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UNITEO STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY tt" C"Lfi 

Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711 

JUL 24 1992 

FIL E COP Y 

Mr. Bill Pedersen 

Perkins Coie 

1110 Vermont Avenue, NW 

Suite 1200 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

Dear Mr. Pedersen: 

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently 

revising its new source review (NSR) rules ..to incorporate the 

requirements of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments. In 

conjunction with these revisions, the EPA is consideifihg 

simplifying the NSR process, consistent with the intent of the 

Clean Air Act and the 1990 Amendments. 

This letter is to invite you to personally participate in 

the group discussions at tihe NSR Simplification Workshop which 

will be held on August 12-13, 1992, ^at the Omni-Europa Hotel, 

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, telephone 1-800-843-6664. The group 

will be composed of approximately 30 selected representatives 

from industry, EPA Regions, State/local air pollution control 

agencies, and environmental organizations. All of the invitees 

are knowledgeable on the NSR Trules and have been extensively 

involved with NSR issues. Jn order for EPA to maintain the 

expertise of the group, this invitation is extended personally to 

you. Please respond to this invitation by July 31, 1992. 

The workshop has been designed to provide EPA with input 

from the.affected interest groups as to possible revisions that 

would simplify but maintain the legislative requirements of the 

NSR process. First, the Agency would like to hear the issues of 

concern to industry, States and environmental groups regarding 

the NSR process. Second, the Agency would like to hear any 

conceptual or specific ideas that you may have for simplifying 

the NSR process. Third, the Agency plans to share its own 

preliminary ideas and options with the group. The goal of the 

workshop is to identify options for EPA to consider. Our 

objective is to obtain ideas and comments, but we will not 

attempt to reach consensus with the group. 

This workshop will be open to the public. However, as 

indicated by the enclosed agenda, the majority of the time will 

be allocated to the interaction of the invitees. If time 

permits, the public will also be given an opportunity to present 

their ideas on simplifying the NSR process. 
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Mr. Gary McCutchen, Chief, New Source Review Section, 

Permits Program Branch, Air Quality Management Division, will 

chair the workshop. In addition, we are arranging for a 

professional facilitator to assist us in encouraging and 

promoting a free exchange of ideas and concepts during the . 

workshop. 

I hope that you will be able to attend and lend your 

expertise to this effort, which I think will help ensure a less 

complex, more straightforward set of NSR rules. Please contact 

Larry Elmore of my staff at (919) 541-5433 or telefax 

(919) 541-0237 to respond to this invitation or if you have any 

questions concerning this workshop. 

Sincerely, 

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John Calcagni '' 

Director 

Air Quality Management Division 

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OAQPS:AQMD:PPB:NSRS:Elmore/Allman(541-5433/MU)06/16/92 

disk:NSR#1;NSR-RULE\Workshop\invitee.d#l 

bcc: J. Seitz 

L. Wegman 

J. Calcagni 

K. Berry 

E. Lillis 

G. McCutchen 

L. Elmore 

Sect, file 

Same letter sent to: 

Larry Slimak, Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Assoc. 

Dave Aldorfer, Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Assoc. _ . 

Mike Barr, Counsel for Chevron •'".-

Barbara Bankoff, Eli Lilly ' 

Vivian Mclntire, Eastman Kodak 

Bill Lewis, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius 

Ted Cromwell, Cheimcal Manufacturers Assoc. 

Ernie Rosenberg, Nat. Envdr. Devel. Assoc./Occidental Petroleirun 

Jim Sell, Nat. Paint & Coatings Asspc. 

Henry Nickel, Hunton & Williams 

David Deal, American Petroleum Institute 

Rob Kaufmann, American Paper Institute 

Bill Burkhart, Proctor & Gamble 

Gregory J. Dana, Assoc, of International Auto Manufacturers 

Dick Penna, Counsel for Ass.oc. of International Auto 

Manufacturers 

David Hawkins, Natural Resources Defense Council 

John Daniel, VA Dept. of Air Pollution Control 

Bob Collom, GA Dept. of Natural Resources 

Michael Bradley, NE States for Coor. Air Use Management 

Bill Becker, STAPPA/ALAPCO 

John Paul, Regional Air Pollution Control Agency/ALAPCO