Exceptional event demonstration contracts (Department of Environmental Services)

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Dear Dillon Bergin:
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services has received your public records request and it is being processed in accordance with RSA 91-A (NH Right-to-Know). Your request was received in this office on 6/20/2023 and given the reference number R003800-062023 for tracking purposes. Records Requested: “To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the New Hampshire Right to Know Law, 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”
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RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST No. R003800-062023. Dear Dillon Bergin, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services received a public records request from you on June 20, 2023. Your request identified the following records: “To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the New Hampshire Right to Know Law, 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” New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services has reviewed its files and has located records responsive to your request.  Please log in to the NHDES Public Records Center website at the link below to inspect the records. The inadvertent production of any document, or any information contained therein, for which a claim of privilege or exemption could be made shall not constitute a waiver of the privilege. Public Records Request - R003800-062023 (https://u8387778.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=6HtRfOYLt5fXvpttM-2FU1HfDD-2FFF4b3-2FacZcra79IZAThS4NGBPCsGVRiKduRKkoVqAVM-2BxG-2BTKAAOD4uVlbZsw-3D-3DPTFf_HTIccPbhdG559PDO5YZpSsBNIQ3PHOQTCQepwzoO4ua-2FD4sApkywT80Lfk7SxMJoBA-2F76dJa7mvta7hIcImtl7mPH6x093t7p2WDHuD3KcoKwUNshaXqC85QfxmUmGhZOVTwInX9WJPZx5SKjJqk6MZwioZlErYHA06z0-2BHwDJr0-2FFSE3DWB1bGEV3xUichkhlxHMJakcT71K0iuwcInbbn-2B7oT-2BSmKPUE14H7sOfL4-3D) NHDES, Air Resources has not submitted any exceptional events to EPA Region 1 in the past 5 years. We did receive an inquiry related to stratospheric intrusion on Mt. Washington in 2021 and the email correspondence has been provided as a responsive record to your 91-A request. If you have follow-up questions, feel free to reach out to Catherine Beahm Administrator of the SIP Planning Unit at NHDES, ARD. (catherine.a.beahm@des.nh.gov or 603-271-6793) Please contact me if you need assistance. Sincerely, Debra Brown
Public Information Assistant
Commissioner's Office
603-271-8808

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RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST No. R003800-062023. Dear Dillon Bergin, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services received a public records request from you on June 20, 2023. Your request identified the following records: “To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the New Hampshire Right to Know Law, 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” New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services has reviewed its files and has located records responsive to your request.  Please log in to the NHDES Public Records Center website at the link below to inspect the records. The inadvertent production of any document, or any information contained therein, for which a claim of privilege or exemption could be made shall not constitute a waiver of the privilege. Public Records Request - R003800-062023 NHDES, Air Resources has not submitted any exceptional events to EPA Region 1 in the past 5 years. We did receive an inquiry related to stratospheric intrusion on Mt. Washington in 2021 and the email correspondence has been provided as a responsive record to your 91-A request. If you have follow-up questions, feel free to reach out to Catherine Beahm Administrator of the SIP Planning Unit at NHDES, ARD. (catherine.a.beahm@des.nh.gov or 603-271-6793) Please contact me if you need assistance. Sincerely, Debra Brown
Public Information Assistant
Commissioner's Office
603-271-8808