Update 

 From: [Edward.Fox@aps.com] 

 Sent: 11/01/2011 06:53 AM MST 

 To: Colleen McKaughan 

 Subject: RE: Your question 

Update: I was finally able to get better employee numbers – currently there are about 435 employees at the 

plant. After the decommissioning the number of employees will go down about 40% or so. It is higher than the 

ratio I gave below because it takes additional employees to manage 3 units. Anyway, you also have to account 

for the employees at the mine once we reduce the amount of fuel we purchase.

From: Fox, Edward Z 

Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 3:19 PM 

To: 'McKaughan.Colleen@epamail.epa.gov' 

Subject: RE: Your question

 

The reduction in the use of coal will be about 2.7 million tons in 2013 after we close Units 1-3. The obvious 

economic loss is the royalty paid to the tribe for each ton of coal. Unfortunately the price we pay per ton is 

confidential and the royalty is based upon the price.

Fw: Your question 

Colleen McKaughan 

to: 

Anita Lee, Cheryl Nelson 

11/01/2011 09:21 AM 

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From: Colleen McKaughan/R9/USEPA/US 

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I can’t give you exact numbers for the workforce issue but I think you would not be far off to calculate the 

number by recognizing Units 1-3 as about 1⁄4 of the plant MWs. The current work force is about 400 employees. 

From: McKaughan.Colleen@epamail.epa.gov [mailto:McKaughan.Colleen@epamail.epa.gov] 

Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 10:45 AM 

To: Fox, Edward Z 

Subject: Re: Your question

 

Thanks, Ed. If you can give me the numbers that you shared with Navajo, that would be great. We are 

developing our own numbers so I'm just checking to make sure they are consistent with estimates that Navajo 

might have heard from APS. If they are way off we need to do more work. Thanks! 

Colleen W. McKaughan 

Associate Director, Air Division 

USEPA, Region 9 

(520) 498-0118 

From: <Edward.Fox@aps.com> 

To: Colleen McKaughan/R9/USEPA/US@EPA 

Date: 10/31/2011 10:20 AM 

Subject: Your question 

Colleen – as we discussed this morning, the information we’ve given the Navajo Nation with regard to the economics of 

closing Units 1-3 at the Four Corners Power Plant relates to the number of employees and the reduced royalties from the 

amount of coal that will be needed by the plant. Do you need exact numbers? I do not believe we have made the exact 

numbers public. 

 

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