# ATTACHMENTS A- EPf"'l Subj ect: T han k yo u l o r all o' N i ng ou r ano nd a n ce

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Thank you again for allowing Maureen and I t.o obser:e thia morning' a meeting \\ith CSU re: monitoring and modeling. Maureen and J plan to
compare **not~.** and \\ill tet you know if we h&V(!: any issue• that"'"' would 1ike clarified.

**'l'h e**  bfggesl co n cer n o f mi ne f rom the m eeting w as Lh tt (6vo r yonehl **th~** { f rom hot "'" h **~tltlolf'AP:CD-and C.St{L!Cknowledg~**  **d** 1\Qj. bavf.ng evo 9

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I'm still \'et')' unclear how . e mode U ng conducted to dale rhat both indePcn en y &fiO..\:s · si\;ere VfoJatio n !J of S02 emJsa iona, can be •
readily dlomioscd. I am still hopeful th.,.. mocleling analyses can be lli••en the proper review IIIey \\'8I'T3111 , and Ilia< Colorado Springs I the

Martin Ora.ke plant is property designated aa Non-Attainment of NAAQS based on these objective studiet.

'l'h ank you o. g ain f or you r co ns i deru.c i on t o ou t ' r e q ues t t h at t he p ub li c be b e tte r Jllforrned a n d I 'OJ't o f the proces s Q n t h l a ma u er o f algn ific ant

i m pacl l O h.uman and emrironmental health . Sc.st, Les li e a b o ut:b l •"lt P •o• **~** s **~** ;>. ...,.. **~**

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## AFFIDA VlT OF WILLIAM C. **AWS~ "G**  

## UHnl8oBS8F71 CAS1•. NUMBER! lO ISCVJli74 

## I, William C. Allison V, do hereby stata that I am presently employed as Dirn<:tor ofthe Air Pollution Control D1vision 

## \the Division"') or the Colorado 

## Department or

## Public Health and 

## Environment. As 

## Director, my 

## respontlibilitio• !DClude manalllnl! the day to day opennious or

## the Division. To 

## this end 

## I serve as a 

## cus todian of **~rds** 

## for 

## the Division. I have pcr.onally 

## reviewed the documeniS identified below, which are responsive to the 

## Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) Request submitted by Leslie Weise and received by the Division 

## on August 24, 2015 

## (the CORA 

## request) . The Department alll!Crts 

## the deliberative process privilege for the following: 1. 

## An email dated 8112/2013 

## from Chuck Machovec to 

## Doris Jung. This 

## email is part of aD 

## e · mail striug that also includes 

## an e -mail dated 51812013 

## from Rosendo Majano 

## to Chuck Macbovcc and Doris Jung, and an e-mail dated 5/812013 

## from Chuck 

## Machovec to Ro6cndo Majano and Doris Jung, an e -mail 

## dated 819/2013 

## from Chuck Machovec 

## to Doris Jung. 

## Those two 

## earlier emails 

## were previously provided in response 

## to the CORA request. 

## The 8/1212013 

## email reflects internal conwrsation.< and recommendations regarding Sie rra 

## Club modeling and meteorological 

## data for S02 emissions for the Martin Drake 

## Power Plant. 2. E-mail string cousisting 

## of soveral emails from 8/12/2013 

## to 811812013 

## between Curtis Taipale, Chuck Machovec, Garry Kaufman, Doris 

## J ung. Lisa 

## Devore and 

## Gordon Pierce. 

## These emails also 

## reflect internal co.oversation.r;, recommendations and opinions rcgartUng the review of 

## Sierra Club 

## modeling for S02 emissions for 

## the Martin 

## Drake .Power Plant. These documents arc ident ified 

## in the 

## included deliberative process privilege log and are withheld 

## on the grounds that their release would result in substantial injury 

## to the 

## public be<:nuse it 

## would limit the 

## Division's abiliry to internally 

## seek andprovid e uninhibited opinions, thereby impeding the Division in the perfor mance ofits 

## duties. DONE AND SIGNED this 3.f "day ofScptemhor, 2015.


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**v~**Colorado Springs Utilities: Drake

• Modeling & Meteorological Data

- , **Oiv~** assessed availabl&meteowlogfc;al **dat~t(~}ln{)c-t~er** 201u

- &laiYcMd'flo available representative 'met' data for Drake (including the Colorado Springs airport)

