316(b) Presentation for tomorrow's conference call on rulemakings related to the Utility GHG Rulemaking

Lanelle Wiggins to

:

bmu, scott.siddoway, rex.butler, crmugas, mike.thatcher, dhaverland, lopsal, dnally, skulig, ebooth,

montelp, dpauken, jeutizi, lhopkins, joe, kbabb, jfrench, mshook, WPenrod, kbihm

Cc

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RobertJ Wayland, Christian Fellner, Lanelle Wiggins, Alexander Cristofaro, bill.wemhoff, tpugh, mrossler, ec, Cortney_Higgins, 

david.rostker, Nick Hutson, Larry Sorrels, Scott Jordan, rae.cronmiller, afield, Mary Johnson

From: Lanelle Wiggins/DC/USEPA/US

To: bmu@bancroftiowa.com, scott.siddoway@rosi-boise.com, rex.butler@cipco.net, crmugas@crmu.net, mike.thatcher@cbpower.coop, 

dhaverland@dutil.com, lopsal@cityofgeneseo.com, dnally@hollandbpw.com, skulig@jamestownbpu.com, ebooth@mblp.org, 

montelp@zumatel.net, dpauken@mpw.org, jeutizi@smeci.net, lhopkins@sipower.org, joe@tonducorp.com, kbabb@texasmpa.org, 

jfrench@wyan.org, mshook@coffeyville.com, WPenrod@sunflower.net, kbihm@lepa.com

Cc: RobertJ Wayland/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Christian Fellner/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Lanelle Wiggins/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Alexander 

Cristofaro/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, bill.wemhoff@nreca.coop, tpugh@appanet.org, mrossler@eei.org, ec@jecinc.info, 

Cortney_Higgins@omb.eop.gov, david.rostker@sba.gov, Nick Hutson/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Larry Sorrels/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA,

Scott Jordan/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, rae.cronmiller@nreca.coop, afield@hunton.com, Mary Johnson/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA

Dear SERs,

Attached is the third presentation on the 316(b) rulemaking for tomorrow's conference call.

Lanelle

316(b) Rule Presentation_04-05-11.pptx 

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Lanelle Bembenek Wiggins

RFA/SBREFA Team Leader

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Policy

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (1806A)

Washington, DC 20460

202/566-2372

wiggins.lanelle@epa.gov

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From: Lanelle Wiggins/DC/USEPA/US

To: bmu@bancroftiowa.com, scott.siddoway@rosi-boise.com, rex.butler@cipco.net, 

crmugas@crmu.net, mike.thatcher@cbpower.coop, dhaverland@dutil.com, 

lopsal@cityofgeneseo.com, dnally@hollandpbw.com, skulig@jamestownbpu.com, 

ebooth@mblp.org, montelp@zumatel.net, dpauken@mpw.org, jeutizi@smeci.net, 

lhopkins@sipower.org, joe@tonducorp.com, kbabb@texasmpa.org, jfrench@wyan.org, 

mshook@coffeyville.com, WPenrod@sunflower.net, kbihm@lepa.com

Cc: RobertJ Wayland/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Christian Fellner/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Lanelle 

Wiggins/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Alexander Cristofaro/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, 

bill.wemhoff@nreca.coop, tpugh@appanet.org, mrossler@eei.org, ec@jecinc.info, 

Cortney_Higgins@omb.eop.gov, david.rostker@sba.gov, Nick Hutson/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, 

Larry Sorrels/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Scott Jordan/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, 
rae.cronmiller@nreca.coop, afield@hunton.com, Mary Johnson/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA

Date: 04/05/2011 11:20 AM

Subject: Presentation materials for tomorrow's conference call on rulemakings related to the Utility GHG 

Rulemaking

Dear potential Small Entity Representatives,

You have been selected to serve as a potential Small Entity Representative (SER) on EPA’s Small 

Business Advocacy Review (SBAR) Panel on the Utility GHG NSPS rulemaking. (The list of SERs is not 

finalized until the Panel is convened. Until that time, you are referred to as a "potential SER," but 

generally speaking everyone transitions from "potential SER" to "SER" at the convening date without the 

need to provide us with any further information. In fact, you probably won't notice the transition.)

