
MEMORANDUM   

DATE:		March 12, 2015
TO:		Clean Power Plan for Existing Power Plants; Docket Id: OAR - 2013-0602
FROM:		Terry Johnson, EPA Region 6
SUBJECT:	March 12, 2015 Conference Call Regarding Proposed Clean Power Plan for Existing Power Plants 
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SUMMARY
A conference call was held between EPA and the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Public Service Commission on March 12, 2015 to seek clarification regarding some technical comments that Arkansas DEQ and PSC submitted in their joint comment letter during the public comment period.
Topics discussed included:
The issues identified on the "Generation Concerns" and "CO2 emissions Concerns" sheets of the spreadsheet attached to the comment from Arkansas, which can be categorized into four main issues:
   * Nameplate capacity discrepancies (Cecil Lynch, Fourche Creek Wastewater, Paragould Reciprocating, Robert Ritchie, and Two Pine Landfill Gas Recovery facilities). 
   * NGCC generation calculations and methodology. 
   * CO2 emissions calculations and methodology.
   * Generation and emissions calculation methodologies for the following facilities: the Dell Power Station, Harry L Oswald , Hot Spring Generating Facility, Magnet Cove Gas Combustion Turbine, Pine Bluff Energy Center, Thomas Fitzhugh, and Union Power Partners.

ATTENDEES
Arkansas DEQ
Stuart Spencer			Legal Policy Advisor
Elizabeth Sartain		Environmental Program Coordinator, Air Division
Tricia Jackson			Ecologist, Air Division

Arkansas PSC
Eddie Moore			 Policy Advisor

US EPA
Kathleen Aisling		Air Program Branch, R6
Terry Johnson			Air Program Branch, R6
Ashley Mohr			Air Program Branch, R6
Clovis Steib			Air Program Branch, R6
Kristen Bremer		OAQPS, RTP
Mikail Adamantiades		CAMD, HQ
Travis Johnson			CAMD, HQ
Jeremy Mark			CAMD, HQ
Erika Wilson			CAMD, HQ




