Danielle Lewis - Fw: Duke Energy Extension Request 

 

----- Forwarded by Ronald Jordan/DC/USEPA/US on 04/18/2012 02:59 PM -----

From: Robert Wood/DC/USEPA/US

To: "Craig, Nathan D" <Nathan.Craig@duke-energy.com>

Cc: "Velte, John S" <John.Velte@duke-energy.com>, "Coyle, Pat" <Pat.Coyle@duke-energy.com>, Ronald Jordan/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Jan 

Matuszko, "Jessica Hall" <Hall.Jessica@epamail.epa.gov>

Date: 04/18/2012 01:25 PM

Subject: Re: Duke Energy Extension Request

Nathan, 

We received your request for additional time to review EPA's draft reports documenting the wastewater sampling events 

conducted at Allen Steam Station, Belews Creek Steam Station and Miami Fort Station during the period of September 2010 

to January 2011. We understand that, due to delays encountered in mailing, your receipt of this request was delayed. We want 

to ensure you have the full 30 days from receipt to complete review of the reports and as such will extend the deadline to 

May 10, 2012. 

However, please note that the letter also requested that you indicate any information in the report that is claimed as CBI and

substantiate such claims at this time. EPA has received a request for this information under the Freedom of Information Act. 

In such circumstances, the regulatory requirement absent extraordinary circumstances and approval by the Legal Office, is 

that you must respond within 15 working days of receipt of such a request. Your request does not include extraordinary 

circumstances so we are unable to grant an extension with respect to CBI claims and substantiation. Therefore, you must 

provide any CBI claims and substantiation no later than April 30, 2012 as originally requested in our letter. 

Please let me know if you have any questions or you can contact Ron Jordan. 

Regards, 

Rob Wood 

________________________________ 

Robert Wood, Acting Director 

Engineering and Analysis Division 

Office of Water 

U.S. EPA 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW (4303T) 

Washington, DC 20460 

EPA West Room 6233B 

202-566-1822 

202-329-8053 (C) 

http://www.epa.gov/waterscience

From: Ronald Jordan <Jordan.Ronald@epamail.epa.gov>

To: Thomas Finseth <Thomas.Finseth@erg.com>

Date: 4/18/2012 2:59 PM

Subject: Fw: Duke Energy Extension Request

Page 1 of 2

file://C:\Documents and Settings\DLewis\Local Settings\Temp\XPgrpwise\4FA8DFDBDO... 5/9/2012
From: "Craig, Nathan D" [Nathan.Craig@duke-energy.com]

Sent: 04/11/2012 09:39 AM AST

To: Robert Wood

Cc: "Velte, John S" <John.Velte@duke-energy.com>; "Coyle, Pat" <Pat.Coyle@duke-energy.com>; Ronald Jordan

Subject: Duke Energy Extension Request 

Mr. Wood, 

On April 9th, Duke Energy received the draft reports documenting the wastewater sampling events conducted at Allen

Steam Station, Belews Creek Steam Station and Miami Fort Station during the period of September 2010 to January 2011. 

You have requested that we review and comment on the reports by April 30, 2012. We would like to request an extension 

to May 31, 2012 to provide comments on the draft reports to EPA. Please find attached our formal request for an 

extension. 

In summary, Duke Energy received the draft reports via Fed-Ex on April 9, 2012; Duke Energy, therefore, has 15 business 

days to conduct a review of the data, and 15 days is not practical to conduct a review given the amount of information 

provided in each report. In addition, each Duke Energy reviewer has extensive time constraints due to other duties of their 

respective jobs. Their time, therefore, to devote to reviewing the reports in the next 15-days may be limited. 

Given the fact that Duke Energy has three reports to review and for the circumstances documented in our formal request, 

we believe an extension is warranted. 

Please contact me if you have any questions or comments regarding this request. 

Thank you for your time, 

Nathan Craig

Environmental Specialist III

Water Management Group

Office Phone: 704-382-9622

Cell Phone: 704-315-8187

Fax: 704-382-1681

Page 2 of 2

file://C:\Documents and Settings\DLewis\Local Settings\Temp\XPgrpwise\4FA8DFDBDO... 5/9/2012