"King, Heidi R." <Heidi_R._King@omb.eop.gov> 

03/10/2008 08:50 PM

	

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RE: more RIA comments (but a shorter list!)









Thanks Ron, good night -- until tomorrow

heidi 

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Subject: Re: more RIA comments (but a shorter list!)

We can chat tomorrow, see comments below.

                                                                        

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Ron,

A few more comments and key next steps on review of the RIA :

1) we spoke today on table 5-1 on pg 5-8 about the cost per ton for EGUs

seeming low, and the explanation that it averages out across the year -

can we speak on that again briefly?  I'm afraid that it doesn't make

sense to me, although it might make perfect sense when you add the

clarifying bullet we agreed to explain what is represented in the table

We can try again tomorrow, we can bring in the OAP people if needed

2) Chap 9 Appendix A - I would like to move the sentence "Cost for all

standards .... $1.8 Bcosts, ... benefits at 3% ... benes at 7%" forward

to one of the first 2 paragraphs.  The point of the appendix is to

provide this result, and yet the result is somewhat buried at the end of

a paragraph a couple of pages into the appendix  No problem with

bringing the result forward.

3) Same sentence as #2 (the cost and bene consequence of the alt

baseline); can we please place that sentence in other mentions of the

alternative baseline, namely the ES and Intro paragraphs and also in the

body of Chapter 9?  Thank you.  The sentence should appear in the body

of 9 already, look near the summary table.  I think we have also

included in the ES but I don't see a problem finding a place if not.  I

would like to match the presentation in chapter 9 for the ES.  The only

question may be in the intro to chapter 9, if we don't mention the costs

of our approach in the intro to 9 I would not want the alternative

there, but if it is we can provide some balance.

4) Chapter 9 appendix - you probably want to add the references for

studies mentioned in the footnotes, also the study by OTAQ on the uptake

of Plug-In Hybrid vehicles  We will ask OTAQ for that

More importantly, asap we need to follow up to earlier comments :

5) Let's talk about your response to Friday email agreed, need to

discuss these

- including South Coast and San Joaquin results in body of RIA

- Moving Chap 6 to appendix of 5B

- Other points of disagreement from interagency / OMB comments on

Chapter 6

6)  We should also go through the result of your "will review" on other

comments from the Friday email and anything in this email

Thanks !!  I look forward to talking tomorrow,

heidi

