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

To: "allan.palmer@nu.com" <allan.palmer@nu.com>

CC: "landilt@nu.com" <landilt@nu.com>, "Covington, James" <Covington.James@epa.gov>, "Jordan, Ronald" <Jordan.Ronald@epa.gov>

Date: 7/24/2013 11:38 AM Subject: RE: Urgent Request for the Release of Information Regarding the Steam Electric ELG Rule

Greetings Mr. Palmer!

EPA received your request for "all information related to Merrimack, Newington and Schiller Stations, facilities owned by the Public S ervice of New Hampshire, 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 th e docket for the Steam Electric ELG rulemaking.

EPA has made available substantial data and other information relating to the proposed rule in the docket for the steam elect ric power generating effluent guidelines rulemaking, including data relating to th e specific facility(ies) you identified, data about other plants where that data is not claimed as confidential business information or could lead to the disclosure of confidential business information, equations used to estimate several key outputs such a s costs, and a description of the various methodologies used by EPA (e.g., costing methodologies, pollutant loadings methodologies, etc.). In 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 pollutant 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 loading s/removal models, and environmental assessment models. EPA is planning to provide a description of how each plant can use available data to make re levant calculations, such as how to calculate pollutant loadings. EPA believes these data, in addition to th e publicly available data already provided in the docket, provide you with sufficient information to understand any effects the proposed rule may have on your facilities a nd to comment effectively on the proposed rule, and this data represents the extent o f information that EPA can make available to you without disclosing, directly or indirectly, information claimed as confidential business information by other sources.

To ensure that confidential business information is only released to an authorized offi cial, EPA requires that you submit your request on company letterhead using the certification statement below. The certifying official must be a responsible corporate official or his/ her authorized representative.

Certification Statement

"I certify unde r penalty of law that I am a responsible corporate official or his/her authorized representative of [fill in name of corporat e entity] and am authorized to request confidential business information on behalf of my company. I certify that [fill in name of corporate entity] is the majority owner or the operator for each facility (and for each unit at each facility) for which we are requesting confidentia l business information. I am aware that there may be significant penalties for submitting false informatio n including the possibility of fines and imprisonment, pursuant

to 18 U.S.C. § 1001. "

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. Mailing addresses must be accessible to a commercial courier service (e.g., Federal Express).

Have a blessed day! Sincerely,

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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 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20460 [MC900437627[1]][MC900437627[1]][MC900437627[1]][MC900437627[1]][MC900437627[1]] From: allan.palmer@nu.com<mailto:allan.palmer@nu.com> [mailto:allan.palmer@nu.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 3:28 PM To: Covington, James; Jordan, Ronald Cc: Alicea, Jezebele; landilt@nu.com<mailto:landilt@nu.com> Subject: Urgent Request for the Relea se of Information Regarding the Steam Electric ELG Rule

Dear Sirs, Please review the attached letter and respond as soon as you are able. I have forwarded my request electronically due to the tight window we are working within regarding the public commen t period for the ELG Rule.

Thank you, Allan.

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