
MEMORANDUM

DATE:11/21/2014
FROM: 		Laura Farris/EPA Region 8
TO:CLEAN Power Plan for Existing Power Plants; Docket Id: OAR - 2013-0602
SUBJECT:	SnowRiders International Meeting and Media Event on 11/20/2014

SUMMARY:        
EPA Region 8 participated in a meeting and media event with SnowRiders International on 11/20/2014 to discuss their support of the proposed Clean Power Plan and accept the comments they have collected through their Powder Not Power Plants campaign. The meeting and media event were held in in Denver, Colorado, at EPA Region 8. The Clean Power Plan was proposed on June 2, 2014. 

ATTENDEES:

EPA
Shaun McGrath, EPA Region 8 Regional Administrator
Carl Daly, EPA Region 8 Air Division Director
Laura Farris, EPA Region 8 Climate Change Coordinator
Joan Card, EPA Region 8 Senior Policy Advisor

External Stakeholders
Representatives of Arapahoe Basin Ski Area
Philip Huffeldt, Coordinator of Snowriders International
Julien Carr, Professional Skier
Jon Kahn, owner of Confluence Kayak and Ski
Others


Media event: As ski season opens, mountain communities and enthusiasts nationwide call for bold climate action.

Denver, CO  -  11/18/14  -  As the ski season opens, over 100 snow and mountain supporters across the country including ski areas, local businesses, professional winter sports athletes, local governments, and organizations have signed letters in support of bold action by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to curb power plant emissions.  Those letters, in support of the EPA's Clean Power Plan, will be delivered to the EPA at a media event featuring some of the letter signers.  

What: News conference announcing the delivery of coalition letters to the Regional EPA administrator in support of EPA rules on power plants as part of the Powder, Not Power Plants campaign.  

Who: ski areas, local businesses, professional winter sports athletes, local governments, and organizations from across the country .
Speakers: 
Jon Kahn, owner of Confluence Kayak and Ski
Representatives of Arapahoe Basin Ski Area
Philip Huffeldt, Coordinator of Snowriders International
...possibly others such as an elected official

When: Thursday, November 20th at 11 AM

Where: Sidewalk in front of EPA Region 8 
1595 Wynkoop Street, 8P-AR
Denver, CO 80202
The entrance to EPA building is on 16[th] St next door to Office Depot.

Why: Release the letters and get diverse perspectives on why limiting carbon pollution from power plants -- the single largest source of global warming pollution -- is vital to protect public health, our environment, and the mountain way of life.
                                       
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Snowriders International is an organization of skiers, boarders, and mountain recreation enthusiasts.  We are dedicated to the promotion of winter sports and protection of the environment across the globe through service, education, research, and advocacy.
                        www.snowridersinternational.org