- Datasets received from stakeho l ders use airport met data

- Division working with CSU to gather representative met data

- Multip l e s i tes exam in ed

- Suitable site selected

- CSU committed to one s i te • 30 meter towe r w ith SODAR

- One year of met data to be collected

- Approximately 6 months to develop and fin alize modeling D

- Final modeling analysis to be complete in 2017 0 0 0 0

I 'F¥ COl O RA I H ) **~** \:;' **.lc ll**  **..t.** ... c •. . .,_ .._. , ', . ·s Vv,rc **sr"'::l.f!~ ~**  '• **~'** l , _ _t;,ln **;~t:,...OIJI**

### October 15, 2015 Colorado DepL ofPublic H..-.l th and Environment 

### Attn: Re<;ords 

### Mooager 

### VIA ELfCTRONTC 

### JIIAI!. ONLY 4300 Cherry

**C~k** 

### DriveSoutb B-215 Denver, CO **8024~1530** 

### fte-: Open Records Act Request Pursuontto the Colorndo Open Records Act\CORA"), Coto. 

### REv. STAT.§§ 24-72-201 

## ecseq., I hereby requesta copy orrtasonableopport\lnlty to inspect 

### the following records: 

### All communications, 

### applicadons, correspondence, analyses, $tudles, emails and reports generated 

### byandf <>r oonducted for 

### APCO by, for orwitb Cc>lorado 

### Springs 

### Utilities in

**re:vi~w** 

### ofthe 

### modeling ofsulfur dioxide emi$sions in 

### tbe Colorado

**Spri~** 

## area. performed 

### in adv.nce oftbe.£!'k> _!? d0 **Air~** 

### Cc>ntrol Commission meeting toda 

### tMc. 

### ~dij£liiifi~ 

## e tan dl!t<!.l I hereb y requestan opporn1nlty to 

### inspectall r.-cot4s C 

### electronic.written. orotherwise) tbat 

### full withln the abo ve-described Qtegories.. We request a reasonable oppol'tUnity to inspect 

### all wrlncn 

### documents related to 

### lbesesubjects.andudingbutnot lunited to
**repOrts~**

**con-esponden~.** 

### rne-mor.tnd<l. el«tron.ic mail messages. and handwritttn noteS. If you determinethat portions of anyrtcordscovered bythis requestareexempt from disdosure .. please separ.lte the exempt portions from the nonexempt portions and provide 

### u.s with access 

### to tho nonexempt portions. Bear ing in mind that. exceptions to the Open RecordsAct 

### should be narrowly

### construed, 

### Freedom Newspapersv. Tollefson. 961 P.2d 1150 (Colo.App. 

### 1998). ple:ase providemewith :a 

### specific description of

### any recordor portion oftbe record you

### determine 

### to be exemp<;. alona with a panirularized 

### dcseription ofthelep bases f<>r 

### "'itbholdong

**'~** 

### COlA 

### REv. STAT.§ 24- 72-204(4). Relcn.sc o r the records soughtby this CORA requestwi.ll 

### serve the public lnterest 

### by 

### substantially co ntributing to 

### the public's unde('Standin g ofCOPH£ 

### and the Color.ldoSpri ngs Utilities' 

### po li cies related to 

### emi ssions reductions and resource planning. 1 will make any i nfonnation 

### received in response tO chis 

### CORA request a.vail01ble to

**mcm ~rs**  

### of thepublic. 

### Therefore. I

**h~re:by** 

### request a w3Jver ofany fees for dds CORA request. Jfthls 

### request is 

### denied. please do not incur any expense in 

### e-xcess o( 

### SSO without 

## rec:efvang spedfic autho rization from me in advance. lnsof:Jr as I am 

### not seeking photocop1es or the above

### Colomdo Dcpl 

### ofPublic Hea l th •nd Enviroo.meru Attn: Public Rc11iew Spccia1ist 

### Re: 

## Coioraclo Open **~** Act 

### Rcqocsl 

### Oclob<T 15,2015 Pa&e2of2 

### rncords ;:1t 

### this 

### time. please do not indudt

### pholOCOpyill£ C0$1$ 

### in yourestimateof

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### costs 

### that you believe shoulc.l be c harged to 

### me. J

### look forward to 

### your prompt r<Sponse as required 

### by Jaw. 

### Please feel 

### 1\tt to call me. Leslie Weise. ;,st

### 303.523.00 l6, lf you have any que$tions. Th.-J. nkyouverymuch for your 

### assistance. Sincerely yours., 

### fl.e.<lie Weise/ Monument 

### CO