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Elliott, Don [DEIIiott@cov.com] 6/5/2017 6:24:58 PM Schwab, Justin [/o=ExchangeLabs/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=eed0f609c0944cc2bbdb05df3al0aadb-Schwab, Jus] Request for Meeting Elliott Letter to Tennenbaum.5 25 17.pdf; 2000 OAR Letter.pdf; 0187_001.pdf
Justin,
Please consider this a request for a meeting with you and whoever else you consider appropriate concerning the matters outlined in the attached letter. We suggest that someone from OAQ.PS might also be interested, perhaps Peter Tsirigotis, and also OECA.
In essence, we want to discuss with you whether the Trump Administration is abruptly changing EPA's 17-year long policy that the "angel's share" of alcohol that leaks out of wooden whiskey barrels during the traditional natural aging process cannot be controlled without unacceptable effects on product quality, and if so, whether the agency may do so without any notice or opportunity for comment on the change but instead merely by bringing an enforcement case out of the blue without prior fair notice to the regulated community.
We represent MGP Ingredients, Inc. which received the attached Notice and Finding of Violation for its Lawrenceville, Indiana bourbon aging warehouse from Region V. Region V's position on this directly contradicts that of the other regions, including Region IV, as we will outline at the meeting. I would be accompanied by my co-counsel, Tony Sullivan of Barnes & Thornburg in Indianapolis, as well as a company representative.
Please let me know what dates you are available. The only dates when I have to be out of town are June 28-29 Ex. 6
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