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External Meeting Request Form for Administrator E. Scott Pruitt U.S. Environmental Protection Agency To request the Administrator to attend and/or speak at your event, please complete and submit the following form. Today's Date: May 9, 2017 Meeting Date: June 19, 2017 Meeting Time: 11 am ET Requested Location (if offsite, please list address, parking instructions, etc.): EPA Headquarters Requestors: National leaders of 11 leading health and medical organizations, listed in the meeting request letter submitted on February 27, 2017 (also attached). Purpose of the Meeting: To discuss the important role the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plays in cleaning up the air we breathe and protecting millions of Americans from the life-threatening dangers of air pollution. Background on the Meeting: Some of those who are most vulnerable to air pollution include children with asthma, adults with heart disease, newborns and children of all ages, as well as older adults - but everyone needs healthy air. We urge EPA to continue to implement and enforce this lifesaving public health law, and to build upon its success cleaning up air pollution and protecting Americans' health for the past 47 years. Our organizations strongly support moving forward with safeguards that promote and protect public health, and oppose initiatives to block, weaken, or delay critical health protections. We would like to discuss with you how to best continue this progress and protect the health of all Americans. Role of the Administrator: To share his vision for how EPA will continue to implement and enforce the Clean Air Act to protect the health of millions of Americans. Topics we are interested in hearing from the Administrator about include: How EPA will continue using independent, peer-reviewed scientific information and advice to inform its policymaking; How EPA will uphold its scientific integrity policy, which ensures the timely release of scientific research and reviews; EPA plans to fully implement and enforce the Clean Air Act, including the air pollution health standards; continuing to clean up sources of air pollution, including cars, trucks, 17cv1906 Sierra Club v. EPA ED_001523B_00003991-00001 power plants, and oil and gas facilities; and addressing the health impacts of climate change, both by reducing the carbon and methane pollution that worsen it, and by investing in measures to study and reduce its health impacts in communities; and How EPA plans to ensure continued public access to air quality and climate change data and information, and other EPA resources, including on EPA's website. Attendees - confirmed list below, update forthcoming based on schedules: Harold P. Wimmer President & CEO, American Lung Association Georges C. Benjamin, MD Executive Director American Public Health Association Mark Del Monte, Chief Deputy and Senior Vice President, Advocacy and External Affairs American Academy of Pediatrics Paul Jams, MD Chief Medical Officer March of Dimes Katie Huffling, RN, MS, CNM Executive Director Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments Jeff Carter Executive Director Physicians for Social Responsibility John Auerbach President and CEO Trust for America's Health Ian Goldstein Government Affairs Specialist National Association of County and City Health Officials Lyndsay Moseley Alexander Assistant Vice President & Director, Healthy Air Campaign American Lung Association Tentative, pending confirmation: Gary Cohen President, Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth 17cv1906 Sierra Club v. EPA ED_001523B_00003991-00002 Dr. David T. Dyjack Executive Director and CEO National Environmental Health Association Mary Pittman, DrPH President and CEO Public Health Institute Steve Crane PhD, MPH Executive Director American Thoracic Society Point of Contact: Lyndsay Moseley Alexander Assistant Vice President & Director, Healthy Air Campaign 202-481-7668 17cv1906 Sierra Club v. EPA ED_001523B_00003991-00003 t AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION I* \ ! '1 \/j American Acade^ D BDI CTED W-THUh EAH F LL'OE CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH NETWORK Allergy I &N EATsWthma , > ' I February 27, 2017 The Honorable Scott Pruitt Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency Office of the Administrator, 1101A 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20460 Dear Administrator Pruitt: On behalf of our members and supporters, the undersigned leaders of national public health and medical organizations respectfully request a meeting with you to discuss the important role the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plays in cleaning up the air we breathe and protecting millions of Americans from the life-threatening dangers of air pollution. Some of those who are most vulnerable to air pollution include children with asthma, adults with heart disease, newborns and children of all ages, as well as older adults - but everyone needs healthy air. Thankfully, the Clean Air Act has yielded tremendous benefits to the American people, as documented in multiple studies. We urge EPA to continue to implement and enforce this lifesaving public health law, and to build upon its success cleaning up air pollution and protecting Americans' health for the past 47 years. Our organizations strongly support moving forward with safeguards that promote and protect public health, and oppose initiatives to block, weaken, or delay critical health protections. We would like to discuss with you how to best continue this progress and protect the health of all Americans. Key priorities that we would like to discuss with you include: Continuing EPA's history of using independent, peer-reviewed scientific information and advice to inform its policymaking; 17cv1906 Sierra Club v. EPA ED_001523B_00003992-00001  Upholding EPA's scientific integrity policy, which ensures the the timely release of scientific research and reviews; 0 Fully implementing and enforcing the Clean Air Act, including the air pollution health standards, without delay; Continuing to clean up sources of air pollution, including cars, trucks, power plants, and oil and gas facilities; Addressing the health impacts of climate change, both by reducing the carbon and methane pollution that worsen it, and by investing in measures to study and reduce its health impacts in communities; and Ensuring continued public access to air quality and climate change data and information, and other EPA resources, including on EPA's website. Please consider our organizations a resource on these issues, along with other topics that impact public health. To help schedule this important conversation, please contact Lyndsay Moseley Alexander at the American Lung Association: Lvndsay.moselev@lung.org, 202-481-7668. Sincerely, Tonya Winders CEO and President, Allergy & Asthma Network Fernando Stein, MD, FAAP President American Academy of Pediatrics Harold P. Wimmer President & CEO, American Lung Association Georges C. Benjamin, MD Executive Director American Public Health Association Steve Crane PhD, MPH Executive Director American Thoracic Society Nsedu Obot Witherspoon Executive Director Children's Environmental Health Network Gary Cohen President, Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth Dr. David T. Dyjack Executive Director and CEO National Environmental Health Association Jeff Carter Executive Director Physicians for Social Responsibility Mary Pittman, DrPH President and CEO Public Health Institute John Auerbach President and CEO Trust for America's Health 17cv1906 Sierra Club v. EPA ED_001523B_00003992-00002