____________________________________
Megan
V.
Brachtl
Special
Assistant
to
the
Assistant
Administrator
Office
of
Air
and
Radiation
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
tel:
202­
564­
7437
fax:
202­
501­
0986
brachtl.
megan@
epa.
gov
­­­­­
Forwarded
by
Megan
Brachtl/
DC/
USEPA/
US
on
02/
28/
2006
04:
13
PM
­­­­­

"
Stolpe,
Elizabeth
A."
<
Elizabeth_
A._
Stolpe@
ceq.
eop.
gov>

02/
28/
2006
04:
06
PM
T
o
Megan
Brachtl/
DC/
USEPA/
US@
E
PA,
Bill
Wehrum/
DC/
USEPA/
US@
EPA
c
c
Michael
Catanzaro/
DC/
USEPA/
US
@
EPA,
"
Flynn,
Amy
E."
<
Amy_
E._
Flynn@
omb.
eop.
gov>
S
u
b
j
e
c
t
FW:
Ethanol
Bill
and
Megan
­
here
are
my
suggested
edits
to
page
28
in
this
version...
see
redline
and
below
text
(
in
case
you
cant
read
my
redline).
all
verbatim
out
of
the
Adv
Energy
Initiative
policy
book
also
attached.

Mike
­
Bill
called
­
looks
like
we
have
time
to
add
something
short.....
E
Continuing
to
be
subject
these
facilities
to
the
100
tons
per
year
threshold
under
the
PSD
program
and
counting
their
fugitive
emissions
in
determining
whether
they
are
subject
to
PSD
or
nonattainment
NSR
(
whichever
program
is
applicable)
and
title
V
could
potentially
stymie
the
growth
of
the
ethanol
production
industry
which,
in
turn,
could
lead
to
reduced
energy
diversification
and
independence
in
this
country.
Industry
information
shows
that
these
facilities
have
experienced
robust
growth
in
recent
years
and
EPA
wants
to
encourage
this
growth
for
the
environmental
and
energy
security
benefits
of
reducing
oil
use
in
the
transportation
sector.
Greater
quantities
of
ethanol
are
expected
to
be
used
as
a
motor
fuel
in
the
future,
in
part
due
to
two
federal
policies:
an
excise
tax
exemption
of
$
0.51
per
gallon
of
ethanol
used
as
motor
fuel,
and
a
new
requirement
for
at
least
7.5
billion
gallons
of
renewable
fuel
to
be
used
in
gasoline
by
2012
(
included
in
the
recently
passed
Energy
Policy
Act).

To
help
reduce
the
costs
of
producing
these
advanced
biofuels,
and
ready
these
technologies
for
commercialization,
the
President's
2007
Budget
increases
DOE's
biomass
research
funding
by
65%,
to
a
total
of
$
150
million.
The
President's
goal
is
to
make
cellulosic
ethanol
cost­
competitive
with
corn­
based
ethanol
by
2012,

enabling
greater
use
of
this
alternative
fuel
to
help
reduce
future
U.
S.
oil
consumption.

From:
Flynn,
Amy
E.

Sent:
Tuesday,
February
28,
2006
2:
52
PM
To:
Stolpe,
Elizabeth
A.

Subject:
Ethanol
Elizabeth,
I
said
I
would
get
back
to
EPA
by
3:
30
PM
today
to
let
them
know
about
the
ethanol
rule
(
EPA
wants
to
sign
this
by
4
PM).
Please
let
me
know
ASAP
when
you
have
reviewed
the
rule
whether
there
are
any
additional
comments/
concerns.
