1
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
Meeting
Minutes
for
the
June
23,
2005
Meeting
Between
the
US
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA)
and
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB)
to
Discuss
the
Draft
Oil
and
Natural
Gas
Production
National
Emissions
Standards
for
Hazardous
Air
Pollutants
(
NESHAP)
Proposal
FROM:
Greg
Nizich
U.
S.
EPA.

TO:
Air
and
Radiation
Docket
Docket
No.
OAR­
2004­
0238
DATE:
June
29,
2005
The
EPA
met
with
OMB
on
June
23,
2005
to
discuss
the
Oil
and
Natural
Gas
Production
(
ONGP)
NESHAP
area
source
proposal
currently
under
review
at
OMB.
The
following
is
a
list
of
meeting
participants:

Greg
Nizich,
EPA
Amy
Branning,
EPA
Paul
Noe,
OMB
K.
C.
Hustvedt,
EPA
Wendy
Blake,
EPA
Art
Fraas,
OMB
Penny
Lassiter,
EPA
Bill
Nickerson,
EPA
Bill
Wehrum,
EPA
Edmond
Toy,
OMB
The
following
topics
were
discussed:

1.
Clarifying
consent
decree
proposal
(
6/
30/
05)
and
promulgation
(
12/
30/
06)
dates..
2.
General
requirements
of
section
112(
k)
of
the
Clean
Air
Act..
3.
The
basis
for
the
national
scope
and
benzene
health
effects
and
characteristics
in
the
atmosphere.
4.
Consideration
of
coproposing
rural/
urban
as
another
option
to
the
1998
urban­
only
proposal.
5.
Data
on
reduction
in
cancer
incidence
of
the
different
options.
6.
Data
evaluated
to
estimate
source
distribution/
location
7.
Evaluation
of
the
natural
gas
throughput
and
benzene
cutoffs
