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Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0390-0194 

Last Name: Anonymous5 

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Current Category Code: 260 

Comment: 

this sneaky kind of document from american electric power is the type of 

document that should not be accepted by this agency at all for publi comment. 

since it is NOT public comment. it attempts to do an end run around open 

goverment. i very much believe this agency needs a new policy of destroying any 

letters sent like this that are secret. obviously this profiteer does not want the 

public to know the sneaky stuff they are proposing. i think that is not open govt or 

democratic at all. start a policy with this document of denying such 

communications at all. if it isnt public, it should not be accepted as a comment. 

sneaky company -its disgusting to try to close govt. 
Letter ID: 0194 

Commenter: Anonymous5 

 

Letter ID: 0194 Comment ID: 23918 Letter Lines: 16 to 24 

Comment Code: 1000 1. General and Administrative Comments 

Comment: this sneaky kind of document from american electric power is the type of 

document that should not be accepted by this agency at all for publi comment. 

since it is NOT public comment. it attempts to do an end run around open 

goverment. i very much believe this agency needs a new policy of destroying any 

letters sent like this that are secret. obviously this profiteer does not want the 

public to know the sneaky stuff they are proposing. i think that is not open govt or 

democratic at all. start a policy with this document of denying such 

communications at all. if it isnt public, it should not be accepted as a comment. 

sneaky company -its disgusting to try to close govt. 

Individual Response: EPA addresses all comments received. Some information submitted, such 

as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard 

copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically through 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OW Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OW Docket is (202) 

566-2426. 

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