MEMORANDUM
TO:
File
FROM:
Seema
Schappelle,
EPA
DATE:
February
22,
2006
RE:
Meeting
with
Melissa
Powers
and
Allison
LaPlante,
Attorneys,
Pacific
Environmental
Advocacy
Center
On
January
30,
2006,
Jeff
Cohen,
Seema
Schappelle,
and
Jan
Tierney
of
EPA
met
with
Melissa
Powers
and
Allison
LaPlante
of
the
Pacific
Environmental
Advocacy
Center
located
in
Portland,
Oregon.
Ms.
Powers
and
Ms.
LaPlante
requested
to
meet
with
EPA
to
provide
additional
comments
on
the
proposed
rule
regarding
the
Protection
of
Stratospheric
Ozone:
Listing
of
Ozone
Depleting
Substitutes
in
Foam
Blowing
(
published
in
the
Federal
Register
on
November
4,
2005).
EPA
representatives
provided
clarification
on
the
"
grandfathering"
provisions
and
discussed
the
definition
of
an
"
existing
user"
as
set
out
in
the
proposal.
Ms.
Powers
and
Ms.
LaPlante
also
provided
written
comments
reflecting
the
issues
they
raised
with
EPA
at
the
meeting
and
those
comments
have
been
placed
in
the
docket.
