### Danielle Lewis - Fwd: Fw: EIP FOIA Request; CBI Sub stantiation Letters for Steam

Electric Power Questionnaire Parts F&G - Status of responses

Here is the email from Eric Strassler with the stat us of the EIP FOIA substantiation responses. TJ

>>> Ronald Jordan <Jordan.Ronald@epamail.epa.gov> 5 /15/2012 11:52 AM >>>

----- Forwarded by Ronald Jordan/DC/USEPA/US on 05/ 15/2012 11:52 AM -----

From: Eric Strassler/DC/USEPA/US To: Jordan.Ronald@EPA.GOV, Jezebele Alicea/DC/USEPA/US@ EPA, Jan Matuszko/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Quoc Nguyen/DC/U SEPA/US@EPA, Barbara Bruce/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 05/15/2012 11:38 AM Subject: Re: EIP FOIA Request; CBI Substantiation Letters fo r Steam Electric Power Questionnaire Parts F&G - St atus of responses

A follow-up to yesterday's message (below).

1. OGC is granting an extension of 10 calendar days to Tri-State Generation, so they may submit their detailed substantiation. 2. I contacted GenOn today, as we had not received a respo nse from them. They are waiving their CBI claims for questionnaire parts F and G. (Two plants: New Cast le and Portland).

Eric Strassler Engineering and Analysis Division (4303T) Office of Water / Office of Science & Technology US EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington DC 20 460 202-566-1026 strassler.eric@epa.gov

----- Forwarded by Eric Strassler/DC/USEPA/US on 05 /15/2012 11:30 AM -----

From: Eric Strassler/DC/USEPA/US To: Jordan.Ronald@EPA.GOV, Jezebele Alicea/DC/USEPA/US@ EPA, Jan Matuszko/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Quoc Nguyen/DC/U SEPA/US@EPA, Barbara Bruce/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 05/14/2012 05:11 PM Subject: EIP FOIA Request; CBI Substantiation Letters for St eam Electric Power Questionnaire Parts F&G - Status of responses

Greetings,

In response to the FOIA request from EIP (#HQ-FOIA-006 96-12-A), the Engineering and Analysis Division sent letters to power plant operators on April 20, 2012 re garding their CBI claims for Parts F and G of the Stea m Electric Power questionnaire. 9 letters were sent, coverin g 15 plants. The response deadline for these letters i s May 14 (today) or May 15, depending on date of receipt . Here is today's status.

 5 companies have withdrawn their CBI claims for Parts F & G: Duck Creek; Duke Energy (6 plants); EME-Homer City plant; PPL-Martins Creek plant; EKPC-Spurlock plant;

 1 company has submitted a detailed substantiation letter : Hoosier Energy-Merom plant

 1 has asked for additional time to respond: Tri-State Generation (2 plants). An OGC decision on From: Thomas Finseth
To: Lewis, Danielle
Date: 5/17/2012 8:29 AM Subject: Fwd: Fw: EIP FOIA Request; CBI Substantiation Lette rs for Steam Electric Power Questionnaire

Parts F&G

- Status of responses 

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...the extension request is pending.

 1 company, which received letters for 2 plants, has not resp onded: GenOn (New Castle and Portland plants).



Next steps:

 OGC to decide on extension request from Tri-State Gen eration.

 I will call GenOn on Tuesday (5/15) to see if they have sent a response by email and/or hard copy.

 EAD will prepare a package with all correspondence and recommendations for OGC.

Eric Strassler Engineering and Analysis Division (4303T) Office of Water / Office of Science & Technology US EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington DC 20 460 202-566-1026 strassler.eric@epa.gov 

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