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From: Devin Watkins [Devin.Watkins@cei.org] ent: 2/11/2025 5:31:33 PM o: Amidon, Eric [Amidon.Eric@epa.gov] ubject:Fw: 22-1032 Competitive Enterprise Institute, et al v. EPA "Response to Motion Filed" (EPA-86FR74434) Caution: This email originated from outside EPA, please exercise additional caution when deciding whether to open attachments or click on provided links. Dear Mr. Amidon, I represent a party adverse to the EPA. As chief of staff, I thought you might wish to be aware of the below email, if your not already. Sincerely, Devin Watkins Competitive Enterprise Institute 1310 L St. N.W., 7th Floor Washington, DC 20005 202-331-2278 From: Devin Watkins <Devin.Watkins@cei.org> Sent: Friday, February 7, 2025 9:38 AM To: daniel.dertke@usdoj.gov <daniel.dertke@usdoj.gov>; sue.chen@usdoj.gov <sue.chen@usdoj.gov> Cc: Zeldin.Lee@epa.gov <Zeldin.Lee@epa.gov> Subject: Re: 22-1032 Competitive Enterprise Institute, et al v. EPA "Response to Motion Filed" (EPA-86FR74434) Dear Counsel and EPA, The only opposing petitioners in Texas v. EPA (which challenging EPA's auto emission rules) to the motion to hold in abeyance have made clear in their response that they do not oppose abeyance if EPA indicates that it intends to reconsider the lawfulness of EPA issuing fleet-wide average (rather than per-vehicle) automobile emission standards and its authority to allow credit trading. If the government wishes this case to be held in abeyance, you may wish to decide quickly if EPA wishes to reconsider this legal authority in its upcoming auto emission rulemaking process. This, of course, would not determine the outcome of such reconsideration. 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Attornc Wady suuumuy'l Tim Dtin .c : ( Notice will he stored in the notice cart for: Mr, David P41,1 Orlin The following dcK unientlisi) are::.associate this transaction: D Ciescripium Re Motion Filed Original Filename: Texas Ef to Abeyance vIpdf Electronic .Ctocunrit tit Star [STAMP acmrStamp 1 2 [ fia I 9d5cc2bf2.44d6Z!Elia I c f I Oadfc8624351(0c94cflthh lacod 1:. 3Re511.5ah984 ED_018475D_00000810-00005 Message From: Kent Lassman [Kent.Lassman@cei.org] Sent: 2/12/2025 8:27:45 PM To: Zeldin, Lee [Zeldin.Lee@epa.gov] CC: Amidon, Eric [Amidon.Eric@epa.gov]; Carpenter, Wesley [Carpenter.Wesley@epa.gov]; Nicki Bayhurst [Nicki.Bayhurst@cei.org] Subject: The EPA, Competitive Enterprise Institute, & Executive Order: Unleashing American Energy. Attachments:2-12-25 ZeldinLetter.pdf Caution: This email originated from outside EPA, please exercise additional caution when deciding whether to open attachments or click on provided links. Administrator Zeldin -- I look forward to working with you and your team on areas of mutual concern. Very warm regards, Kent (c reedor, ED_018475D_00000811-00001 COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE 1310 L Street NW, 7th Floor y Washington, DC 20005 www.cei.org February 12, 2025 The Honorable Lee M. Zeldin Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 VIA EMAIL -- Zeldin.Lee@epa.gov Dear Administrator Zeldin: Congratulations on your confirmation to serve as the 17th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), its board of directors, and staff, we are eager for you to bring new leadership and sensible policy changes to the nation's environmental policies. There is no lack of opportunity for you and your team. No doubt, among your objectives is the reversal of many harmful rules promulgated by the Biden administration. This includes eliminating the de facto electric vehicle mandate rule and the "Clean Power Plan 2.0." One of the most important actions you will take has a deadline that is quickly approaching. Under President Donald Trump's "Unleashing American Energy" executive order, you have been directed to make joint recommendations regarding the 2009 endangerment finding. Specifically, the January 20th executive order states: (f) Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Administrator of the EPA, in collaboration with the heads of any other relevant agencies, shall submit joint recommendations to the Director of OMB on the legality and continuing applicability of the Administrator's findings, "Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases Under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act," Final Rule, 74 FR 66496 (December 15, 2009). Based on responses during your recent Senate confirmation hearings, it is clear you bring a depth of knowledge to your new role and the responsibilities with which you have been charged regarding the endangerment finding. With one week remaining to submit joint recommendations to the Director of OMB, I offer the following points for consideration. ED_018475D_00000812-00001  The 2009 endangerment finding is the linchpin and predicate for all of the agency's greenhouse gas regulations. All regulatory decisions by the agency should be informed by the latest and best available science. Nonetheless, the EPA has routinely developed new greenhouse gas regulations based on a finding that fails this test. As a result, significant legal, technological, economic, and statistical questions are raised by the continued application of the 2009 endangerment finding. We appreciate that the prescribed timeline for initial recommendations is a constraint. However, at a minimum, we urge you to convey the general problems of the 2009 endangerment finding. It creates the space necessary for the EPA to address the manifold problems presented and to create durable policy informed by sound analysis. As you may know, CEI has a significant history and deep expertise with environmental policy, greenhouse gas regulation, and the endangerment finding. I urge you to call upon CEI as a resource on this and other vitally important work of the EPA. I look forward to discussing the endangerment finding and other issues of mutual interest with you in more detail at your first convenience. Sincerely and in liberty, Kent Lassman President and CEO CC: Eric Amidon (Amidon.Eric@epa.gov) Wesley Carpenter (CarpenterWeslev@epa.gov) 2 ED_018475D_00000812-00002 Message From: Francisco Ferrisi [Francisco.Ferrisi@cei.org] Sent: 2/25/2025 10:36:56 PM To: Zeldin, Lee [Zeldin.Lee@epa.gov]; Amidon, Eric [Amidon.Eric@epa.gov]; Carpenter, Wesley [Carpenter.Wesley@epa.gov] CC: Kent Lassman [Kent.Lassman@cei.org]; Nicki Bayhurst [Nicki.Bayhurst@cei.org]; Daren Bakst [Daren.Bakst@cei.org] Subject: Schedule Request: Competitive Enterprise Institute and Administrator Zeldin. Attachments:2.25.25 CEI Zeldin Request.pdf Caution: This email originated from outside EPA, please exercise additional caution when deciding whether to open attachments or click on provided links. Dear Administrator Zeldin -- Attached for your consideration is a request for a meeting between you, CEI President Kent Lassman, and Director of CEI's Center for Energy and Environment Daren Bakst. CEI would like to discuss our new booklength blueprint for changes at the EPA, Modernizing the EPA: A Blueprintfor Congress. Please let me know if you have any questions and we look forward to your response. Best, Francisco Ferrisi Government Affairs and Coalitions Associate Competitive Enterprise Institute frar_ 786-630-8447 ED_018475D_00000758-00001 O COMPETITIVE k TerENTERPRISE 4llo INSTITUTE. 