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) 223-0800 
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1959 (DCN SE01825A73) 1959 (DCN SE01825A74) 1959 (DCN SE01825A75) 

1959 (DCN SEO 1825A 76) 

1959 (DCN SE01825A77) 

1959 (DCN SE01825A78) 1977 (SE02900) 1984 (SE02899) 1986 (SE01756) 

21 04 (SE02897) 

2105 (SE02898) 

2121 (SE03804) 2157 (SE02988) 2159 (SE03508) 2191 (SE03879) 

2195 (SE03 507) 

2197 (SE03552) 2201 (SE03895) 2210 (SE02129) 2252, 2252.1 (SEO 1957, 

SE1957A1) 

2256 (SE01957) 

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Bottom Ash MDS Conveyance O&M Costs 

Bottom Ash Intermediate Storage O&M Costs Bottom Ash Wet Sluicing O&M Costs 

Bottom Ash Remote MDS Capital Costs 

Bottom Ash Wet Sluicing O&M Costs 

Bottom Ash Remote MDS Capital Costs 

CBI Steam Electric Pollutant Loading Model for FGD Wastewater 

CBI Steam Electric Pollutant Loadings Model for Ash Transport 

Water 

CBI Future Profile FGD Loads CBI Steam Electric Cost Model (FGD and Ash Transport Water) 

CBI Steam Electric Cost Model (FGD and Leachate) 

CBI Data Dictionary for the FGD and Ash Cost Model 

CBI Loads Calculation Database for Options 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 

CBI Loads Calculation Database Future Profile- IPM Only 

CBI Bottom Ash Management Determination Calculations 

Loads Calculation Database - Questionnaire and IPM 

CBI EA Report Calculations Database 

CBI Loads Calculation Database for Options 3a, 3b and 4a 

CBI Memorandum to the Steam Electric Rulemaking Record: New 

Source Performance Standards Costing Memorandum and 

Attachment 

CBI Incremental Costs and Pollutant Removals for Proposed ELGs 

Report and Attachment 

CBI Incremental Costs and Pollutant Removals 

Please include all information from these documents that relates to our facilities. For example, 

our facilities supplied information about existing control technologies. Through this request, we 

are requesting not only the control technologies information supplied by our facilities, but also control technologies information about our facilities derived from other sources, as well as all 

EPA-developed information relating to our control technologies, including EPA's assessments of 

future technology choices for our facilities based on the various rule options. 

For each document, as appropriate, please also include: (1) a legend which explains each 

column heading and each abbreviation used throughout the entire document; and (2) a list of all 

formulas applied in the document and a legend for any abbreviations used in the formulas. The 

legend and formula information is key to understanding these documents. 

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are requesting only information related to our own facilities. 

We have done our best to be selective in asking for facility-specific information. The 

information we are seeking, however, is critical to our review of, and preparation of comments 

on, the proposed ELG Rule, and we ask that you expedite this request. 

I certify under penalty of law that I am a responsible corporate official of Tampa 

Electric Company and am authorized to request confidential business information on 

behalf of my company. I certify that Tampa Electric Company is the majority owner 

or the operator for each facility (and for each unit at each facility) for which we are 

requesting confidential business information. I am aware that there may be 

significant penalties for submitting false information including the possibility of 

fines and imprisonment, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1001. 

Please send this information to the following: 

Tampa Electric Company 

702 N. Franklin ST 

Tampa, FL 33602 

ATTN: Amy M. Butler 

If you have any questions about this request, please call or email me. I look forward to your 

prompt response. Thank you very much for your help. 

Sincerely, 

Thomas L. Hernandez 

VP Energy Supply 

Tampa Electric Company 

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