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June 8, 2017 Scott Pruitt Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20460 Dear Mr. Pruitt: I would like to invite you to address the next meeting of the C2ES Business Environmental Leadership Council (BELC). The event will take place here in Washington, D.C., on the afternoon of July 19 and the morning ofJuly 20 at Microsoft's V\feshington Office, 901 K Street, NW, 11th Floor. Distinguished guests normally speak for 10-15 minutes, and then engage in conversation for another 15 minutes. We would be honored if you would provide remarks on the morning of Thursday, July 20, from 10:15 to 10:45 am. If this time is not convenient for you, but you would still like to address these important stakeholders, we will work to accommodate your schedule within the timeframe of the meeting. The BELC is comprised of 32 mostly Fortune 500 companies, which together represent $2 trillion in revenue and over 3 million employees. BELC membership spans a range of sectors, including electricity (e.g. Dominion, DTE Energy, Duke Energy, Entergy, Exelon, National Grid, NRG, PG&E); oil and gas (BP, Shell); automotive (GM, Toyota); chemicals (Dow); information and communication technology (HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft); diversified manufacturing (Alcoa, Arconic, GE); and financial services (Bank of America, JP Morgan). A full member list can be found at the end of this letter. These companies demonstrate climate leadership by managing their own greenhouse gas emissions, creating technologies and processes that reduce emissions, and working with policy makers to develop environmentally effective solutions that also work for business. As a condition of membership, all BELC companies support the need for mandatory policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The BELC meets three times each year, and I know these industry representatives will greatly value the opportunity to hear your perspectives. We anticipate around 50 will be in attendance, with the event open only to our business council members and C2ES staff. All comments are off-the-record and the meeting operates under the Chatham House Rule. Past speakers have included James Connaughton, former Chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality; Tom Pyle, President, American Energy Alliance; Dan Utech, former Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change; Gina McCarthy, former EPA Administrator; Jonathan Pershing, former U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change, Department of State; Kevin Welsh, former Director for Environment and Climate Change, National Security Council. Thank you for your consideration, and I hope that you will be able to join us. If you have any questions about logistics, please do not hesitate to have your staff contact Meg Storch, our Director of Business .11 Of IVItVJN BIVO. Stiff 'ito AtiltNC.TOV VA 2JJt it 7(1!- >16-4 NCi *: f'M f 17cv1906 Sierra Club v. EPA - 6/22 Production ED 001523 00004323-00001 Engagement, at storchm@c2es.org or 703-516-0635. Either Meg or our Director of Operations, Adria Cooper, will contact your office to follow up on this request. Sincerely, Bob Perciasepe President cc: Janet Peace Meg Storch Adria Cooper BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP COUNCIL MEMBERS AECOM Alcoa Arconic Arizona Public Service Bank of America Berkshire Hathaway Energy BHP Billiton BP CBRE Group Dominion The Dow Chemical Co. DTE Energy Duke Energy Entergy Exelon Corporation GE GM HP Inc. LafargeHolcim IBM Intel JP Morgan Chase Lockheed Martin Microsoft National Grid NRG Energy PG&E Corporation PSEG Rio Tinto Sempra Energy Shell Toyota 17cv1906 Sierra Club v. EPA 6/22 Production ED 001523 00004323-00002