Memo
To:
The
Record
From:
Martha
Segall,
EPA
Date:
August
15,
2005
Subject:
Steam
Electric
Data
Submittal
From
UWAG
On
August
9,
2005,
Utility
Water
Act
Group
(
UWAG)
submitted
data
to
support
EPA's
detailed
reviews
of
the
steam
electric
point
source
category.
Because
of
the
timing
of
this
submittal,
EPA
was
unable
to
review
the
information
prior
to
publication
of
the
Preliminary
2006
Effluent
Guidelines
Program
Plan.
Therefore,
EPA
can
make
no
statement
at
this
time
as
to
the
quality
or
usefulness
of
the
data
submitted.
The
data
is
presented
here
only
to
provide
an
opportunity
for
review
and
comment
by
the
public.

Since
late
2004,
EPA
has
known
that
it
would
commence
a
review
of
the
steam
electric
point
source.
At
that
time,
EPA
made
contact
with
UWAG
to
discuss
the
availability
of
existing
information
to
support
the
review.
Summary
notes
documenting
those
meetings
and/
or
conference
calls
can
be
found
elsewhere
in
this
same
docket.
During
those
discussions
with
UWAG,
EPA
discussed
the
need
for
additional
information
on
pollutant
sources
and
treatment
technologies.
EPA
also
provided
notice
to
the
industry
group
that
it
was
evaluating
information
collection
activities
including
an
EPA­
sponsored
survey,
site
visits,
and
sampling.
UWAG
requested
from
EPA
a
more
specific
listing
of
the
information
needs
and
EPA
provided
that
list
during
a
February
28,
2005
meeting.
In
response
to
those
needs,
UWAG
initiated
its
own
survey
to
collect
data
without
input
on
the
survey
tool
or
survey
sample
from
EPA.
Therefore,
the
data
contained
in
this
submittal
represents
UWAG's
interpretation
of
data
needs
for
this
analysis
and
should
not
be
construed
to
be
that
of
EPA.
EPA
will
evaluate
the
quality
and
usefulness
of
this
data
in
future
analyses,
but
requests
comments
on
the
data
as
submitted.
