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To: Hupp, Sydney[hupp.sydney@epa.gov] From: Duane Desiderio Sent: Wed 8/2/2017 7:50:22 PM Subject: FW: The Real Estate Roundtable - Request to Meet with Administrator Pruitt 7- idmin Pruitt Meeting Request.pdf Hello Ms. Hupp - I hope you are well. I wanted to check-in to confirm that your office received the email below and attached request to meet with Administrator Pruitt, from The Real Estate Roundtable. Please let me know if we can work to schedule a meeting, as requested in the letter, in mid-late September. Thank you and best regards, Duane Duane J. Desiderio Senior Vice President and Counsel Trw mm; t.M.W The Real Estate Roundtable p:(202)639-8400 f: (202) 639-8442 17cv1906 Sierra Club v. EPA ED_001523B_00005340-00001 ddesiderio@rer.org www.rer.org Market Square West 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 720 Washington, DC 20004 From: Duane Desiderio Sent: Friday, July 28, 2017 1:23 PM To: 'hupp.sydney@epa.gov' <hupp.sydney@epa.gov>; 'scheduling@epa.gov' <scheduling@epa.gov> Subject: The Real Estate Roundtable -- Request to Meet with Administrator Pruitt Ms. Hupp: On behalf of The Real Estate Roundtable (www.rer.org), please see the attached letter from our President and CEO Jeffrey D. DeBoer requesting a meeting with Administrator Pruitt. Our board member Anthony (Tony) E. Malkin, the Chairman and CEO of Empire State Realty Trust and the driver of the landmark energy efficiency retrofit of the Empire State Building, would plan to join any meeting. Please let us know how we may have the opportunity to acquaint Administrator Pruitt with The Roundtable's role and interest in environmental and energy policies - and how our organization representing the U.S. commercial real estate sector may continue to serve EPA as a key stakeholder from the business community. 17cv1906 Sierra Club v. EPA ED_001523B_00005340-00002 Best regards, Duane J. Desiderio Senior Vice President and Counsel Too I st.uc <' .! dt.it' * The Real Estate Roundtable p:(202)639-8400 f: (202) 639-8442 ddesiderio@rer.org www.rer.org Market Square West 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 720 Washington, DC 20004 17cv1906 Sierra Club v. EPA ED_001523B_00005340-00003 Board of Directors Chair William C. Rudin CEO and Co-Chairman Rudin Management Company, Inc. Chair-Elect and Secretary Debra A. Cafaro Chairman and CEO Ventas, Inc. President and CEO Jeffrey D. DeBoer Treasurer Thomas M. Flexner Global Head of Real Estate Citigroup Thomas R. Arnold Deputy Global Head and Head of Americas-Real Estate Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Kenneth F. Bernstein President and Chief Executive Officer Acadia Realty Trust Chairman, International Council of Shopping Centers Jeff T. Blau CEO Related Companies Steve Brown Past President National Association of Realtors Tim Byrne President and CEO Lincoln Property Company Richard B. Clark Senior Managing Partner & Chairman Brookfield Property Group Kevin Faxon Managing Director - Head of Real Estate Americas J.P. Morgan Asset Management Chairman, Pension Real Estate Association John F. Fish Chairman and CEO SUFFOLK Anthony E. Malkin Chairman and CEO Empire State Realty Trust Roy Hilton March Chief Executive Officer Eastdil Secured Jodie W. McLean Chief Executive Officer EDENS Robert R. Merck Senior Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Investments MetLife Timothy J. Naughton Chairman, CEO and President AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Chair, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts David Neithercut President and Chief Executive Officer Equity Residential Ross Perot, Jr. Chairman Hillwood Rob Speyer President and CEO Tishman Speyer Barry Sternlicht Chairman and CEO Starwood Capital Group Robert S. Taubman Chairman, President and CEO Taubman Centers, Inc. Immediate Past Chair The Real Estate Roundtable Owen D. Thomas Chief Executive Officer Boston Properties ................ - . .......... The Real Estate Roundtable July 28, 2017 The Honorable Scott Pruitt Administrator United States Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 Dear Administrator Pruitt: Thank you for serving our country as the nation's 14th EPA Administrator. On behalf of The Real Estate Roundtable (www.rer.org),1 our board member, Anthony E. Malkin (Chairman and CEO, Empire State Realty Trust) and I request to meet to discuss the U.S. real estate industry's interest and role in national energy and environmental regulatory policies. The Roundtable shares the Trump Administration's objectives to create jobs and grow GDP. U.S. buildings - and the residents, tenants and other occupants who live, work and play in them - consume about 40 percent of the nation's energy. One of The Roundtable's key policy goals is to foster greater energy efficiency across the nation's building stock. Improving energy efficiency is a win on multiple fronts. It furthers our nation's energy independence, saves families and businesses billions of dollars on utility costs, creates well-paying jobs in technology and construction, and enhances the environment. Our Sustainability Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC), chaired by Tony, promotes the economic benefits of intelligent investments in energy efficiency. His company's landmark retrofit of the Empire State Building has spurred federal policies that encourage building efficiency projects with attractive returns on investments that create well-paying jobs. In particular, The Roundtable has long collaborated with EPA on the ENERGY STAR program for buildings and its emerging platform for leased building spaces known as "Tenant Star." 1 The Real Estate Roundtable brings together leaders of the nation's top publicly-held and privately-owned real estate ownership, development, lending and management firms with the leaders of major national real estate trade associations to jointly address key national policy issues relating to real estate and the overall economy. Collectively, Roundtable members' portfolios contain over 12 billion square feet of office, retail and industrial properties valued at more than $1 trillion; over 1.5 million apartment units; and in excess of 2.5 million hotel rooms. Participating trade associations represent more than 1.5 million people involved in virtually every aspect of the real estate business. . >I : ' c . I . - '. < 17cv1906 Sierra Club v. EPA ED_001523B_00005341-00001 Letter to the Honorable Scott Pruitt July 28, 2017 Page 2 The Roundtable also has positions on environmental regulatory matters within EPA's jurisdiction that affect land development and building ownership, such as the WOTUS rule and lead based paint regulations. We'd greatly appreciate the opportunity to apprise you of our advocacy on these and related matters. Tony and I look forward to discussing how we can best collaborate with EPA to farther our shared objectives. We will be in touch with your office to see if a mutually convenient meeting date and time can be arranged in mid- to late-September. Sincerely. Jeffrey D. DeBoer President and Chief Executive Officer cc: Anthony E. Malkin, Chairman and CEO, Empire State Realty Trust 17cv1906 Sierra Club v. 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