**From :**  "Alicea, Jezebele" <Alicea.Jezebele@epa.gov>

**To:** "Hill, Donna B." <DBHILL@southernco.com> **CC:** "Hobson, Chris M." <CMHOBSON@southernco.com>, "Jordan, Ronald" <Jordan.Ronald@epa.gov>, "Covington, James" <Covington.James@epa.gov> **Date:** 7/24/2013 11:46 AM **Subject:** RE: Urgent: Request for Release of I nformation From Docket No. EPA - HQ - OW - 2009 - 0819 Gr eetings Ms. Hill! EPA received your request for "all information related to Southern Company facilities outlined below, including information that EPA has derived from information obtained from these facilities and from all other sources, and including facility- specific or facility - derived information in input files to" certain documents found on the docket for the Steam Electric ELG rulemakin g.

· Alabama Power Company - Barry, Gadsden, E C Gaston, Gorgas, Greene County, James H Miller Jr

· Georgia Power Company - Bowen, Harlee Branch, Hammond, Edwin I Hatch, Kraft, Jack McDonough, McI ntosh, McManus, Mitchell, Scherer, Vogtle , Wansley, Yates

· Gulf Power Company - Crist, Scholz, Lansing Smith

· Mississippi Power Company - Victor J Daniel Jr, Jack Watson

· Southern Power Company - Curtis H Stanton Energy Center, Rowan EPA has made available substantia l data and other information relating to the proposed rule in the docket for the steam electric power generating effluent guidelines rulemaking, including data relating to the specific facility(ies) you identified, data about other plants where that data i s not claimed as confidential business information or could lead to the disclosure of confidential business information, equations used to estimate several key outputs such as costs, and a description of the various methodologies used by EPA (e.g., costing methodologies, pollutant loadings methodologies, etc.). I

n addition to this publicly available data, in response to your request, EPA is planning to forward u nder separate correspondence additional data that provides plant - specific compliance costs and p ollutant removals that EPA estimated would be attributable to the proposed rule, as well as plant - specific input values that were used in EPA's cost models, pollutant loadings/removal models, and environmental assessment models. EPA is planning to provide a description of how each plant can use available data to make relevant calculations, such as how to calculate pollutant loadings. E PA believes these data, in addition to the publicly available da ta already provided in the docket, provide you with suffici ent information to understand any effects the proposed rule may have on your facilities and to comment effectively on the proposed rule, and this data represents the extent of information that EPA can make available to you without disclosing, directly or i ndirectly, information claimed as confidential business information by other sources. To ensure that confidential business information is only released to an authorized official, EPA requires that you submit your request on company letterhead using the ce rtification statement below. The certifying official must be a responsible corporate official or his/her authorized representative. Certification Statement "I certify under penalty of law that I am a responsible corporate official or his/her authorized representative of [fill in name of corporate entity] and am authorized to request confidential business information on behalf of my company. I certify that [fill in name of corp orate entity] is the majority owner or the operator for each facility (and for each unit at each facility) for which we are requesting confidential business information. I am aware that there may be significant penalties for submitting false information including the possibility of fines and im prisonment, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 100 1. " In addition, you must provide the name (if not the certifying official) and mailing address (no P.O. boxes) for receipt of th e requested information. M ailing addresses must be accessible to a commercial courier service (e.g., Federal Express). Have a blessed day! Sincerely, [MC900437627[1]][MC900437627[1]][MC900437627[1]][MC900437627[1]][MC900437627[1]] Jezebele Alicea - Virella Environmental Engineer Phone No: 202 - 566 - 1755 Fax No: 202 - 566 - 1053 EPA - Office of Water/OST/EAD Mail Code: 4303T 1200 Pe nnsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20460 [MC900437627[1]][MC900437627[1]][MC900437627[1]][MC900437627[1]][MC900437627[1]] From: Hill, Donna B. [mailto:DBHILL@southernco.com] Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 10:49 AM To: Jordan, Ronald; Covington, James Cc : Hobson, Chris M.; Alicea, Jezebele Subject: Urgent: Request for Release of I nformation From Docket No. EPA - HQ - OW - 2009 - 0819Importance: High

Dear Mr. Jordan and Mr. Covington, Please see the attached urgent request for release of information from the Do cket No. EPA - HQ - OW - 2009 - 0819 regarding Southern Company's facilities. W e request that you provide us all information related to Southern Company's facilities, including information t hat EPA has derived from information obtained from our facilities and fro m all other sources, and including facility - specific or facility - derived information in input files to the listed documents in the letter. F or each document, as appropriate, please also include: (1) a legend which expl ains each column heading and each abb reviation used throughout the entire document; and (2) a list of all formulas applied in the document and a legend for any abbreviations used in the formulas. T he legend and formula information are essential to our understanding of these documents . We make this request without waiving any of our CBI designations. We are requesting only information related to our own facilities . Because there are less than 45 days left in the comment period, we ask that you expedite this request. If you have any questions about this request, please call or email me. I will give you a call in the next couple of days to check on the status of this request. I look forward to your prompt response. T hanks for your help. Sincerely, Donna Donna B. H ill PROGRAM MANAGER SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVI CES 600 NORTH 18TH STREET / 14N - 8195 BIRMI NGHAM, AL 35203 205 - 257 - 5234 OFFI CE 205 - 587 - 4846 CELL This email and any of its attachments may contain proprietary Southern Company and/or affiliate information that is p rivileged, confidential, or protected by copyright belonging to Southern Company and/or its affiliates. This email is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity for which it is intended. I f you are not the intended recipient of this email, any dissemination, distribution, copying, or action taken in relation to the contents of and attachment to this email is contrary to the rights of Southern Company and/or its affiliates and is prohibited. I f you are not the intended recipient of this email , please notify the sender immediately by return email and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout of this email and any attachments. Thank you.