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### Koprowski, Paul

From: OLIPHANT Margaret [OLIPHAN T.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 (I ntergovernmental Agreement) partner agencies informing them that LRAPA is intending to file a pr oposal to request for t he Non-selective reduct ion of MOE from EPA.

Paul Koprowski suggested and we agree 100% that LRAPA will seek your expertis e and guidance and we will rely on the information you can provid e regarding the State funding tr ends 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 y ou have any questions or need further information.

Sincerely,

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Nasser Mirhosseyni, Finance/HR Manager2 1010 Main Street
Springfield, OR 97477

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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 wi th the Department of Environm ental 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 sh are 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) fr om the Section 105 program’s MOE requirement because of economic hardship.

Therefore, the air grant recipients are able to request for th is 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 t he 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 qua lity agency for the Lane County hence the local partner agencie s play a significant role in LRAPA’s successf ul request for the ex ception under the nonselective MOE reduction.

For your review, I am forwarding the application that was f iled successfully by the Washoe County, Nevada that provided the reasons why a reduction in funding for air quality effort s was necessary and consequently it did meet the provisions under the non-selective process.

I will greatly appreciate you s haring with LRAPA your records of budget reductions for the last two year s for similar internal departments or outside agencies as it was ev idenced by Washoe County on pages 2 and 7 of the attachment.

LRAPA is targeting the middle of the December 2012 for filing it s request and we will greatly appr eciate 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,3 Nasser Mirhosseyni, Finance/HR Manager

1010 Main Street
Springfield, OR 97477

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