Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0602-23023
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2014-12-06T05:00Z

MEMORANDUM

DATE: 11/21/14

FROM: 		Ken Mitchell/EPA Region 4

TO:CLEAN POWER PLAN FOR EXISTING POWER PLANTS; DOCKET ID: OAR - 2013-0602

SUBJECT:DISCUSSION OF THE CLEAN POWER Plan with Florida Department of Environmental Protection

SUMMARY:        
REGION 4 PROVIDED INFORMATION ON THE CLEAN POWER PLAN to the Florida Department of 
Environmental Protection on August 20, 2014.  The Clean Power Plan for Existing Power Plants 
was proposed on June 2, 2014.  
ATTENDEES:

EPA
Beverly Banister/EPA R4 
Gregg Worley/EPA R4
Jeaneanne Gettle/EPA R4
Ken Mitchell/EPA R4
Keith Goff/EPA R4
Todd Rinck/EPA R4
EPA OAR OAQPS and OAP Staff

External Stakeholders
Paula Cobb/Florida DEP
Other DEP staff

ATTACHMENT

Advance Questions for Discussion of the Clean Power Plan with the Florida DEP on 8/20/14

   1. Rate to mass goal.  Can you provide more insight into how this works (e.g., how to calculate the "business as usual" case)?

   2. IPM Modeling.  Various questions about the modeling runs.  For example, are all the files on the website?  What were the underlying NEEDS (and other) data used in the IPM modeling?  (This issue can be followed-up by a staff-to-staff in-depth discussion.)

   3. Non-affected units.  How can states include such units toward showing compliance (or can they)?  How do you incorporate non-affected units into the state plan if they only become affected after the State Plan is submitted?  Would such units affect the state's goal?

   4. Need more information on developing emissions projections (both for compliance and for developing rate-to-mass calculations).

   5. When mistakes are found in state-specific data used to calculate the goal, how should that information be communicated to EPA (in addition to being submitted to the docket)?

   6. "Capacity".  The proposal seems to use multiple approaches to establishing "capacity" for units in a state (i.e., nameplate vs other types of capacity).  Was that intentional and, if so, why?

   7. Dispatch to NGCC.  Did EPA consider limitations in infrastructure when establishing this number for goal setting?  For example, did EPA consider issues such as gas transport limitations and limitations in grid transmission?

   8. Renewable Energy.  Can a state include alternate energy sources in compliance when the alternative energy may not be considered renewable energy (e.g., can you count waste-to-energy projects toward compliance)?  Also, how would biomass be treated?

   9. What constraints are there in using nuclear up-rates in showing compliance?  For example, if an up-rate occurred in 2012, can that count towards showing compliance?