DRAFT
January 14, 2014
            Improving Carbon Pollution from Existing Power Plants:
Posting of 11 Summaries from Public Listening Sessions and Opening a Document Repository
Today, we are making available summaries of the 11 public listening sessions and opening a repository for information submitted to EPA during the outreach effort.   These summaries are available at http://www2.epa.gov/carbon-pollution-standards.   The public listening sessions were held from October  -  November 2013 at all of EPA's regional offices and at EPA's headquarters in Washington, D.C.  The non-regulatory docket number is EPA-HQ-OAR-2014-0020, and is available at regulations.gov.
Background
   * Since August 2013, EPA and our stakeholders have been reaching out to the public and stakeholders about using section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act to improve emissions of carbon pollution from power plants. 
   * Our outreach has included a webinar viewed more than 4,100 times, with attendance at more than 200 meetings, and holding 11 public listening session attended by more than 3,300 people.  
   * Many individuals and groups have submitted information for EPA to consider as we move toward fulfilling the President's directive to propose, by June 2014, guidelines for states on how to reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants.  
   * We are still developing the guidelines and everyone will have further opportunities to comment on EPA's guidelines when they are proposed in June, including a public hearing and a formal comment period.  This repository is not a rulemaking docket but rather a place for EPA to share some of the input that we have received.
QA
Q:	Why are you doing this now?
A:	EPA is coming to the end of our first phase of outreach and it was a good time to activate mechanisms for sharing what has been provided to us.  The second phase of our outreach will include further discussions with stakeholders and we continue to be interested in receiving information.    The information can be sent to carbonpollutioninput@epa.gov

Q:	Can people submit information to this repository?
A:	No, anyone wishing to submit information to EPA should email carbonpollutioninput@epa.gov
Q:	My comment isn't included in here.  Where is it?
A:	EPA has received thousands of emails and documents from stakeholders and the public about our upcoming guidelines.  We are in the process of populating the repository and expect to have more information posted everyday.
Q:	What are you doing with all of this information?
A:	EPA staff are reviewing all of the input received and it will inform our efforts to propose guidelines by June 2014.
