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Matthew L Kuryla BAKER BOTTS PARTNER BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. One Shell Plaza 910 Louisiana Street Houston, Texas 77002-4995 United States of America [U lig in i + 1.713.229.2714 fax matthew.kuryla@bakerbotts.com EDUCATION AND HONORS J.D., University of Virginia, 1989 Executive Editor, Virginia Environmental Law Journal B.A., University of Virginia, 1986 Phi Beta Kappa with highest distinction Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward White, Inc.), 2008-2017 Recognized as a Leading Lawyer by Chambers USA, 2005-2017 Matt Kuryla has enjoyed over 25 years of work on more effective implementation of the Clean Air Act. By building on relationships of trust among regulators and the regulated community, he has helped steward creative and effective solutions to some of the most challenging regulatory issues affecting air quality. Mr. Kuryla coordinates the legal work of the 64-member Texas Industry Project (TIP), the BCCA Appeal Group, the Texas MSS Working Group and the 8-Hour Ozone Coalition. Through multi-client groups, Mr. Kuryla applies innovative legal and technical strategies to expand the options for new regulatory initiatives. Examples: 1. Houston Ozone a. Through an innovative set of regulatory programs, the Houston area attained both the 125 ppb one-hour and 84 ppb eight-hour ozone standards, despite unprecedented economic growth and a large industrial sector. b. Key to the area's success is a unique and innovative program targeting industrial reductions of highly reactive volatile organic compounds ("HRVOCs") in exchange for lesser reductions of nitrogen oxides ("NOx"). c. Industry coalitions crafted an innovative strategy integrating regional market-based programs for both NOx and HRVOC, allowing industry to apportion controls cost-effectively. d. As a result, Houston attained the ozone standards for which the relevant attainment demonstrations were crafted. e. The BCCA Appeal Group and the 8-Hour Ozone Coalition led these efforts, and continue to lead work on innovative strategies to drive further ozone reductions. BAKER BOTTS Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tiers 8&9 1 ED 002061 00269012-00001 BAKER BOTTS Matthew L. Kuryla Recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer Rising Star (Thomson Reuters), 2004 and as a Texas Super Lawyer (Thomson Reuters), 2009-2016 Listed in Who's Who LegatTexas (Law Business Research Ltd), 2008-2013 COURT ADMISSIONS & AFFILIATIONS State Bar of Texas United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Sixth Circuits United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Texas United States Supreme Court Houston Bar Foundation, Fellow 2. Exceptional Events a. Industry coalitions in Houston and El Paso have worked with TCEQ and EPAto craft compelling demonstrations where wildfires and other exceptional events drive discrete ozone exceedances. b. The 8-Hour Ozone Coalition continues to pursue scientific research on better tools to identify and demonstrate the causal connection between exceptional events and ozone exceedances. 3. Texas Flexible Air Permits a. The Texas Industry Project pursued a successful Texas program integrating flexible new source review ("NSR") permits framed around an emissions cap, rather than point-by-point limits. b. The BCCA Appeal Group pursued litigation that overturned EPA disapproval of Texas flexible permits. c. In the wake of the disapproval, industry coalitions worked with TCEQ and EPA to negotiate targeted revisions that would support SIP-approval. d. The Texas flexible permits and qualified facility programs were fully and finally approved by EPA during the Obama administration. 4. Plantwide Applicability Limit ("PAL") Permits a. The Texas Industry Project pursued the integration of relevant NSR reforms in Texas, including PALs. b. The group worked with TCEQ and EPA to negotiate targeted revisions that would support SIP-approval. c. The Texas PAL program is now an effective component of the Texas air permits program. d. TIP will be pursuing targeted revisions to the PAL rules to make them more flexible, including a more effective approach to baselines. BAKER BOTTS Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tiers 8&9 2 ED 002061 00269012-00002 BAKER BOTTS Matthew L. Kuryla 5. Maintenance, Startup and Shutdown ("MSS") Initiative a. The Texas Industry Project pursued the integration of effective and protective MSS provisions into the Texas SIP. b. In the wake of EPA's 2015 SIP call, the Texas MSS Working Group was formed to seek the reconsideration of EPA's action. c. The BCCA Appeal Group, along with the State of Texas, brought forward several compelling reasons for reconsideration as to Texas. d. Texas industry coalitions have maintained a consistent focus on the preservation of this important component of Texas' effective and protective SIP control strategy. 6. Title V Permit Program Integrity a. The Texas Industry Project worked with TCEQ and EPA to help craft the effective and protective Texas Title V program. b. TIP is cuirrently working with state and federal agencies in responding to efforts to expand the Title V program to become a "second-bite" at prior SIP-approval and NSR permit decisions. BAKER BOTTS Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tiers 8&9 B ED 002061 00269012-00003