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Message From: Michael Formica [formicam@nppc.org] Sent: 2/21/2025 4:04:08 PM To: Voyles, Travis [voyles.travis@epa.gov]; Kramer, Jessica L. [kramer.jessical@epa.gov]; McIntosh, Chad [mcintosh.chad@epa.gov]; Dominguez, Alexander [dominguez.alexander@epa.gov]; Atkinson, Emily [Atkinson.Emily@epa.gov]; Tardif, Abigale (Abbie) [Tardif.Abigale@epa.gov] CC: Paul Bredwell (pbredwell@uspoultry.org) [pbredwell@uspoultry.org]; crichter@thepolicygroup.com; Lauren Lurkins pauren@lurkinsstrategies.com]; cdetlefsen@nmpf.org; Courntey Briggs [courtneyb@fb.org]; Travis Cushman [travisc@fb.org] Subject:Barnyard Meeting Caution: This email originated from outside EPA, please exercise additional caution when deciding whether to open attachments or click on provided links. Travis, Chad, Jess and Alex, On behalf of National Pork Producers Council, United Egg Producers, U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, and the American Farm Bureau Federation, thank you for your time earlier this week. We understand your time is important and extremely limited, and we appreciate you listening to the priority issues within our organizations related to the important ongoing work of U.S. EPA. I have provided email addresses for all my colleagues here (who are copied on this email). Feel free to reach out to any of us individually to follow up on any aspects of our discussion. In addition, we will work collectively to provide you the follow up information we promised. We look forward to speaking further and working with you all on these issues of importance to America's agricultural sector. Thank you, Michael Formica Chief Legal Strategist 122 C Street, NW Suite 875 Washington, DC 20001 M: 202.680.3820 Sierra Club FOIA Request: 2025-EPA-04193 ED_018475D_00003133-00001 SC_FOIA_0001056 Ni 31 oducers Council. Connect with us! NPPC Facebook I Twitter I LinkedIn This message contains confidential information belonging to The National Pork Producers Council and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by email if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses and The National Pork Producers Council does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy from: The National Pork Producers Council,10676 Justin Dr., Urbandale, IA 50322. Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The National Pork Producers Council. From: Voyles, Travis <voyles.travis@epa.gov> Sent: Sunday, February 9, 2025 12:24 AM To: Michael Formica <formicam@nppc.org> Cc: Kramer, Jessica L. <kramer.jessical@epa.gov>; Tardif, Abigale (Abbie) <Tardif.Abigale@epa.gov>; Atkinson, Emily <Atkinson.Emily@epa.gov> Subject: RE: Meeting Request Michael--I apologize, I had a draft response up and ready to click send the very next day and then somehow it got lost in the chaos of this week. I am adding Jess Kramer who just started this week as a Senior Advisor to the Administrator for water and Abbie Tardif who is the Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator in the Office of Air and Radiation. Between us three we can cover all the issues you have detailed below. Let us know if you prefer one big meeting or would prefer to divide the issues up somehow--we are flexible either way. I am adding Emily Atkinson to help will the scheduling (Abbie may add someone from OAR to help on that front as well). Looking forward to finding some time and the discussion. Thanks, Travis Travis Voyles Assistant Deputy Admnistrator Office of the Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency C: (202) 787-0595 From: Michael Formica PT> Sent: Monday, February 3, 2025 10:59 PM To: Voyles, Travis < 'es.travis@epa.gu.> Subject: Meeting Request Importance: High Sierra Club FOIA Request: 2025-EPA-04193 ED_018475D_00003133-00002 SC_FOIA_0001057 Caution: This email originated from outside EPA, please exercise additional caution when deciding whether to open attachments or click on provided links. Mr. Voyles As discussed, I would like to request a meeting with Senior leadership at EPA to discuss a number of issues that are fast approaching regarding the nation's livestock farmers. Attendees would include representatives of the American Farm Bureau Federation, Dairy Industry, United Egg Producers, US Poultry and Egg Association, and US Pork Industry. The issues include: 1. EPA's pending Meat and Poultry Effluent Limitation Guidelines (ELG) in the Office of Water which are due to be finalized in August. nttps://www.epa.goviegimeat-and-poultry-products-effluent-guidelines-2024-proposed-rule As proposed by the Biden Administration, this rule carries a cost of over $1.16 billion a year, will lead to over 75, mostly small and medium sized, processing plants having to shut down according to EPA's own data, and result in the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs throughout the supply chain. It would also eliminate markets for many livestock farmers, risking localized farm crisis. 