The SBAR Panel is composed of federal employees from the EPA, Small Business Administration, and 

Office of Management and Budget. Your role as a potential SER will be to provide advice and 

recommendations to the Panel via two meetings and written comments:

1) Panel Outreach Meeting #1 -- This first meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 12 from 11:00 am to 

1:00 pm (Eastern) in Washington, DC. You have the option of attending in person, but you are not 

required to travel for this meeting; a toll-free conference line will be provided. (If you were to choose only 

one meeting to attend in person, it would be the Panel Outreach Meeting (#2) and not this Panel 

meeting.) Please mark your calendars now; additional information and materials will be provided soon.

The purpose of this meeting is to serve as an introduction to the rulemaking, describe your role as a SER,

describe the types of information about the rulemaking that we're seeking from you, and solicit your initial 

advice and recommendations.

2) Panel Outreach Meeting #2 – This second meeting will likely be Tuesday, April 26 from 1:00 pm to 

4:00 pm (Eastern). It will be located in Washington, DC, as well. You are not required to travel for this 

meeting either; a toll-free conference line will be provided. But if you were to choose one of the two 

meetings to attend in person, this would be the appropriate meeting. The purpose is to solicit your advice 

and recommendations on the regulatory information provided to you by the Panel. The Panel also seeks 

your input on the potential impacts of the proposed rule on the entity or entities you are representing.

3) Written Comments – We will ask you to provide written comments within two weeks of the second 

Panel Outreach Meeting.

As a reminder, EPA is hosting a conference call for tomorrow, April 6th from 1:00 - 2:30 pm eastern 

standard time. The call in number is 1-866-299-3188, code: 202 566 2372.

Attached are the materials for tomorrow's presentations on EPA's Transport Rule and Toxics Rule. 

Transport Rule Presentation for 04-06-2011.pptx

 

Toxics Rule Presentation for 04-06-2011.pptx 

We are also hoping to cover the 316(b) rule tomorrow and will forward that presentation as soon as it is 

available. If we are unable to make that presentation tomorrow, we do plan to provide a discussion of 

that rule during our first panel outreach meeting on April 12th.

Regards,
Lanelle

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Lanelle Bembenek Wiggins

RFA/SBREFA Team Leader

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Policy

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (1806A)

Washington, DC 20460

202/566-2372

wiggins.lanelle@epa.gov

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From: Lanelle Wiggins/DC/USEPA/US

To: abonderman@amu1.net, bmu@bancroftiowa.com, scott.siddoway@rosi-boise.com, 

rex.butler@cipco.net, crmugas@crmu.net, mike.thatcher@cbpower.coop, dhaverland@dutil.com, 

lopsal@cityofgeneseo.com, dnally@hollandpbw.com, skulig@jamestownbpu.com, 

ebooth@mblp.org, montelp@zumatel.net, dpauken@mpw.org, jeutizi@smeci.net, 

lhopkins@sipower.org, joe@tonducorp.com, kbabb@texasmpa.org, jfrench@wyan.org, 

mshook@coffeyville.com, WPenrod@sunflower.net, kbihm@lepa.com

Cc: RobertJ Wayland/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Christian Fellner/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Lanelle 

Wiggins/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Alexander Cristofaro/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, 

bill.wemhoff@nreca.coop, tpugh@appanet.org, mrossler@eei.org, ec@jecinc.info, 

Cortney_Higgins@omb.eop.gov, david.rostker@sba.gov, Nick Hutson/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, 

Larry Sorrels/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Scott Jordan/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, 

rae.cronmiller@nreca.coop, afield@hunton.com, Mary Johnson/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA

Date: 04/01/2011 10:19 AM

Subject: Fw: Small Entity Outreach: EPA Utility GHG Rulemaking

Greetings,

As mentioned in the previous email sent by Mary Johnson on March 15 and attached below, I'd like to 

invite you to participate in an informal conference call scheduled for next Wednesday, April 6th from 

1:00 - 2:30 pm. The call-in number is:

1-866-299-3188, code: 202 566 2372

As Mary notes below, this call will not focus on the Utility GHG rulemaking, but rather serve to provide 

background on several of EPA's related rulemakings affecting EGU's: Transport Rule, Toxics Rule, and 

316(b) Rule. Presentations on these three rules will be forwarded to you early next week, along with 

more information on serving as a Small Entity Representative (SER) to EPA's planned panel on the Utility 

GHG NSPS rulemaking.