1310 L Street NW, 7th Floor - Washington, DC 20005 www.cei.org February 25, 2025 The Honorable Lee M. Zeldin Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 Via Email--Zeldin.Lee@epa.gov Dear Administrator Zeldin, We'd like to brief you on the pending release of a new book-length blueprint for changes at the EPA, Modernizing the EPA: A Blueprintfor Congress. We are confident that these proposals for Congress align with your priorities. At your convenience, I'd like to discuss the project with you in detail. CEI's director of energy and environmental policy, Daren Bakst, would join. For decades, CEI has championed free-market energy reforms, pushing back against climate alarmism and restrictive policies that drive up costs and limit supply. We challenge the climate catastrophe narrative, which relies on flawed models that exaggerate emissions and conflict with real-world temperature data. CEI has also led major policy victories, including efforts to block the Kyoto Protocol, defeat the WaxmanMarkey cap-and-trade bill, and advocate for U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate treaty. Modernizing the EPA presents an opportunity to align sound science and regulatory accountability with your leadership. By eliminating inefficiencies and fostering transparent rulemaking, we can ensure the agency fulfills its mission while promoting economic growth. Our discussion will focus on practical solutions that uphold limited government, data-driven policymaking, and effective environmental stewardship. My assistant Nicki can work with your team to identify a time of mutual convenience in the coming weeks. Sincerely and in liberty, Kent Lassman President and CEO ED_018475D_00000759-00001  Administrator Zeldin -- As you know, CEI is devoted to a vision of America and prosperity where all citizens live their own lives, in their own way. A central obstacle to that goal is the overwhelming burden of harmful regulation. You have set an ambitious and laudable agenda for the Environmental Protection Agency. Attached is an invitation for you to present your vision for the EPA and a freer, healthier, more prosperous America to a select group of CEI's strongest allies. Please join us in Bar Harbor on June 2. Your participation will be the highlight of the entire policy summit. Please let me know what questions you or your team might have for us. Warmly, Kent Kent Lassman President & CEO 1. ...expo,; reedor ED_018475D_00002570-00002 EPA ADMINISTRATOR EVENT INFORMATION FORM This form assists in planning participation in events and activities. Please be complete to minimize need for follow up. This is not a confirmation of attendance. Basic Background Event official title: Event host(s)/organizer(s): Event date (flexible?): Time, duration, and time zone of event: Deadline for acceptance: Will you accept a surrogate? Event location and physical address: Type of event: Host(s) relationship to the EPA? Event sponsor(s): CEI Summit Bar Harbor Competitive Enterprise Institute 6pm Thursday. June 2 -- 10am Thursday, June 5, 2025 Keynote options: June 2, 3, or 4 ET time asap No, thank you Bar Harbor Club, 111 West St, Bar Harbor, ME 04609 Keynote orfireside chat during dinner Professional colleagues Competitive Enterprise Institute, State Policy Network, TBD Event Description and Role of the EPA Official Purpose of event: Brochure/website/invitation/ and/or other event materials: Run of show/agenda: The CEI Summit is an annual destination gatheringfor CEI experts andfriends interested in advancing social and economic change. https://summit.cei.org Draft agenda attached Timing for EPA official's role: Role of the EPA official at the event: Requested presentation topic (if speaking): Requested presentation format: Name and title of person introducing EPA official: Audience make up? Event held weekly, monthly, annually? One hour conversation over dinner --7:30 - 8:30 pm or lunch 12:00 -1:00 pm We invite the Administrator to deliverfeatured remarks. He is welcome to attend as much of the conference as he's interested and able to participate. The Deregulatory Remaking of the EPA Keynote, fireside chat, and audience Q&A CEI President Kent Lassman We expect 75 participants including a diversity of business leaders, policymakers, philanthropists, and nonprofit advocates from across the country. In a rotating destination annually 1 of 3 ED_018475D_00002571-00001 L PROF EPA ADMINISTRATOR EVENT INFORMATION FORM This form assists in planning participation in events and activities. Please be complete to