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To: Mark Lewis[mlewis@cap-az.com] From: Scott Cameron Sent: 2017-04-22T13:22:56-04:00 Importance: Normal Subject: Re: Does Kevin Black - no worries fact checking Received: 2017-04-22T13:23:04-04:00 Sure Thanks, Scott Scott J. Cameron Special Assistant Water and Science Department of the Interior Phone: 202 208 0969 Cell service 202 706 9031 Sent from my iPhone On Apr 22, 2017, at 11:21 AM, Mark Lewis <mlewis@cap-az.com> wrote: No worries, I just got crap for these comments. Not being critical , just fact checking stuff. I like to get to the horses mouth on stuff, so I'm not spreading fake news and rumors. Can I text you? Mark Lewis Sent from my iPad On Apr 22, 2017, at 8:15 AM, Scott Cameron <scott cameron@ios.doi.gov> wrote: Mark, Kevin Black's views were not cleared with the external relations function of the Bureau of Reclamation and should also not be construed to represent the position of the Department of the Interior. Rather, we are intensely focused on identifying cost effective strategies to keep the plant operating through 2019 and beyond. Thanks, Scott Scott J. Cameron Special Assistant Water and Science Department of the Interior Phone: 202 208 0969 Cell service 202 706 9031 Sent from my iPhone On Apr 22, 2017, at 10:37 AM, Mark Lewis <mlewis@cap-az.com> wrote: Scott, Take a look at this news item on NGS. Mark Lewis How come USBR Energy manager Kevin Black is giving his opinion supporting closing NGS? Is closing NGS the official position of the USBR? Looking at the 48-year-old Navajo Generating Station from a purely economic position, the power plant needs to retire. He said the impacts of Peabody coal mining using the Navajo Aquifer are real, but questions if the impacts from that and drought really matter. Black said the bureau is not focused on the impacts but on how to get water, which is why all the information gathered about the status of water on the reservation was compiled in a document to justify the water development and to understand the cost of hauling water. He added that he's produced several similar briefings on the power plant to the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, various utilities and the Trump administration. Mark Lewis Mark Lewis, Director -- 602-499-3095 Central AZ Project 2515 E. Thomas Rd. Ste. 16-852 Phoenix, AZ 85016 Representing Maricopa County on the CAP Water board and not the view of the CAP BOD. CAP is largest provider of renewable sustainable water supplies in AZ Central Arizona Project Disclaimer: This e mail message from Mark Lewis and any files transmitted with it may contain confidential or privileged information intended solely for the individual(s) addressed in the message. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure of this information by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, or authorized to receive this transmission for the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e mail and delete all copies of this message and any files transmitted with it from your system. <image002.jpg> <image007.jpg> <image009.jpg> <image002.jpg> <image007.jpg> <image009.jpg> To: Mark Lewis[mlewis@cap-az.com] From: Scott Cameron Sent: 2017-04-22T11:14:35-04:00 Importance: Normal Subject: Re: Does Kevin Black from USBR promote closing NGS ? Received: 2017-04-22T11:14:39-04:00 Mark, Kevin Black's views were not cleared with the external relations function of the Bureau of Reclamation and should also not be construed to represent the position of the Department of the Interior. Rather, we are intensely focused on identifying cost effective strategies to keep the plant operating through 2019 and beyond. Thanks, Scott Scott J. Cameron Special Assistant Water and Science Department of the Interior Phone: 202 208 0969 Cell service 202 706 9031 Sent from my iPhone On Apr 22, 2017, at 10:37 AM, Mark Lewis <mlewis@cap-az.com> wrote: Scott, Take a look at this news item on NGS. Mark Lewis How come USBR Energy manager Kevin Black is giving his opinion supporting closing NGS? Is closing NGS the official position of the USBR? Looking at the 48-year-old Navajo Generating Station from a purely economic position, the power plant needs to retire. He said the impacts of Peabody coal mining using the Navajo Aquifer are real, but questions if the impacts from that and drought really matter. Black said the bureau is not focused on the impacts but on how to get water, which is why all the information gathered about the status of water on the reservation was compiled in a document to justify the water development and to understand the cost of hauling water. He added that he's produced several similar briefings on the power plant to the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, various utilities and the Trump administration. Mark Lewis Mark Lewis, Director -- 602-499-3095 Central AZ Project 2515 E. Thomas Rd. Ste. 16-852 Phoenix, AZ 85016 Representing Maricopa County on the CAP Water board and not the view of the CAP BOD. CAP is largest provider of renewable sustainable water supplies in AZ Central Arizona Project Disclaimer: This e mail message from Mark Lewis and any files transmitted with it may contain confidential or privileged information intended solely for the individual(s) addressed in the message. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure of this information by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, or authorized to receive this transmission for the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e mail and delete all copies of this message and any files transmitted with it from your system. <image002.jpg> <image007.jpg> <image009.jpg>