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## 199 9 OFFIC E O F

AI R QUALIT

Y PLANNIN G AN D STANDARD S Mr . Rober t C . Kaufma

n America n Fores t & Paper Associatio n lll l Nineteent

h Street , NW , Suit

e 80 0 Washington , D.C . 2003 6 Dea r Mr . Kaufman : Thi s i s in respons e t o you

r Marc h 16,199 9 letter

tha t strongly favore a2-mont

h discussio n perio d amon g key stakeholder s to se e whethe r anew "outsid e th e box " conceptua l approac h to ne w sourc e review (NSR

) refor mca n b e worke d out , a s outline d in th e join t industr y lette r to m e date d Januar

y 26,1999 . I a

mintereste d t o hea

r tha t yo u ar e optimisti c abou

t reachin g agreemen

t o n anumbe

r o f issues . A s yo u know , i n th e Februar

y 2- 3 meeting , w e aske d tha t b y Februar

y 2 8 stakeholder s provid e written proposal s tha

t addresse d som

e o f th e key issue s identifie d o n Februar y 2-3 . T o date , w e hav e receive d only on e written product . The EP A i s willin g to revie w an

y wor k produc t tha t yo u develop tha

t reflect s awa

y o f dealin g wit

h applicabilit

y issue s tha

t wil l help u s a s w e finalize ou

r NS R Refor

mrulemakin g effort . Becaus e o f

EPA' s interes t

in movin g forwar

d o n NS R Reform , w e hav e resume d wor k t o produc e afinal rulemaking , base d largely on th e 199 6 proposal , th e 199 8 notic e o f availabilit y an d the ensuin g comment s on each . W e pla n to promulgat

e th e rul e around th e en

d o f Decembe r 199 9 whic h woul d hav e u s completin g adraf t o f th e Federa

l Registe r packag e around June 1999 . I f

awor k produc t on th e applicabilit

y issue s ca n b e produce d in atimel y manne r relativ e t o ou r schedule , w e wil l giv e i t

du e consideratio n in promulgatin g th e final rule . Thi s mean s tha t you shoul d provid e such informatio n t o u s b y Ma y 21,199 9 s o tha

t w e ca n sta y o n trac k wit h ou r schedule . I wan t t o than k yo u fo r you r wor k on thi s issue . I look

forwar d t o reviewin g your altemativ e approac h to NS R applicabilit y tha t would help u s to brin g th e NS R Refor meffor t to closure . Pleas e contac t

Kare n Blanchar

d (919 ) 541-550 3 regardin g whethe r ameetin g to discus s you r complete d wor

k produc t shoul d b e scheduled . Sincerely , 

# LL-OQ__ <L& v John S . Seit

z ^ Directo r Office o f Air Qualit y Plannin g an d Standard sAF&P A "•f"""" " •* * "• * ' f if f P. 3



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# fo AMERICA N FORES T & PAPE R ASSOCIATIO N Regulator y Affairs Marc h 16,199 9 Mr . John Seit

z i Director , Offic e o f

Air Qualit y Plannin g & Standard s MD-1 0 U.S . Environmenta

l Protectio n Agenc y Researc h Triangl e Park , N C 2771 1 Dea r Mr . Seitz : I a mwritin g to you a s you

r staf f requeste d wit

h th e comment s o f

th e America

n Fores t & Pape r Associatio n ("AF&PA" ) o n th e "nej w sourc e review " refor mmeetin g hel d o n Februar y 2

- 3,1999 , an

d o n th e nex

t step s w e shoul d tpk

e towar d NS R reform . A s you know , AF&P A an d it s member s ar

e deepl y intereste d in thi s sjibject

and hav e participate d actively i n EPA' s NS R refor meffor t sinc e it s inception . W e strongly favo

r atwo-mont

h perio d o f

discussio n an

d negotiatio n amon g key stakeholder s t o see whethe

r ane w "outsid^

e th e box " conceptua

l approac h t o NS R refor

mca n b e worke d out , a s outline d in th e join t imdustf y letter t o you date d Februar

y 26 . Base d o n our

first meetings , w e ar

e optimisti c about

reachin g agreemen

t o n arang e o f

issues . I t appear s tha

t al l th e ke y stakeholder s ar

e committe d t o thes e d|scussions . A s you r staf f hear d Februar y 3 , thi s approac h hold s ou t mor e promis e o f

progres s tha

n simply promulgatin g th e NS R refor mpackage . A wid

e rang e o f interes t groups—no

t jus t industry

- vie w tha

t packag e a s seriously ffawed . Give n th e complexit

y o f NS R and it s 25-yea

r history , w e thin

k tha t th e shor t time w e h^v e set

fo r th e reinventio n discussion s i s entirel y reasonable , an

d on e tha t w e mus t i n goo d fait

h tak e advantag e of

. W e ver y muc h appreciat

e th e contributio n th e Agency ha s alread y made t o thi s effor

t an d w e look forwar d to bein g abl e t o wor

k wifl h you and you

r staf f in th e future . I f

yo u or your staf f hav e an y questions , pleas e fell free t o cal L write , or

sen d a n e-mail .

cc : Tamm

y Wyles , Georgia-Pacifi c 

# z Sincerely ,



# m a 

# tU —. Rober t C . Kaufman

n Director , Air

Qualit y Program s

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