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Message From: Sent: To: Subject: Palich, Christian [/0=EXCHANGELABS/OU=EXCHANGE ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=330AD62E158D43AF93FCBBECE930D21A-PALICH/ CHR] 10/24/2017 8:01:38 PM Wheeler, Andrew R. [Andrew.Wheeler@FaegreBD.com] Quote on Conference EPA Agency keeps scientists from speaking at watershed conference Arianna Skibeli, E&E News reporter Published: Monday, October 23, 2017 EPA about Li.S. prevented scientists from speaking a climate report on Narraganseft Bay in Rhode island. Charlie VVaikerAVikirnedla NU.aSr.raEgPaAnsheattsBaasykeadndthirtesewsacteiernshtisetds ptorongorat msp.eak at a conference today in Providence, R.I., about the state of TThhee c5o0n0f-epraegnecedofecautmureenst tihnecluredleesasaen oefxaternespivoertsthercetieonyeoanrscliinmtahtee mchaakningge.on the status of New England's largest estuary. The New York Times first reported that two EPA scientists and one contractor would no longer present at the conference. EnaPtAurespoofktehsemeavnenatn. d former Trump campaign worker John Konkus confirmed the news and attributed the decision to the "WEaPsAhisncgietonntisPtsosat.re attending, they simply are not presenting, it is not an EPA conference," he said in an email to The tgKhooennnek-cuthasrnoidsuidagahotenheisDtimoonfefaiclcdeoTnfogrruremrespvs'iiseownpar(elGssirtdeaeeffnnetwriaailrnecd,aAmmupegad.iiga1n7c).loansstufaltlal.nItnwahnousneurvsueadl amsotvhee, NalolrgthraFnltorreidqauefiestlds soifnficcee Amuagnuasgtehrafvoer 2E8PAst'aste$2p6romgirlaliomnsNaantdionhaellpEssstuuaprpyorPtrNogarraramga--nsselattteBdayfoerffeolirmtsi.nRathioondeunIsdleanr dthgeeWtshaitbeoHuto$u6se0'0s,0fi0s0c.al 2018 budget -- funds Smeons.t SimhpeoldrotannWt ehciotenhoomuiscea(sDs-eRts.l..)E, PwAhoneisesdcshteodwuloerdk twoitshpleoackalaltetahdeeresvetontp, lsaanidfoNr aitsrrafugtaunres,ehtteBsaayidis. one of his state's '"WMuhzaztelinvgeroyuorulethaidnikngabscoiuetnctilsimtsabteencehfaitnsgneo, tohnise.k"ind of collaboration should be a no-brainer," he said in a statement. tThheeNdairteiocntoarl oHfetahlethNaanrdraEgnavnisroenttmBeanytaElsEtuffaercytsPRroegsreaamr,chToLmabBoorardtoerny,tsoaldidhtihmelhasetawd eoefkEtPhAat'sAAuttluamntnicOEcczokloogwyskDi,ivtihseion at akneyEnPotAe csopnetarakcetroar,ndEmdiivlyisSiohnumrecsheeanrciah, ewcoouloldgislikt,ewwoisueldnontotpsrepseeankt.at the event. Oczkowski's colleague Rose Martin and wtThhheeeatmhgeeornvehcyuc'msoamwneebsascaittsieviotbynuliotswockiotehnrotsruiwbt uorterinrfeygrEetonPcAgelosisbtosaql ruwiseainlrcgmhiitnneggm.ipnAefnordarmtulaarsetitoswn(eCae/bikmo, uaEttPecwAlimirweae.tebOpccaht.gae2n0sg)e.a.bPourut itctlihmaastepucbhlaicnlygequreetsutironneeddto ASandenme.minJaiasictlerkadtRiosetneadtterim(eDse-nRtot..ls.)uspapirdes"ms uthzezlfiancgt"s,EtPhAe sAcmieenrticisatsn ipsenooptlethaerewasyeetoingadadnrdesfseeclliinmgattheecrheaanlgweo.r'lWd ihmilpeatchtes,T" rhuemspaid in Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 1 ED 002061 00152764-00001 s"Wcieennceeeidnhtoibwitsorrkatohnerathbaipnafrutirstahnerbsadsiissctuossreiodnucaendpoalclutitoionn."and emissions," he said, "and this type of hostility toward WdehvialestPatriensgidheunrtriTcraunmesp, hsaosmceaglleodvegrlnombaelnwt aargmenincgieas hseoaexmatnodbdeoswpnepalkaiynegdoiutst paontyewnatiya.l impact on the recent spate of DLaesptawrtemeekn, tNoOf AEAneFrgisyheyerisetserrdeasyeatwrceheetresdliankmedapshdieftms oinnsfotroadtinwgebhsowtocclilmimaatetecchhaannggeeth(GreraeteennwsirUe..SO. cetn. e2r0g)y. Ainnfrdasthtreucture. Christian R. Palich Deputy Associate Administrator Office o f Congressional & Intergovernmental Affairs U.S Environmental Protection Agency O: 202.564.4944 C: Ex. 6 E: Palich. Christian @epa. gov Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 1 ED 002061 00152764-00002