ACTING ADMINISTRATOR ANDREW WHEELER EVENT REQUEST FORM U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Deadline for Acceptance: Requesting Individual / Affiliation: Event Title: Event Date: Is the Above Date Flexible? Event Time & Duration: Type of Event: Purpose of the Event: Role of the Acting Administrator:
Requested Presentation Topic, if Speaking: Requested Presentation Format: Speech/Presentation Duration: Would You Consider a Surrogate? Have you requested or are you planning to request anyone else from EPA to speak or attend this event? Event Location:
Event Audience: Event Host(s)/Organizer(s):
Host(s)' Relationship to EPA: Does the organizer/host personally know the Acting Administrator? If so, what is the nature of the relationship and its length?
ASAP Thomas Kuhn, President, Edison Electric Institute EEI Fall Board of Directors Conference Wednesday, September 5, 2008 No 2:00 PM MDT, duration 45 minutes Major trade association board meeting One of four annual quarterly board meetings to set policy Deliver broad policy remarks, followed by Q&A with Board EPA's broad policy agenda (please see attached letter of invitation Keynote remarks, followed by Q&A with Board members Remarks of approximately 25-30 minutes, followed by Q&A No
No Broadmoor Hotel, 1 Lake Avenue, Colorado Springs, CO Approximately 50 Chief Executive Officers comprising EEI's Board of Directors, along with approximately 125 other seniorlevel member company executives Edison Electric Institute is the sole host EEI is a major stakeholder trade association whose members are heavily regulated by the agency Mr. Kuhn, along with other senior EEI staff and EEI member company executives, have interacted with the Acting
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Administrator in a number of venues over the years, particularly during Mr. Wheeler's tenure on the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
Has the organizer/host met previously with the Acting Administrator? If so, which dates?
No EEI staff have met previously with the Acting Administrator since he joined the agency.
Run of Show/ Agenda:
The Board agenda is still developing, and a current iteration is attached.
Is there a Hold Room Available for the Acting Yes Administrator?
Open Press/Closed Press?
Closed Press
Dress Code:
Business Casual
Microphone / Teleprompter / Room Setup:
Room is set in a hollow square with a small riser in the front where Mr. Wheeler would make remarks, using either any kind of microphone he prefers (lavaliere, handheld, stationary at podium)
Honorable Guests Attending:
No special VIPs at the time envisioned for the Acting Administrator's remarks
Notable Federal, State or Local Appointed or Elected officials attending:
Per attached agenda, FERC Commissioner Richard Glick will make remarks on Thursday, Sept. 6; Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen has been invited to speak also on Sept. 6. Former Governors Haley Barbour (Miss.) and Terry McAuliffe (Va.) will present a midterm election political colloquy during the keynote luncheon ahead of Mr. Wheeler's remarks.
Individual Introducing Acting Administrator:
Lynn Good, EEI Chairman, and Chairman, President & CEO, Duke Energy Corp.
Person to contact for media purposes: How will you promote this event?
Jeff Ostermayer, 202-508-5683, [ HYPERLINK
"mailto:jostermayer@eei.org" ]
It is not promoted externally, and only our EEI member
companies are aware of it.
Is this event held Weekly, Monthly, Annually? It is held quarterly.
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Day of Event Point of Contact:
Jim Owen, Executive Director, Membership, 202 256 8447 (mobile), [ HYPERLINK "mailto:jowen@eei.org" ]
Security Contact:
Matthews & Matthews, LLC Investigations, Security, and Management Consulting 265 Franklin Street, Suite 1702 Boston, Massachusetts 02110 [ HYPERLINK "mailto:Frank@matthewsinvestigations.corn" Office: 617-274-5600 Cell: 617-590-1446
Suggested Entrance/ Exit to Event Venue:
Driveway entrance, West Building, Broadmoor
Is the host of the event a registered 501(c)(3),
(c)(4), a federally registered lobbyist/lobbying
organization, or has a 527 Political Action
Committee (PAC)?:
Yes
Will there be a "gift" and/or "award"
presented? If so, what is it and the US
currency value of the gift?
No
Will a meal be provided, if so what is the US currency value?
Pursuant to the Acting Administrator's schedule, a meal will be provided at lunch valued at approximately $50.00
Please return this completedform to Aaron Dickerson at [ HYPERLINK "mailto:dickerson.aaron@epa.gov"
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