removal s
Please include all information from these document s that relates to our facility. For examp le , our facility sup plied informati on abo ut existing co ntro l technologies. Through this r eque st, we are reque sting not only the contro l te chno logie s information s upplied by our facility, but also control technologies information about our facility derived from other sources, as well as all EPA-developed infonnation re latin g to our contro l technologie s, including EPA's as sess ments of future technology choices for our facility based on the various rule options. For each document, as ap propria te, pl ease also include: (1) a legend which explains each column he a ding and each abbreviation used throu ghout the entire document; and (2) a li st of all formulas applied in the document and a leg end for any abbreviations u s ed in the formulas. The lege nd a nd fommla information i s key to und erstandin g these documents. We make this request without waiving any of our CBI designations. Becau s e you are providing th e infommtion only to us , there i s no breach of co nfid entiality and no waiver of CB I protections. Furthennore, we are not requesting CBI inf orma tion , or CBI-derived information, from other companies that may have furnished data or inf onna tion appearing in the li sted documents

. We are requesting only information related to our own faci lity.

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### Ms. J eze be le Alicea-Virella USEPA H ea dqu arte rs P age 3 We h ave done our 

### best to be se lecti ve in asking for f acility- specific informat ion. The informat io n we are seeking, however , i s criti cal to o u r re v iew of, a nd preparation of comments on , the proposed ELG Rul e. 

### Because of the limited amount of time left in th e comment period, we ask that yo u expe dite this reque s t. The name and mailin g address for rece ipt of the r equested inf on nation is below. Keith Stephen s, Ph.D. Manag er, Env ironmental Services Department PowerSouth Energy Coope rative 2027 East Three Notch Street Andalu sia, Alabama 36421 

### In a ddi tion to provi ding the requ ested informatio n in hard co py format, we 

### also ask that the requested information be provid ed in electronic format. If yo u ha ve any qu es tions ab ou t thi s re qu est, pl ease contac t Ke it h S tephens at 33 4- 427 -3 373 or at keith .stephens@pow er so uth .com. I L oo k forw ard to yo ur prompt response. Thank you very m uc h for yo ur hel p. Certificatio n Statement I ce rtify und e r pena lty of law that I am a r e sponsible corporat e official or his/her autho riz e d representa t ive of PowerSouth En e r gy Cooperative and am authorized to request confidentia l business information on behalf ofmy company. I certify that PowerSouth En ergy Cooperative is the majority own er or the operator for each facility (andfor each unit at each facility) for which we are requesting confiden tia l business information. I am aware that there may be significant p e nalties for s u bmitting false information inclu ding the possibility of fines and imprisonment, pursuant to 1 8 U.S. C. § I 

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