From:	MATTHEWS Shelley
Sent:	Thursday, July 31, 2008 11:50 AM
To:	'Merrie Dinteman'; HOUGH Merlyn
Cc:	MCALLISTER Larry; 'OLIPHANT Margaret'
Subject:	FW: LRAPAs EQC staff report
Larry and I have reviewed the Open Burning reports you sent and have gone over them with DEQ counsel to determine if we need to provide any additional documents for the Oct. 2008 EQC Mtg.  Counsel gave us a couple options, which Larry summarizes below.  Please read through his message.  

We need you to fill out DEQ’s Staff Report for the EQC presentation.  You don’t need to attach any of your other open burning documents, we’ll provide the Director’s Office and EQC with copies of the ones you’ve already sent.  

Larry’s requesting that you complete the Staff Report and send it back by August 18th.  I know that’s not loads of time, but Andy is scheduled to receive it for review on August 29th.  The DO and EQC will each receive it in turn and will each have approx. 3 weeks to review it before the EQC meeting in Oct.  If you think you’ll have trouble meeting the Aug. 18th deadline, please let me know ASAP.  Larry and I are happy to help any way we can.

-----Original Message-----
From: MCALLISTER Larry 
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:06 PM
To: MATTHEWS Shelley
Subject: LRAPAs EQC staff report

Hi Shelley,

Regarding the actual format for presenting the LRAPA Open Burning rule to the EQC, the question was which track would be the easiest and quickest.  The options were to pull together the various LRAPA documents and submit them under cover letter to the EQC.  The cover letter basically informing the EQC of the various aspects of why this LRAPA rulemaking was in front of them for adoption. The second, and better option, is to have LRAPA complete DEQ's standard staff report format and then attach appropriate LRAPA docs to it and present that packet to the EQC.

I am requesting that LRAPA complete the attached Staff report.  I am clear that using this standard report form will make the process easier for those reviewing the rulemaking here at DEQ (including the EQC themselves) and cause a lot less questions for LRAPA as the staff report progresses to the EQC.

Although this report is familiar to us here at DEQ and not that difficult to complete, it will be a new experience for the folks at LRAPA.  If LRAPA staff can take a good initial stab at completing this form, we can polish it.  Certainly we (you) are available to answer their questions as the complete this report.   Additionally, I have attached comments from Andy G. that should be addressed in this report - I expect these topics align well with the questions already asked in the report.

As you know the report assumes there will be a number of attachments with it.  I anticipate DEQ can match up the LRAPA docs we already have as best as possible as attachments, so LRAPA doesn't need to spend time referencing attachments in the report.  

Even though the EQC meeting isn't until October 23, we will need LRAPA to complete and return this report by August 18.  Yes, I know it is vacation season.

Thanks,
Larry 
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