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Jack Barrow [jack. barrow@btr. energy] 7/28/2017 3:18:47 PM Kelly, Albert [/o=ExchangeLabs/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=08576e43795149e5a3f9669726dd044c-Kelly, Albe] Frank.Keating@hklaw.com Introduction from Governor Keating
Mr. Kelly, I hope this email finds you well. My name is Jack Barrow, and I help run a company called BTR Energy. I've had the good fortune of discussing an EPA opportunity with Governor Keating over the course of several weeks, and he thought I should reach out to you and that you might visit with us sometime soon to learn more. I'm sure you must be busy, but if you're available in August, I'd certainly like to meet or have a call whenever is convenient for you. Let me know. For now, by way of introduction, I've copied a brief description of our work - and why I think it's important - below my signature. Thank you for your time! I hope to hear from you soon. JBaecskt wishes,
Jack Barrow Co-Founder | BTR Energy
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BTR is working to get EPA to implement a part of the Renewable Fuel Standard called the "electric pathway" that the Agency created with a final rule promulgated three years ago. If effectively implemented, this RFS pathway would create new revenue and support for farmers across the country that use animal and food wastes to produce electricity, benefiting new parts of the agricultural community that otherwise can't participate in the RFS.
Using manure to produce electricity and other co-products like fertilizer through a process called anaerobic digestion is an ideal way for farms to manage waste and reduce nutrient runoff and odors, converting manure into a value-add resource. If EPA implemented our program - which does not require new legislation or rule-making - many more animal operations could run a profitable anaerobic digester that would provide additional revenue to the farms, thereby creating and supporting jobs and better maintaining the value of the land. Plus, the electric pathway then incentivizes the production of domestic, base-load electricity, consistent with the President's goal of becoming an "energy powerhouse."
In many ways, the program is a natural fit for President Trump's administration and as part of Administrator Pruitt's re-focused direction for EPA: it would support rural jobs and communities, does
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not require new legislation or rule-making, and is important to constituents that the President has promised to help (we work closely with dairy farmers in Wisconsin - where the President has visited - and Pennsylvania, for example, and have been reaching out to feedlots in Oklahoma and other states). The EPA and Administrator Pruitt participate in the President's Rural Prosperity Taskforce, chaired by Secretary Perdue. One of the goal's of that task force is to identify and implement programs that "advance the adoption of innovations and technology for agricultural production and long-term, sustainable rural development." This could be a powerful opportunity to demonstrate EPA's commitment to fulfilling the Congressional intent of the RFS and using existing "tools in the toolbox" in support of our agricultural communities and the President's agenda. It's low-hanging fruit.
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