2. The status of the National Air Emissions Monitoring Study, and in particular the work of the agency on development of long overdue emission estimating methodologies. https:/,'www.epa.gov/afos-air/national-air-emissions- monitoring-study#naems-study There is currently a comment period open on the latest draft of EPA's models. I requested an extension of the comment period in December, which was partly granted a couple of days prior to President Trump's inauguration. As laid out in the attached extension request letter, there are a number of issues that will be triggered by this process which we believe EPA needs to be more engaged on. 3. The CAFO Rule ELG, the ongoing work of the Animal Ag Water Quality subcommittee that is operating under the Farm Ranch and Rual Communities FACA Committee, and nutrient issues associated with CAFOs in general. 4. PFAS and its impact on agriculture. Thank you and I look forward to discussing these with you and your team. Michael Formica Chief Legal Strategist 122 C Street, NW Suite 875 Washington, DC 20001 M: 202.680.3820 National M Pork Producers il Council. Connect with us! NPPC j Facebook I Twitter I Linkedln This message contains confidential information belonging to The National Pork Producers Council and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by email if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses and The National Pork Producers Council does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy from: The National Pork Producers Council,10676 Justin Dr., Urbandale, IA 50322. Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The National Pork Producers Council. Sierra Club FOIA Request: 2025-EPA-04193 ED_018475D_00003133-00003 SC_FOIA_0001058 From: Michael Formica Sent: Friday, December 20, 2024 1:12 PM To: ..egan.Michael@epa.gov; NAEMS@epa.gov; enobakhare.rosemary@epa.gov; Cope.Grant@epa.gov; Utech.D-n@-- -.gov Cc: Lauren Lurkins <Iauren@lurkinsstrategies.com>; Paul Bredwell (pbredwell@uspoultry.org) <pbredwell@uspoultry.orp>; Christian Richter (crichter@thepolicygroup.com) <crichter@thepolicygroup.cor->; cd-'-' fsen@nmpf.org; Tom Hebert <tom.hebert@bayardridge.com>; dschilling@fb.org; rilayher@fb.org; Courntey Briggs <-our. >; duep@, -om Subject: Extension of Time Request: Livestock AP42 Air Emissions Estimating Methodologies Importance: High Administrator Reagan and NAEMS Research Group On behalf of the National Pork Producers Council, National Milk Producers Federation, US Poultry and Egg Association and the United Egg Producers, please find the attached letter requesting a 180 day extension of time to comment on the draft AP-42 Air Emissions Estimating Methods for Animal Feeding Operations. In addition to this request for time, we are also asking that EPA's Office of General Counsel provide adequate responses to the multiple questions we've raised concerning implementation of the these EEMs, the legal obligations that will arise for signatories under the air consent agreements, and the agencies plan to communicate with the individual farmers who may unknowingly face a series of rapid legal obligations under the air consent agreements. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Hope you and your families all have a safe and happy Holidays. Thank you Michael Formica Chief Legal Strategist 122 C Street, NW Suite 875 Washington, DC 20001 M: 202.680.3820 National M Pork Producers 1 Council. Connect with us! NPPC j Facebook I Twitter I Linkedln This message contains confidential information belonging to The National Pork Producers Council and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by email if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses and The National Pork Producers Council does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy from: The National Pork Producers Council,10676 Justin Dr., Urbandale, IA 50322. Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The National Pork Producers Council. Sierra Club FOIA Request: 2025-EPA-04193 ED_018475D_00003133-00004 SC_FOIA_0001059