minimize need for follow up. This is not a confirmation of attendance. Event Preparation Other EPA speakers? n/a Does EPA need to submit materials prior to event? Expected prep and timing for prep calls or meetings: Registration fee charged? How much? Preferred bio and profile picture are helpful One 30-minute prep call in May Tickets to the event cost $2,500 per person or $4,500 per couple. Describe entity hosting EPA official: Is the entity also a Federally Registered Lobbyist? Are you giving a gift, award or anything else of value? Amount? Are you providing a meal? Amount? The Competitive Enterprise Institute is a 501(c)(3) and international NGO No Waived registration fee, travel, and hotel TBD amount TBD $100 dinner At the Event and Other Event Logistics Is there a private hold room available for Yes the Administrator? Open press/closed press? Closed Will you be issuing a press release? Person to contact for media purposes: Dress code: Room setup: Notable/honorable guests attending (including elected officials): Are you recording the event? Website URL for recording (if event is recorded and posted): No Amanda France [ HYPERLINK "mailto:amanda.france@cei.org" ] 202.331.2764 // 813.785.6521 Business casual / business Podium and microphone on stage Invited speakers: DOE Secretary Chris Wright, NTIA ChiefArielle Roth, NCTA Chairman Kyle Hauptman [ HYPERLINK "https://summit.cei.org" ] [ HYPERLINK "http://www.cei.org" ] 2 of 3 ED_018475D_00002571-00002 L PROF EPA ADMINISTRATOR EVENT INFORMATION FORM This form assists in planning participation in events and activities. Please be complete to minimize need for follow up. This is not a confirmation of attendance. Security contact: Ryan Lynch [ HYPERLINK "mailto:ryan.lynch@cei.org" ] 202.445.6221 Directions to event (include relevant information about parking, the specific building, best entrance to use) Where to meet contact: Bar Harbor Club adjoins Harborside Hotel, where CEI has a room block. In thefoyer ofBar Harbor Club Contact Information Your name and position: Phone (best & alternate): Email address: Mailing address: Are you the point-of-contact at the event? If not, contact details: Amanda France, Vice President of Events Desk 202.331.2764 Cell 813.785.6521 [ HYPERLINK "mailto:Amanda.france@cei.org" ] 1310 L St NW, 7th floor, Washington, DC 20005 yes Please return this completedform to [ HYPERLINK "mailto:zeldinscheduling@epa.gov" ], and copy [ HYPERLINK "mailto:brown.ashley@epa.gov" ] 3 of 3 ED_018475D_00002571-00003 From: Amanda France [Amanda.France@cei.org] ent: 4/15/2025 6:05:15 PM o: Brown, Ashley [Brown.Ashley@epa.gov] C: ZeldinScheduling [ZeldinScheduling@epa.gov] object: RE: Invitation to partner from the Competitive Enterprise Institute -- June 2, 2025. ttachments:Bar Harbor Agenda.docx Caution: This email originated from outside EPA, please exercise additional caution when deciding whether to open attachments or click on provided links. Thank you, Ashley. Our draft agenda is attached. We are in conversations with the invited guest speakers to confirm but do still have a good deal of flexibility. If the Administrator has a preference on timing or scheduling constraints, we can rearrange this draft to accommodate. Please let me know if I can answer any questions. Amanda France 202.331.2764 813.785.6521 From: Brown, Ashley <Brown.Ashley@epa.gov> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2025 6:11 PM To: Amanda France <Amanda.France@cei.org> Cc: ZeldinScheduling <ZeldinScheduling@epa.gov> Subject: FW: Invitation to partner from the Competitive Enterprise Institute -- June 2, 2025. Hi Amanda, Could you please share an agenda (event if it is a draft)? Ashley Brown U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Director of Scheduling -- Office of Administrator From: Amanda France <Arnm.':, rr-'7 Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 4:07 PM To: ZeldinScheduling < ,. .11:ng@epa.gov>; Brown, Ashley <IFIrou, n.Ashley@epa,gov> Subject: