                         Pathways II Rule Meeting Log

Includes meetings (face-to-face or conference call) between EPA personnel and non-federal government stakeholders following signature of the Pathways II Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on June 14, 2013.  (In addition to the meetings included in this log, separate memos on additional meetings have been docketed separately.)

Date:  3/11/14
Location: Conference call
EPA attendees:
Sharyn Lie, Aaron Levy, Lauren Rafelski (AAAS Fellow)
Stakeholder attendees and affiliation:
Tim Lust, National Sorghum Producers
John Van De North, Kripa Rao, Richard Schneeberger, and Brent Bean, NexSteppe
Topics/issues/agenda:
Pathways II, cellulosic content




Date:  3/25/14
Location: WJC 6524
EPA attendees:  Sharyn Lie, Karl Simon, Paul Argyropoulos
Stakeholder attendees and affiliation:
David J. van Hoogstraten, BP America Inc.
Brian Conroy, BP Biofuels North America, LLC

Topics/issues/agenda:
Energy cane, Pathways II





Date:  4/9/14
Location: Conference call
EPA attendees:  Sharyn Lie, Chris Ramig, Vince Camobreco, Aaron Levy, Jon Monger, Lauren Rafelski (AAAS Fellow)
Stakeholder attendees and affiliation:
Harry Baumes and James Duffield, USDA
Topics/issues/agenda:
Pathways II



Date:  4/11/14
Location: Conference call
EPA attendees: Sharyn Lie, Lauren Rafelski (AAAS Fellow)

Stakeholder attendees and affiliation:  
Harry Baumes, Robert Fireovid, Michael Grisham, Bill Anderson, Jack Comstock, Anna Hale, and Paul White, USDA
Topics/issues/agenda:
Pathways II, energy cane



Date:  5/13/14
Location: Conference Call
EPA attendees: Sharyn Lie, Vince Camobreco, Chris Ramig, Bob Larson, Aaron Levy, Lauren Rafelski (AAAS Fellow), David Babson (AAAS Fellow)
Stakeholder attendees and affiliation:
Kristen Johnson, Alicia Lindauer, Travis Tempel, DOE Bioenergy Technologies Office
Topics/issues/agenda:
General updates on EPA and DOE upcoming events and work.  Pathways II, specifically crop residue, cellulosic content, energy cane, and biogas provisions.


Date:  5/15/14
Location: Conference Call
EPA attendees: Chris Ramig, Lauren Rafelski (AAAS Fellow), David Babson (AAAS Fellow)
Stakeholder attendees and affiliation:
Kristen Johnson, DOE Bioenergy Technologies Office
Topics/issues/agenda:
Follow-up to 5/13/14 meeting.  Pathways II, specifically crop residue, cellulosic content, energy cane, and biogas provisions.



Date:  3/21/14
Location: Conference Call
EPA attendees: Dallas Burkholder, Chris Ramig, Lauren Rafelski (AAAS Fellow), David Babson (AAAS Fellow)

Stakeholder attendees and affiliation:
Steve Rust, Tom Griffin, Dan Michalopoulos, Richard Woods, Edeniq
Topics/issues/agenda:

Follow-up to 12/09/13 meeting. Discussion of validating cellulosic biomass conversion from in situ hydrolysis of starch and fiber. 


Date:  6/27/2014
Location: Conference Call
EPA attendees: Karl Simon, Sharyn Lie, David Babson, Jon Monger, Byron Bunker 

Stakeholder attendees and affiliation: OMB- Jim Laity, Chad Whiteman

Topics/issues/agenda: Discussion of corn kernel fiber processing and small refinery provisions. 





