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Date:
August
22,
2003
Subject:
Meeting
Summary
­
EPA
and
representatives
from
the
taconite
industry
From:
Chris
Sarsony,
Alpha­
Gamma
Technologies,
Inc.

To:
Docket
OAR­
2002­
0039
I.
Purpose
Taconite
industry
representatives
requested
this
meeting
to
discuss
the
de­
listing
petition
that
they
plan
to
submit
to
the
EPA
and
to
discuss
the
public
comments
received
on
the
proposed
Taconite
NESHAP.

II.
Date
January
29,
2003
III.
Attendees
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
Steve
Fruh,
OAQPS/
ESD/
MG
Dave
Guinnup,
OAQPS/
ESD/
REAG
Taconite
industry
representatives
Don
Ahola,
Empire
Mining
John
Meier,
Cleveland­
Cliffs
Brad
Anderson,
EVTAC
Rhonda
Ross,
Warner
Norcross
&
Judd
Dave
Crouch,
Cleveland­
Cliffs
Larry
Salmela,
U.
S.
Steel
Mr.
Bill
Kubiak
­
U.
S.
Steel
Dave
Skolasinski,
Northshore
Mining
LaTisha
Gietzen,
National
Steel
Andrea
Hayden,
Hibbing
Taconite
Alpha­
Gamma
Technologies,
Inc.

Chris
Sarsony
Chuck
Zukor
IV.
Discussion
°
Industry
requested
the
meeting
to
discuss
the
de­
listing
petition
that
they
plan
to
submit
to
the
EPA.

°
The
EPA
indicated
that
the
taconite
NESHAP
has
a
court
ordered
promulgation
deadline
of
August
of
2003.
Therefore,
the
de­
listing
petition
will
not
affect
the
promulgation
date.

°
The
EPA
gave
a
brief
overview
of
the
public
comments
that
were
received
on
the
proposed
Taconite
NESHAP
to
date.
OAR­
2002­
0039
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