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MEMORANDUM
TO:
Jim
Eddinger,
EPA/
ESD
FROM:
Roy
Oommen,
ERG/
MOR
DATE:
March
7,
2003
SUBJECT:
Summary
of
February
7,
2003
Boiler
Meeting
with
AF&
PA
A
meeting
between
the
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA)
and
the
American
Forest
and
Paper
Association
(
AF
&
PA)
was
held
on
February
9,
2003
in
Research
Triangle
Park,
NC.
The
purpose
of
the
meeting
was
to
provide
comments
on
the
proposed
Industrial,

Institutional,
and
Commercial
Boiler
and
Process
Heater
National
Emission
Standards
for
Hazardous
Air
Pollutants
(
NESHAP)
referred
to
as
the
boiler
maximum
achievable
control
technology
(
MACT)
standards.

Meeting
attendees
included
representatives
of
the
OAQPS
Emission
Standards
Division
of
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA),
AF
&
PA,
and
various
pulp
and
paper
companies.

A
complete
list
of
attendees
(
with
their
affiliation)
is
included
as
attachment
1.

Members
of
AFPA
discussed
comments
submitted
on
the
proposed
rule.
The
agenda
for
the
meeting
is
provided
in
attachment
2.
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Attachment
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Meeting
Attendance
List
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Meeting
Attendance
List
Victor
Dallows
Weyerhauser
Jim
Eddinger
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
OAQPS
Terry
Harrison
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
OAQPS
Tim
Hunt
AF
&
PA
Bill
Heatley
Smurfit­
Stone
Jim
Jackson
Boise
Rob
Kaufman
Georgia­
Pacific
Guy
Martin
Domtar
Industries
Claudia
O'Brien
Latham
and
Watkins
Roy
Oommen
Eastern
Research
Group
Lawrence
Otwell
Georgia­
Pacific
Ted
Palma
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
OAQPS
John
Pinkerton
NCASI
Karen
Risse
International
Paper
Jeff
Shumaker
International
Paper
Patrice
Sims
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
OGC
Larry
Sorrels
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
OAQPS
Paul
Vasquez
Georgia­
Pacific
Bob
Wayland
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
OAQPS
Steve
Woock
Weyerhauser
Attachment
2
Meeting
Agenda
Agenda
for
AF&
PA­
EPA
Boiler
Meeting
February
7,
2003:
9
AM
to
noon
C­
400,
EPA/
RTP
Introductions
(
5
minutes)
B
Tim
Hunt

AF&
PA
and
EPA

Proposal,
timing,
and
impact
to
industry

Goal
of
meeting:
introduce
key
issues
in
AF&
PA's
upcoming
comments
Topics
 
Risk
issues
(
40
minutes)
B
Claudia
O'Brien,
Jim
Jackson,
Tim
Hunt:
1.
HCl
B
how
make
work
for
facilities
2.
Manganese
in
alternative
metals
limit
 
Bubbling
(
25
minutes)­
Karen
Risse,
importance
and
maximize
utility
 
Compliance
monitoring,
testing,
and
recordkeeping
burdens
(
20
minutes)­
Rob
Kaufmann,
how
can
they
be
streamlined?

 
Opacity
(
20
minutes)­
Rob
Kaufmann,
explore
alternatives
 
CO
(
20
minutes)
B
Victor
Dallons,
impact
on
biomass
boilers,
explore
alternatives
 
Mercury
(
30
minutes)­
Tim
Hunt,
Claudia
O'Brien,
variability
and
data
set
issues
 
Other
(
15
minutes)­
expected
state
responses,
inclusion
of
industrial
boilers
in
PM2.5
Transport
rule
Wrap­
up/
Next
Steps
(
5
minutes)
