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Message From: Sent: To: CC: Subject: Sarah Kerri x""" j 2/15/2018"l2:30:56AM Wilcox, Jahan [/o=ExchangeLabs/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=88fd588e97d3405d869bcae98d391984-Wilcox, Jah] Press [/o=ExchangeLabs/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=b293283291dc44eOb5dlc36be9281d8a-Press]; Falvo, Nicholas [/o=ExchangeLabs/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=424ac90ea7d8494a93209dl4d37f2946-Falvo, Nich] Re: Press inquiry: weakening of enforcement at NYC superfund / WNYC Thank you. On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 5:47 PM, Wilcox, Jahan <wilcox.jahan@epa.gov> wrote: "Administrator Pruitt has said he will hold polluters accountable, which includes cleaning up Gowanus." - EPA spokesman, Jahan Wilcox From: Sarah Kerr |j Exi 6 j Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 12:22 PM To: Wilcox, Jahan <w ilcox.jahan@ epa.gov> Cc: Press <Press@epa.gov>; Falvo, Nicholas <falvo.nicholas@ epa.gov> Subject: Re: Press inquiry: weakening o f enforcem ent at NYC superfund / WNYC cTohmapnekl psoJllauhtearns ,toysohuoruldheerltpheiisr smhaurechofathpepGreocwiaantuesd.cleCaannupw?e also please have a direct response to this specific question: Will EPA Best, On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 10:37 AM, Wilcox, Jahan <wilcox.jahan@epa.gov> wrote: I w ould also flag this USA Today op-ed w here Pruitt outlines how he's been tougher than most parties have expected. https://www.usatoday.com /storv/opinion/2018/02/14/clean-air-land-and-water-time-epa-start-keeping-itspro m ise s-co lu m n /3 3 3 8 1 5 0 0 2 / Clean Air, Land and W ater: Time fo r the EPA to Start Keeping Its Promises Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 13 ED 002061 00019883-00001 In less than a year, the Trum p adm inistration w ill solve a problem th a t previous adm inistrations could not fix since 1990. Adm inistrator Scott Pruitt February 14, 2018 https://w w w .usato dav.com /sto ry/o p in io n /2 0 1 8 /0 2 /1 4 /cle a n -a ir-la n d -a n d -w a te r-tim e -e p a -sta rt-ke e p in g -its-p ro m ise sco lum n/333 815002/ From: Wilcox, Jahan Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 10:15 AM To: | Ex.'6 j Cc: PTe's's'<Press@epa.gov>rFaTvo7NTchbTaTfaivoThlchbTa@epa.gov> Subject: FW: Press inquiry: weakening o f enforcem ent at NYC superfund / WNYC Referring you to these two quotes that you can use, that Scott Pruitt made in two recent interviews. BLOOMBERG: "They don't know me,; Pruitt said, during an interview with Bloomberg News in his Washington office. I've ied a grand jury. We are going to do enforcement, to go after bad actors and go after polluters.' Pruitt, the former Oklahoma attorney general, is leading the efforts to roii back Qbama-era environmental regulations, including the first limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and an overhaul of clean-water rules. Despite moving to rescind those measures, those that remain in place will be fully enforced, he said. 1 know what it means to prosecute people,' he said. 'And we've got some of those folks across the country..those people that are intentionally taking steps to pollute our water, to pollute our air,'" (Bloomberg, 10/25/17) TIME: '"I don't spend any time with polluters. I prosecute polluters.'" (Time, 10/26/17) He also addresses these claims in his interview with The New York Times a few weeks ago. THE NEW YORK TIMES: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/02/podcasts/the-dailv/scott-pruittepa.html From: Sarah Kerri Ex. 6 Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 9:58 AM To: Wilcox, Jahan <wilcox.jahan(5)epa.gov> Subject: Re: Press inquiry: weakening o f enforcem ent at NYC superfund / WNYC Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 13 ED 002061 00019883-00002 Hi Jahan, Regarding our phone conversation yesterday: my editor wants a response from the E.P.A. in our story, so as to get your side in there and to make the story more fair, i hope you'll give us something in order for us to be able to do that. Can you please respond to the main premise of our story, which is that activists and former EPA employees worry that this historic cleanup at the Gowanus Canal could be slowed down or impaired by what they say is a more lenient approach toward polluters and industry folks from this administration. This could pose a problem, they say, since many of the identified polluters at the canal are already insisting they're not responsible. Will the EPA under this administration hold these parties feet to the fire, or is there a different approach? Will the Gowanus Canal's cleanup be impacted by all of this? Again, any comment would help give us a sense of the EPA's side. Thanks in advance, On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 1:16 PM, Sarah Kerri x. 6 ivrote: I____________________________________________________________________ I HiJahan, This story ended up getting delayed and I wanted to check in to see if you might be able to connect today or tomorrow to discuss the questions above. Might there be a good time for me to give you a call or are you able to answer these questions at all via email? Thanks, On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 6:20 PM, Sarah Kerr j Ex. 6 ivrote: l____________________________________________________ i HiJahan, Sorry we missed each other today. Is there a time tomorrow that might work for me to give you a call? Thanks, Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 13 ED 002061 00019883-00003 On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 11:38 AM, Sarah Kerr Ex. 6 wrote: HiJahan, Thanks for the prompt response. I am currently tied up with something. Will you be at your desk for the next few hours? On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 11:31 AM, Wilcox, Jahan <wilcox.jahan@epa.gov> wrote: Just tried to call you ZZZIZZZZZZJ From: Sarah Kerri Sent: Monday, January 8, 2018 11:07 AM To: Press <Press@epa.gov> Cc: Annie Nova <annie.nova@ iournalism .cuny.edu> Subject: Press inquiry: weakening o f enforcem ent at NYC superfund / WNYC Hello, I am a freelance reporter working on a story for WNYC along with my colleague Annie Nova, CCed here. We are currently working on a story about the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, NY, a federal Superfund site. 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