UNITED
STATES
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
WASHINGTON,
D.
C.
20460
date
stamped
FEB
23
2004
OFFICE
OF
POLICY,
ECONOMICS,
AND
INNOVATION
Mr.
Thomas
M.
Sullivan,
Chief
Counsel
Office
of
Advocacy
US
Small
Business
Administration
409
Third
Street,
SW
Washington,
D.
C.
20416
Dear
Mr.
Sullivan:

On
behalf
of
the
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
and
in
accordance
with
section
609(
b)
of
the
Regulatory
Flexibility
Act
as
amended
by
the
Small
Business
Regulatory
Enforcement
Fairness
Act
of
1996,
I
hereby
announce
the
convening
of
the
Small
Business
Advocacy
Review
(
SBAR)
Panel
for
the
forthcoming
regulatory
proposal
entitled
316(
b)
Cooling
Water
Intake
Structures
Phase
3.

I
enclose
with
this
letter
a
convening
document
containing
sections
of
a
draft
report
and
other
background
information,
which
will
provide
a
starting
point
for
our
Panel
discussions.
A
summary
of
comments
received
by
small
entities
that
may
be
subject
to
this
rulemaking
is
included.

We
have
scheduled
the
official
SBREFA
SBAR
Panel
convening
for
Friday,
February
27,
2004,
from
10:
00
am
to
12:
00
Noon,
in
room
6428
of
Ariel
Rios
North
at
EPA
Headquarters,
1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
NW.
If
you
have
any
questions
please
contact
me
at
564­
7253.

Sincerely
yours,

/
s/

Alexander
Cristofaro
Small
Business
Advocacy
Chair
Enclosures
cc:
Mary
Smith,
OW
Jessica
Furey,
OPEI
Martha
Seagall,
OW
Ken
Munis,
OPEI
John
Fox,
OW
Pooja
Parikh,
OGC
Joanne
Dea,
OW
Maryellen
Levine,
OGC
Karen
Brown,
OPEI
Mark
Kataoka,
OGC
