**~** - I TAMPA ELECTRIC August

6, 2013 Mr. Ronald

Jordan USEP

A Headquarters Mr. James Covington USEP

A Headquarters Re: Urgent:

Request

for Release

of Information From Docket

No. EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0819 ***PROMPT

RESPONSE REQUESTED*** Dear

Mr. Jordan

and

Mr. Covington:

Via Email jordan.ronald@epa.

gov Via Email covington.j

ames@

epa

. gov Our facilities

provided information

that

is being

used

to inform

EPA's development

of the proposed

revision

of the effluent limitations

guidelines

and standards

for

the steam electric power generating

point source

(ELG

Rule).

The facilities

listed below

either responded

to earlier ELG

Rule questionnaires

to the industry

or provided information

to you through

other means, such

as site visits

or separate information

requests.

The specific facilities

in question

are

as follows: Tampa Electric Company

- Big Bend Station (NPDES

Permit FL0000817) Tampa Electric Company

- Polk Power

Station (NPDES

Permit FL0043869) We have identified

certain

record documents

which

we believe

contain information

reported

by, or derived

from

data

or information

reported

by,

one

or more

of our facilities.

EPA

has redacted all

or portions

of these documents

as "confidential

business information"

(CBI). We

are requesting

that

you provide

to

us

all information

related

to the facilities

listed

above (including information

that EPA

has derived

from information

obtained

from

our facilities

and from

all other sources,

and including facility-specific

or facility-derived

information

in input files

to the listed documents)

contained

within

the following documents: TAMPA ELECTRIC

COMPANY P.

D. BOX

111 TAMPA,

FL 33601-0111 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

COMPANY TAM PAELECTRIC

. COM

(B

1 3) 22B-41

1 1 CUSTOMER

SERVICE: HILLSBOROUGH

COUNTY

(8 13)

223

- 0800 POLK COUNTY

(863) 299-0800 ALL OTHER COUNTIES

1 (888) 223-0800Mr.JordanMr.CovingtonAugust6,2013Page2of3EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0819Doc.IDNo.(DCNNo.)1959(DCNSE01825A53)1959(DCNSE01825A54)1959(DCNSE01825A55)1959(DCNSE01825A73)1959(DCNSE01825A74)1959(DCNSE01825A75)1959(DCNSEO1825A76)1959(DCNSE01825A77)1959(DCNSE01825A78)1977(SE02900)1984(SE02899)1986(SE01756)2104(SE02897)2105(SE02898)2121(SE03804)2157(SE02988)2159(SE03508)2191(SE03879)2195(SE03507)2197(SE03552)2201(SE03895)2210(SE02129)2252,2252.1(SEO1957,SE1957A1)2256(SE01957)ShortDescriptionFGDInputTableCurrentSystemsFGDInputTablePlannedSystemsFGDHighFlowAnalysisBottomAshMDSConveyanceO&MCostsBottomAshIntermediateStorageO&MCostsBottomAshWetSluicingO&MCostsBottomAshRemoteMDSCapitalCostsBottomAshWetSluicingO&MCostsBottomAshRemoteMDSCapitalCostsCBISteamElectricPollutantLoadingModelforFGDWastewaterCBISteamElectricPollutantLoadingsModelforAshTransportWaterCBIFutureProfileFGDLoadsCBISteamElectricCostModel(FGDandAshTransportWater)CBISteamElectricCostModel(FGDandLeachate)CBIDataDictionaryfortheFGDandAshCostModelCBILoadsCalculationDatabaseforOptions1,2,3,4,and5CBILoadsCalculationDatabaseFutureProfile-IPMOnlyCBIBottomAshManagementDeterminationCalculationsLoadsCalculationDatabase-QuestionnaireandIPMCBIEAReportCalculationsDatabaseCBILoadsCalculationDatabaseforOptions3a,3band4aCBIMemorandumtotheSteamElectricRulemakingRecord:NewSourcePerformanceStandardsCostingMemorandumandAttachmentCBIIncrementalCostsandPollutantRemovalsforProposedELGsReportandAttachmentCBIIncrementalCostsandPollutantRemovalsPleaseincludeallinformationfromthesedocumentsthatrelatestoourfacilities.Forexample,ourfacilitiessuppliedinformationaboutexistingcontroltechnologies.Throughthisrequest,wearerequestingnot onlythecontroltechnologiesinformationsuppliedbyourfacilities,butalsocontroltechnologiesinformationaboutourfacilities derivedfromothersources,aswellasallEPA-developedinformationrelatingtoourcontroltechnologies,includingEPA'sassessmentsoffuturetechnologychoicesforourfacilitiesbasedonthevariousruleoptions.Foreachdocument,asappropriate,pleasealsoinclude:(1)alegendwhichexplainseachcolumnheadingandeachabbreviationusedthroughouttheentiredocument;and(2)alistofallformulasappliedinthedocumentandalegendforanyabbreviationsusedintheformulas.Thelegendandformulainformationiskeytounderstandingthesedocuments.2Mr.JordanMr.CovingtonAugust6,2013Page3of3WemakethisrequestwithoutwaivinganyofourCBIdesignations.Becauseyouareprovidingtheinformationonlytous,thereisnobreachofconfidentialityandnowaiverofCBIprotections.Furthermore,wearenotrequestingCBIinformation,orCBI-derivedinformation,fromothercompaniesthatmayhavefurnisheddataorinformationappearinginthelisteddocuments.Wearerequestingonlyinformationrelatedtoourownfacilities.Wehavedoneourbesttobe selectiveinaskingforfacility-specificinformation.Theinformationweareseeking,however,iscriticaltoourreviewof,andpreparationofcommentson,theproposedELGRule,andweaskthatyouexpeditethisrequest.IcertifyunderpenaltyoflawthatIamaresponsiblecorporateofficialofTampaElectricCompanyandamauthorizedtorequestconfidentialbusinessinformationonbehalfofmycompany.IcertifythatTampaElectricCompanyisthemajorityownerortheoperatorforeachfacility(andforeachunitateachfacility)forwhichwearerequestingconfidentialbusinessinformation.Iamawarethattheremaybesignificantpenaltiesforsubmittingfalseinformationincludingthepossibilityoffinesandimprisonment,pursuantto18U.S.C.§1001.Pleasesendthisinformationtothefollowing:TampaElectricCompany702N.FranklinSTTampa,FL33602ATTN:AmyM.ButlerIfyouhaveanyquestionsaboutthisrequest,pleasecalloremailme.Ilookforwardtoyourpromptresponse.Thankyouverymuchforyourhelp.Sincerely,ThomasL.HernandezVPEnergySupplyTampaElectricCompany3