Exceptional event demonstration contracts (Minnesota Environmental Quality Board)
It is a clone of this request.
| 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 Minnesota Government Data Practices 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 10 business days.
Sincerely,
Dillon Bergin
From: Minnesota Environmental Quality Board
Hello Dillon,
I am unable to process this request. To submit this request, please follow the procedures described on the Information Requests<https://www.pca.state.mn.us/about-mpca/information-requests> page of the agency’s website.
Thank you,
Faith Krogstad
Climate and Energy Coordinator
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
651-757-2086 | faith.krogstad@state.mn.us<mailto:faith.krogstad@state.mn.us>
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From: Muckrock Staff
Hello,
Please see attached form submitted with this request:
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To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Minnesota Government Data Practices 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 10 business days.
Sincerely,
Dillon Bergin
From: Minnesota Environmental Quality Board
N/A,
Thank you for submitting your request for information from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. We have assigned a file manager to start gathering your information and work on your request.
Please note that the MPCA has revised its fee structure effective March 23, 2021. Staff time spent to fulfill requests will be billed at a flat rate of $25.70 per hour for requests that require more than three hours to complete. The remainder of searches will be conducted free of charge.
We expect this to affect a small percentage of requests. A file manager will notify you if your request is expected to accrue fees and provide an opportunity to narrow the scope of your request. Regardless of time required to process requests, fees are charged for any supplies used such as paper, CDs, or flash drives. Thank you for your understanding. Please contact us with any questions.
We appreciate your patience during this time.
Your File Manager is RICHARDS, LEONARD
Please let us know if you have any questions.
Intake/Triage contact information:
Email: RecordsManagementIntakeTriage.PCA@state.mn.us
Phone: 651-757-2728 or 1-844-828-0942
Thank you for contacting the MPCA,
Records Management
From: Molly Peterson
Hello:
We are seeking an update on the status of this request.
Very kindly,
Dillon Bergin & Molly Peterson
From: Minnesota Environmental Quality Board
N/A,
Research for your information request has been completed. You will receive a follow up email regarding how to access the information, or an explanation of why the information is unavailable. If you have further questions please contact the file manager assigned to your request or the MPCA intake/ Triage at:
Email: RecordsManagementintakeTriage.PCA@state.mn.us
Phone: 651-757-2728 or 1-844-828-0942
Thank you for contacting the MPCA,
Records Management
From: Molly Peterson
Thank you; we look forward to this response and the timely completion of this request!
Molly Peterson & Dillon Bergin
From: Minnesota Environmental Quality Board
Good morning,
We have received numerous inquiries, recently the above two. We were told by another reporter the information was no longer needed yet these inquiries persist. We have made several attempts to make contact to clarify but no responses and only get more inquiries. At this stage we are at a loss of what to do.
If you still are interested in making a records request/s please use this link Information request form (state.mn.us)<https://www.pca.state.mn.us/sites/default/files/e-admin11-36.pdf> to submit your request/s electronically.
Hopefully, someone see this so we can move forward if necessary.
Sincerely,
Lenny Richards
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
520 Lafayette Road | St Paul, MN | 55155
Voice (651) 757-2667
leonard.richards@state.mn.us<mailto:leonard.richards@state.mn.us>
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From: Molly Peterson
Hi, Lenny.
I'm so sorry there's confusion. The goal of this email is to end it.
Neither Dillon Bergin nor I have told anyone that information or a response is not necessary. Our known history with this request is that it was submitted May 23rd, responded to by Faith Krogstad, who said it was unacceptable as it was, so we re-submitted electronically in June via PDF and a colleague at Muckrock named Miranda Carruth.
We were notified in June that you were our case manager, and then we received a communication on July 14th that "Research for your information request has been completed. You will receive a follow up email regarding how to access the information, or an explanation of why the information is unavailable." So we thought everything was proceeding normally, and had no reason to suspect otherwise.
I am happy to call you to clarify what is happening. I am reachable at 415 377 1760 as well.
Molly Peterson
California Newsroom (working with Dillon Bergin, Muckrock)
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Minnesota Government Data Practices 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: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Minnesota Government Data Practices 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: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Minnesota Government Data Practices 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: Minnesota Environmental Quality Board
Hi Molly,
With all the confusion, I'm sorry this took so long for a response.
I received the below response from staff:
My group actually has seen this request in the past. The response is that we have not conducted an "exceptional event demonstration" and do not have any of the information requested. These demonstrations are only done when a state has data that indicates non-attainment which may be due to an exceptional event. Minnesota has not been in that situation yet, so we have not done a demonstration.
I now consider this request as closed. Any further questions, please let me know.
Sincerely,
Lenny Richards
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
520 Lafayette Road | St Paul, MN | 55155
Voice (651) 757-2667
leonard.richards@state.mn.us<mailto:leonard.richards@state.mn.us>
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Our mission is to protect and improve the environment and human health.
NOTICE: This email (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521. This email may be confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please reply back to the sender that you have received this message in error, then delete it. Thank you.
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