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### DE C 8 I99 8 OFFIC E O F AI R QUALIT Y PLANNIN G AN D STANDARD S

EP A AI R DOCKE T Ms . Josephine S . Coope

r Vic e President , Regulator

y Affair s America n Fores t & Pape r Associatio n 111 1 Nineteent

h Street , NW , Suit

e 800 Washington , D C 2003 6 Dea r Ms . Cooper : Than k yo u fo r you r lette r o f Novembe r 4,199 8 tha

t recappe d th e meetin g betwee n th e America n Fores t an d Pape r Associatio n (AFPA) an

d Bo b Perciasep e on Octobe

r 22,1998 . I

n the meetin g an d i n you r letter , you stated tha

t ne w sourc e review (NSR

) a s i s currently bein g implemented threaten s you

r industry' s abilit

y to remain competitive . I n you r letter , yo u provide d example s o f

severa l type s o f project s tha

t ar e eithe r unde r consideratio n or

hav e bee n undertaken b y th e fores t

an d pape r industr y an d tha t are , o r hav e been , subjected t o NSR . You als o asserte d tha t th e contemplate d change s t o NS R applicabilit

y regulation s a s describe d in th e Jul y 24,199 8 Notic e o f Availabilit

y woul d "mak

e th e PS D progra

mmor e overinclusiv e and les s clear. " A s you know , w e intend fo

r NS R Refor

mt o b e abalance d rulemakin g tha t provide s industr y wit h considerabl e relief

an d flexibilit y fo r making modification s to existin g source s withou t triggerin g NSR . To thi s end , w e propose d provision s fo r plantwide applicabilit

y limits , a simplified tes t

fo r pollutio n contro l projects , an d alonge r look-back perio d o f 1 0 year s fo

r establishin g ahistorica

l actua l emission s baseline . W

e als o propose d t o exten d th e actual-to futur e actua l tes t allowe d fo

r certain change s a

t utilitie s to al l industry . I

n addition , i

n th e Jul y 199 8 notic e o f

availability , we explaine d ou r curren t thinkin g tha

t i t ma y b e necessar

y to requir e tha t actua l emission s projectio n b e mad e enforceable fo

r 1 0 year s i n orde r to ensur e tha t modification s to existin g unit s d o no t result i n significan

t increase s in emissions . Notwithstandin g th e presen t rulemaking effort , yo

u ma y b e awar e tha t in ameetin g on Novembe r 20,1998 , wit

h litigant s in CM

A v . EPA . No . 79-111 2 (D.C.Cir. ) whic h include s challenge s t

o th e 199 2 "WEPC O Rule, " EP A discusse d th e possibilit

y o f resumin g aful

l stakeholde r proces s t o reexamine issue s o f NS R applicability . Bil l Pederse n an d Tamm y Wile s represente d AFP

A in tha t meeting . Consequently , i

n th e coming weeks , EP

A wil l b e evaluating , wit h input fro mal l stakeholders , th e prospec t o f futur e discussion s to conside

r som e ne w approache s t

o NS R applicabilit

y i n additio n to thos e propose d in NS R reform . W e will carefull

y conside r you r comment s an

d example s withi n th e context o f thi s effort .

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W

e loo k forwar d t o explorin g thes e issue s wit h yo u an d othe r stakeholder s in th e upcoming months . Sincerely , vJohn'S . Seit

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