In addition, once the Panel has convened, we are planning for two outreach meetings with SERs. Those 

are tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, April 12 (11:00 am - 1:00 pm) and Tuesday, April 26 (1:00 pm -

4:00 pm) and will be held in Washington DC. You will have the opportunity to participate via conference 

call if you cannot attend in person.

Thank you.

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Lanelle Bembenek Wiggins

RFA/SBREFA Team Leader

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Policy
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (1806A)

Washington, DC 20460

202/566-2372

wiggins.lanelle@epa.gov

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From: Mary Johnson/RTP/USEPA/US

To: abonderman@amu1.net, bmu@bancroftiowa.com, scott.siddoway@rosi-boise.com, 

rex.butler@cipco.net, crmugas@crmu.net, mike.thatcher@cbpower.coop, dhaverland@dutil.com, 

lopsal@cityofgeneseo.com, dnally@hollandpbw.com, skulig@jamestownbpu.com, 

ebooth@mblp.org, montelp@zumatel.net, dpauken@mpw.org, jeutizi@smeci.net, 

lhopkins@sipower.org, joe@tonducorp.com, kbabb@texasmpa.org, James French 

<jfrench@wyan.org>, mshook@coffeyville.com, WPenrod@sunflower.net

Cc: RobertJ Wayland/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Christian Fellner/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Lanelle 

Wiggins/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, Alexander Cristofaro/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, 

bill.wemhoff@nreca.coop, tpugh@appanet.org, mrossler@eei.org, lzeugin@hunton.com, 

ec@jecinc.info, Cortney_Higgins@omb.eop.gov, david.rostker@sba.gov, Nick 

Hutson/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Larry Sorrels/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, Scott 

Jordan/DC/USEPA/US@EPA

Date: 03/15/2011 10:05 AM

Subject: Small Entity Outreach: EPA Utility GHG Rulemaking

Good morning,

Most of you served as a Small Entity Representative (SER) to the Small Business Advocacy Review 

Panel (Panel) for the EPA rulemaking "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 

(NESHAP) for Coal- and Oil-fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units." EPA is conducting another 

outreach and requests your participation.

As you're probably aware, EPA is under a settlement agreement that requires proposal of greenhouse 

gas (GHG) emissions standards for electric utility steam generating units (EGUs) by July 26, 2011. 

Although EPA is at this time unsure whether the proposed regulations for GHG emissions from EGUs 

would result in a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, the Agency wants 

to stay ahead of this issue and initiate outreach with potentially impacted small entities. Given the 

amount of time between now and proposal, we want to get the outreach started quickly and would like to 

have more interaction than we were able to have with respect to the Panel for the NESHAP for Coal- and 

Oil-fired EGUs.

Specifically, EPA plans to propose new source performance standards (NSPS) for GHG emissions from 

new and modified fossil fuel-fired EGUs and emission guidelines for GHG emissions from existing fossil 

fuel-fired EGUs. The proposed regulations would apply to EGUs capable of combusting more than 250 

million British thermal units per hour (MMBtu/hr) heat input of fossil fuel. An “electric utility steam

generating unit” is any steam electric generating unit that is constructed for the purpose of supplying more 

than one-third of its potential electric output capacity and more than 25 megawatts electric (MWe) output 

to any utility power distribution system for sale. Fossil fuel means natural gas, petroleum, coal, and any 

form of solid, liquid, or gaseous fuel derived from such material for the purpose of creating useful heat. 

The regulations would not apply to natural gas combined cycle systems or stationary combustion 

turbines. The regulations would, however, apply to integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC, i.e, 

“coal gasification”) units.

We plan to schedule an informal conference call between EPA, the Small Business Administration (SBA), 

the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and potential SERs either late next week (e.g., March 24 

or 25) or early the week of March 28. This call would occur prior to formal outreach and its purpose would 

be to provide background on other recent actions affecting EGUs (i.e., Transport Rule, Toxics Rule, 

316(b) Rule).
Thank you.

Mary Johnson

Environmental Engineer

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards

Mail Code D 243-01

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

Phone: (919) 541-5025

Fax: (919) 541-5450