FW: Invitation to partner from the Competitive Enterprise Institute -- June 2, 2025. I Caution: This email originated from outside EPA, please exercise additional caution when deciding whether to open attachments or click on provided links. Hello, Attached is the event form requesting Administrator Zeldin to join CEI in Bar Harbor, Maine for our annual policy summit this June. ED_018475D_00002395-00001 Please let me know if I can answer any questions. Thank you, Amanda France Vice President of Events 202.331.2764 813.785.6521 From: ZeldinScheduling <7 -> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2025 4:17 PM To: Kent Lassman <L:ent.Lassman@cei.org>; ZeldinScheduling <ZeldinScheduling@epa.gov> Cc: Nicki Bayhurst ' h, r Subject: RE: Invitation to partner from the Competitive Enterprise Institute -- June 2, 2025. Thank you for your request. We are in the process of reviewing it. Please complete the attached event information form and we will respond as soon as we can. Administrator Zeldin Scheduling Team Office of the Administrator U.S. EPA From: Kent Lassman < P" ) Sent: Friday, March 21, 2025 6:30 PM To: ZeldinScheduling <LeldinScheduling@epa.gov> Cc: Nicki Bayhurst <Nic' " Subject: Invitation to partner from the Competitive Enterprise Institute --June 2, 2025. Caution: This email originated from outside EPA, please exercise additional caution when deciding whether to open attachments or click on provided links. Administrator Zeldin -- As you know, CEI is devoted to a vision of America and prosperity where all citizens live their own lives, in their own way. A central obstacle to that goal is the overwhelming burden of harmful regulation. You have set an ambitious and laudable agenda for the Environmental Protection Agency. Attached is an invitation for you to present your vision for the EPA and a freer, healthier, more prosperous America to a select group of CEI's strongest allies. Please join us in Bar Harbor on June 2. Your participation will be the highlight of the entire policy summit. Please let me know what questions you or your team might have for us. Warmly, Kent Kent Lassman President & CEO fr I I A .ex offreedor, ED_018475D_00002395-00002 CEI Summit Bar Harbor June 2 -- 5, 2025 Monday, June 2 6:00 - 7:00 pm 7:00 - 10:00 pm Welcome Reception Dinner -- A Capitalist's Reflections feat. Leonard Leo* Bar Harbor Club Patio Stotesbury Ballroom, Bar Harbor Club Tuesday, June 3 7:30 - 8:30 am 9:00 - 10:00 am 10:00 - 11:00 am 11:00 - 12:00 pm 12:00 - 1:00 pm Breakfast buffet Trade War Saga feat. Kent Lassman, Ryan Young Overthrow the Regulatory State feat. Wayne Crews, Alex Reinauer, Ryan Young DOGE Days feat. Wayne Crews, Kent Lassman, Kevin D. Williamson Lunch -- Financing the Future feat. Kyle Hauptman* Club Dining Room, Harborside Stotesbury Ballroom, Bar Harbor Club Stotesbury Ballroom, Bar Harbor Club Stotesbury Ballroom, Bar Harbor Club Bar Harbor Club Patio 2:00 - 5:00 pm 7:00 - 10:00 pm Optional Whale Watch Excursion Dinner - Blueprint for Reform with EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin* Friendship IV Catamaran Wednesday, June 4 7:30 - 8:30 am 9:00 - 10:00 am 10:00 - 11:00 am 11:00 - 12:00 pm 12:00 - 1:00 pm 4:00 - 6:00 pm 6:00 - 9:00 pm Breakfast buffet Club Dining Room, Harborside Powering AI Innovation feat. Steve DelBianco*, Paige Lambermont, Alex Reinauer Stotesbury Ballroom, Bar Harbor Club Clearing the Air for Private Enterprise: The Future of Spectrum feat. Ajit Pai*, Michael K. Powell*, Brian Rankin Stotesbury Ballroom, Bar Harbor Club How the World Works Live Podcast Stotesbury Ballroom, Bar Harbor Club Lunch -- Policy Foundations for Castles in the Air with Administrator Arielle Roth* Bar Harbor Club Patio Optional Excursion Acadia by Carriage Dinner -- Golden Era of Energy with Energy Secretary Chris Wright* Jordan Pond House, Acadia Thursday, June 5 7:30 - 8:30 am Breakfast buffet Club Dining Room, Harborside *Invited ED_018475D_00002396-00001