Exceptional event demonstration contracts (Illinois Environmental Protection Agency)
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| Multi Request | Exceptional event demonstration contracts |
| Submitted | May 23, 2023 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Dillon Bergin
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act., I hereby request the following records:
We are aware that air quality management agencies sometimes conduct "exceptional event demonstrations," which are analyses to demonstrate that emissions from potential exceptional events caused an exceedance of one or more NAAQS. These demonstrations are then submitted to the Regional EPA office in order to request that the office exclude the air quality monitoring data from use in certain regulatory determinations.
Concerning services related to these exceptional event analyses, we request:
1. Any and all executed contracts, memorandums of understanding (MOUs), or other equivalent agreements that are currently active, or have been active within the last five years;
2. Any addenda, amendments, attachments, exhibits, materials, and schedules;
3. Any and all correspondence, between the relevant air quality agency and the contracting individual, corporation, or other entity, related to the implementation of these agreements.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Dillon Bergin
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Illinois Freedom of Information Act. request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 23, 2023. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
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May 31, 2023
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Attn: Mr. Dillon Bergin
Dept MR 146165
263 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Re: Freedom of Information Act Request - 126463
Dear Mr. Bergin:
This letter is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 ILCS 140/1 et seq.)
request dated May 23, 2023 and received by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
(Illinois EPA) on May 23, 2023.
Please be advised that the Illinois EPA is unable to respond to your request within five (5) business days and is extending the response time by an additional five (5) business days pursuant to the Illinois FOIA at 5 ILCS 140/3(e). The reason for the delay is as follows:
(iv) the requested records have not been located in the course of a routine search and additional efforts are being made to locate them;
Sincerely,
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Anwar Johnson
Illinois EPA FOIA Officer
217.558.5101
http://www.epa.illinois.gov/foia/index
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From: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Good afternoon
Would you be agreeable to granting the Agency a few additional days to respond to this request? It took some effort to locate the responsive documents and we are still reviewing them for any FOIA exemptions.
We expect to be able to reply on or before Friday, June 9th.
Thank you
Sharon
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From: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Dowson, Sharon would like to recall the message, "Bergin FOIA May 23".
State of Illinois - CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged or attorney work product, may constitute inside information or internal deliberative staff communication, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. Receipt by an unintended recipient does not waive attorney-client privilege, attorney work product privilege, or any other exemption from disclosure.
From: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
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June 7, 2023
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Attn: Mr. Dillon Bergin
Dept MR 146165
263 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Re: Freedom of Information Act Request - 126463
Dear Mr. Bergin:
This letter is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 ILCS 140/1 et seq.)
request dated May 23, 2023 and received by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
(Illinois EPA) on May 23, 2023.
Requested Information
Exceptional Event documentation
The information responsive to your request is being sent using the Microsoft OneDrive file transfer utility. An email message will shortly follow this response that will contain a link allowing you to download the information. Please download the information at your earliest convenience because the information may only be available for a limited time at the OneDrive file location provided in the email message.
Sincerely,
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Anwar Johnson
Illinois EPA FOIA Officer
217.558.5101
http://www.epa.illinois.gov/foia/index
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From: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
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From: Molly Peterson
Hello Sharon and Anwar,
Thank you so much for your sharepoint files, which appear to he responsive to request 126463, in which we asked for initial notifications, draft demonstrations, demonstrations, and responses to demonstrations of exceptional events. As you may know, these are documents described in regulatory language implementing the Clean Air Act.
For request 126530, note that we asked for something slightly different: we asked for information about contracts for services related to these documents, during the same time period.
From the documents provided via sharepoint, we can see that Alpine Geophysics, Inc., seems to have provided services to Illinois DEQ.
For clarity, we are seeking information related to contracts, memoranda, and communications between Illinois DEQ and Alpine Geophysics, concerning exceptional events.
We consider this request open, and are available to further clarify it.
Thank you for your help.
Dillon Bergin
From: Molly Peterson
Via Email
Hello Sharon and Anwar,
Thank you so much for your sharepoint files, which appear to he responsive to a DIFFERENT REQUEST: request 126463, in which we asked for initial notifications, draft demonstrations, demonstrations, and responses to demonstrations of exceptional events. As you may know, these are documents described in regulatory language implementing the Clean Air Act.
For THIS REQUEST, request 126530, note that we asked for something slightly different: we asked for information about contracts for services related to these documents, during the same time period.
From the documents provided via sharepoint, we can see that Alpine Geophysics, Inc., seems to have provided services to Illinois DEQ.
For clarity, we are seeking IN THIS REQUEST information related to contracts, memoranda, and communications between Illinois DEQ and Alpine Geophysics, concerning exceptional events.
We consider this request open, and are available to further clarify it.
Thank you for your help.
Dillon Bergin
From: Molly Peterson
Via Email
Hello Sharon and Anwar,
Thank you so much for your sharepoint files, which appear to he responsive to a DIFFERENT REQUEST: request 126463, in which we asked for initial notifications, draft demonstrations, demonstrations, and responses to demonstrations of exceptional events. As you may know, these are documents described in regulatory language implementing the Clean Air Act.
For THIS REQUEST, request 126530, note that we asked for something slightly different: we asked for information about contracts for services related to these documents, during the same time period.
From the documents provided via sharepoint, we can see that Alpine Geophysics, Inc., seems to have provided services to Illinois DEQ.
For clarity, we are seeking IN THIS REQUEST information related to contracts, memoranda, and communications between Illinois DEQ and Alpine Geophysics, concerning exceptional events.
We consider this request open, and are available to further clarify it.
Thank you for your help.
Dillon Bergin
From: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
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July 25, 2023
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Attn: Mr. Dillon Bergin
263 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Re: Freedom of Information Act Request - 127072
Dear Mr. Bergin:
This letter is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 ILCS 140/1 et seq.)
request dated July 18, 2023 and received by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
(Illinois EPA) on July 18, 2023. This request is also duplicative of FOIA 126530.
Your request sought contractual services related to exceptional events between January 1, 2016 and May 26, 2023.
Following a search, the Illinois EPA has determined there to be no information responsive to your request.
Sincerely,
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Anwar Johnson
Illinois EPA FOIA Officer
217.558.5101
http://www.epa.illinois.gov/foia/index
State of Illinois - CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged or attorney work product, may constitute inside information or internal deliberative staff communication, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. Receipt by an unintended recipient does not waive attorney-client privilege, attorney work product privilege, or any other exemption from disclosure.
