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Koprowski, Paul

From: OLIPHANT Margaret [OLIPHANT.Margaret@deq.state.or.us]

Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 2:32 PM

To: Koprowski, Paul

Subject: FW: LRAPA Request

Attachments: image001.jpg; LRAPA MOE reduction.docx; Attachment A - DEQ 2011-2013 Budget 

summary.pdf; Attachment B - DEQ 2011-13 GF Reductions LAB.xlsx; Attachment C - DEQ 

Air Quality 2011-2013 Budget Summary.pdf; Attachment D - LRAPA MOE reduction 

summary.xlsx

From: OLIPHANT Margaret 

Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 1:36 PM 

To: 'Nasser Mirhosseyni' 

Cc: HOUGH Merlyn; MARKOS Sally; GINSBURG Andy 

Subject: RE: LRAPA Request 

Nasser,

Attached is a short narrative that highlights Oregon’s General Fund reductions, DEQ’s General Fund reductions, the non‐

selective nature of the reductions and the impact of those reductions on LRAPA’s funding.  The narrative references four

attachments (A‐D) that provide documentation of the reduced General Funding from the state for fiscal year 2012. I

think it is best to provide official documents as backup for your claims.

Please let me know if you need anything else and good luck with the process.  It is not easy!

Margaret

From: Nasser Mirhosseyni [mailto:nmirhosseyni@lrapa.org] 

Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 4:56 PM 

To: OLIPHANT Margaret 

Cc: HOUGH Merlyn; MARKOS Sally 

Subject: FW: LRAPA Request 

Good afternoon Margaret, 

I am forwarding the email that was sent to the local IGA (Intergovernmental Agreement) partner agencies informing them 

that LRAPA is intending to file a proposal to request for the Non-selective reduction of MOE from EPA. 

Paul Koprowski suggested and we agree 100% that LRAPA will seek your expertise and guidance and we will rely on the 

information you can provide regarding the State funding trends in the last two biennia so LRAPA can prove its case for the 

non-selective reduction in its MOE. 

Please do not hesitate to call me or Merlyn if you have any questions or need further information. 

Sincerely, 

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Nasser Mirhosseyni, Finance/HR Manager
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1010 Main Street

Springfield, OR 97477

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Fax 541‐726‐1205

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From: Nasser Mirhosseyni 

Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 1:31 PM 

To: 'MOODY Christine M' 

Cc: Merlyn Hough; Sally Markos 

Subject: LRAPA Request 

Good afternoon Christine, 

As you may know, LRAPA is in the process of filing to request a reduction in its, what is called “MOE” (Maintenance of 

Effort or expenditure of Non-Federal funds), requirement with the Department of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

You may also know EPA recognized that a number of state and local governments faced economic challenges in recent 

years and it became apparent that they were not able to meet their cost share requirements for air grants under Section 

105 of the Clean Air Act (CAA). 

During September 2011 EPA issued a guidance (copy attached) to examine ways by which the recipients of air grants 

could obtain an exception (i.e., waiver) from the Section 105 program’s MOE requirement because of economic hardship.

Therefore, the air grant recipients are able to request for this waiver under the Non-selective reduction provision that tries 

and provides evidence that the financial support for air quality was not selectively targeted for unilateral reduction by the 

executive branches of the governments. 

We had a preliminary discussion with the EPA officials for the State of Oregon and we were convinced that LRAPA has a 

legitimate reason to request for the non-selective reduction of its MOE. 

Under the terms of Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA), LRAPA is the regional air quality agency for the Lane County 

hence the local partner agencies play a significant role in LRAPA’s successful request for the exception under the nonselective MOE reduction. 

For your review, I am forwarding the application that was filed successfully by the Washoe County, Nevada that provided 

the reasons why a reduction in funding for air quality efforts was necessary and consequently it did meet the provisions 

under the non-selective process. 

I will greatly appreciate you sharing with LRAPA your records of budget reductions for the last two years for similar 

internal departments or outside agencies as it was evidenced by Washoe County on pages 2 and 7 of the attachment. 

LRAPA is targeting the middle of the December 2012 for filing its request and we will greatly appreciate your assistance in 

this matter. Please do not hesitate to call me or Merlyn Hough, LRAPA Director if any questions or you should need 

additional information. 

Sincerely, 
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Nasser Mirhosseyni, Finance/HR Manager

1010 Main Street

Springfield, OR 97477

Voice     541‐736‐1056

Fax 541‐726‐1205

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