August 8,2013

Ms. Jezebele Alicea-Virella Environmental Engineer EPA-Office ofWater/OST/EAD Mail Code: 4303T 1200Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20460 Urgent: Request for Release ofInformation From Docket No. EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0819 ***PROMPT RESPONSE REOUESTED***

Dear Ms. Alicea- Virella: Our facilities provided information that isbeing used to inform EPA's development ofthe proposed revision ofthe effluent limitations guidelines and standards forthe steam electric power generating point source (ELG Rule). The facilities listed below either responded toearlier ELG Rule questionnaires to the industry orprovided information to you through other means, such as site visits or separate information requests. The specific facilities inquestion are as follows:Kansas City Power & Light Company:

• Hawthorn Generating Station

- NPDES Permit No. MO

- 0004855

• latan Generating Station

- NPDES Permit No. MO

- 0082996

• Montrose Generating Station

- NPDES Permit No. MO

- 0101117

• La Cygne Generating Station

- NPDES Permit No. KS

- 0080071 KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company:

• Lake Road Generating Station

- NPDES Permit No. MO

- 0004898

• Sibley Generating Station

- NPDES Permit No. MO

-0004871

KCP&L P.O. Box 41B679 Kansas City. MO 64141-9679 1-88B-471-5275 toll-free www.kcpl.comWe have identified certain record documents which we believe contain information reported by,

orderived from data or information reported by, one or more ofour facilities. EPA has redacted all orportions ofthese documents as "confidential business information" (CBI). We are requesting that you provide to us all information related tothe facilities listed above (including information that EPA has derived from information obtained from our facilities and from all other sources, and including facility-specific orfacility-derived information ininput files tothe listed documents) contained within the following documents: EPA-HQ-OW-2009- 0819 Doc. ID No. (DCN Short Description No.) 1959 (DCN FGD Input Table Current Systems SEO1825A53) 1959 (DCN FGD Input Table Planned Systems SE01825A54) 1959 (DCN FGD High Flow Analysis SE01825A55) 1959 (DCN Bottom Ash MDS Conveyance O&M Costs SE01825A73) 1959 (DCN Bottom Ash Intermediate Storage O&M Costs SEO1825A74) 1959 (DCN Bottom Ash Wet Sluicing O&M Costs SED1825A75) 1959 (DCN Bottom Ash Remote MDS Capital Costs SEOI825A76) 1959 (DCN Bottom Ash Wet Sluicing O&M Costs SEOI825A77) 1959 (DCN Bottom Ash Remote MDS Capital Costs SEO1825A78) 1977 (SE02900) CBI Steam Electric Pollutant Loading Model forFGD Wastewater 1984 (SE02899) 

## cm Steam Electric Pollutant Loadings Model forAsh Transport Water 1986 (SEO1756) 

## cm Future Profile FGD Loads 2104 (SE02897) CBI Steam Electric Cost Model (FGD and Ash Transport Water) 2105 (SE02898) CBI Steam Electric Cost Model (FGD and Leachate) 2121 (SE03804) 

## cm Data Dictionary forthe FGD and Ash Cost Model 2157 (SE02988) CBI Loads Calculation Database for Options 1,2,3,4, and 5 2159 (SE03508) 

## cm Loads Calculation Database Future Profile

- IPM Only 2191 (SE03879) CBI Bottom Ash Management Determination Calculations 2195 (SE03507) Loads Calculation Database

- Questionnaire and IPM 2197 (SE03552) 

## cm EA Report Calculations Database 2201 (SE03895) CBI Loads Calculation Database forOptions 3a, 3b and 4a Page 

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0819 Doc. ID No. (DCN Short Description No.) 1959 (DCN FGD Input Table Current Systems SEO1825A53) 1959 (DCN FGD Input Table Planned Systems SEO1825A54) 1959(DCN FGD High Flow Analysis SEO1825A55) 1959 (DCN Bottom Ash MDS Conveyance O&M Costs SE01825A73) 1959 (DCN Bottom Ash Intermediate Storage O&M Costs SE01825A74) 1959 (DCN Bottom Ash Wet Sluicing O&M Costs SE01825A75) 1959 (DCN Bottom Ash Remote MDS Capital Costs SE01825A76) 1959 (DCN Bottom Ash Wet Sluicing O&M Costs SEOI825A77) 1959 (DCN Bottom Ash Remote MDS Capital Costs SEO1825A78) 2210 (SE02129) CBI Memorandum tothe Steam Electric Rulemaking Record: New Source Performance Standards Costing Memorandum and Attachment 2252,2252.1 (SEOI957, CBI Incremental Costs and Pollutant Removals forProposed SEI957AI) ELGs Report and Attachment 2256 (SEOI957) 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 notonly 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 forour facilities based onthe various rule options. For each document, as appropriate, please also include: (I) a legend which explains each column heading and each abbreviation used throughout the entire document; and (2) a listofall formulas applied inthe document and alegend for any abbreviations used inthe formulas. The legend and formula information is key tounderstanding these documents. We make this request without waiving any ofour CBI designations. Because you are providing the information only to us, there isno breach ofconfidentiality and no waiver ofCBI protections. Furthermore, we are notrequesting CBI information, or CBl-derived information, from other companies that may have furnished data or information appearing inthe listed documents. We are requesting only information related to our own facilities. Page 

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information we are seeking, however, iscritical to our review of, and preparation ofcomments on, theproposed ELG Rule. Certification Statement "IcertifYunderpenalty oflaw that Iam aresponsible corporate official orhis/her authorized representative ofKansas City Power and Light Company andKCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company and am authorized torequest confidential business information on behalf ofmy companies. IcertifYthat Kansas City Power andLight Company andKCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company are the majority owners orthe operatorfor eachfacility (and for each unit ateachfacility) for which we are requesting confidential business information. I am aware that there may besignificant penaltiesfor submittingfalse information including the possibility offines and imprisonment, pursuant to 18

## Us.c. f 1001. " Ifyou have any questions about this request, please call oremail me. Ilook forward to your prompt response. Thank you very much foryour help. 

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Paul M. Ling Director ofCompliance Kansas City Power &Light Company 1200 Main Kansas City, MO 64105-2154 E-mail: paul.ling@kcpl.com Telephone No.: 816-556-2899

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