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Conversation Contents Fwd: (FOIA 5 of 6) Fwd: here's the GHG / SCC briefing request Attachments: /5. Fwd: (FOIA 5 of 6) Fwd: here's the GHG / SCC briefing request/1.1 200 brief request - social costs of climate chg 4-17-2017.docx "Bobo Jr, Anthony" <a1bobo@blm.gov> From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: "Bobo Jr, Anthony" <a1bobo@blm.gov> Fri Aug 18 2017 16:51:37 GMT-0600 (MDT) Thomas Bartholomew <tbarthol@blm.gov> Fwd: (FOIA 5 of 6) Fwd: here's the GHG / SCC briefing request 200 brief request - social costs of climate chg 4-17-2017.docx Anthony D. Bobo, Jr. Branch Chief Decision Support | Division of Decision Support, Planning and NEPA | Bureau of Land Management 20 M Street SE | Cubicle 5210 | Washington, DC 20003 O: (202) 912-7211 Cell: (202) 422-2087 --------- Forwarded message----------From: Moore, Rebecca <rmoore@blm.gov> Date: Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 4:18 PM Subject: (FOIA 5 of 6) Fwd: here's the GHG / SCC briefing request To: Anthony Bobo <a1bobo@blm.gov> --------- Forwarded message ----------From: Winthrop, Robert <rwinthro@blm.gov> Date: Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 9:38 AM Subject: here's the GHG / SCC briefing request To: "Moore, Rebecca" <rmoore@blm.gov> Rob Winthrop Senior Social Scientist, Socioeconomics Program Decision Support, Planning and NEPA (WO-210) USDI - Bureau of Land Management 20 M Street SE (2134 LM), Washington, DC 20003 office 202-912-7287; cell 202-341-4837; rwinthro@blm.gov Confidentiality Notice: This electronic communication is intended only for the use of the individual(s) or group(s) it was originally addressed to and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and possibly exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you have received this communication in error, please do not distribute it further. Please delete the received message ana notify the sender. Internal Working Document DRAFT BLM DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - RESOURCES & PLANNING 4/17/2017 Update on social cost of climate change DATES: TIME: LOCATION: FROM: April 24 - May 5 45 Minutes Main Interior Building Serena Sweet, Division Chief (A), Decision Support, Planning & NEPA I. PURPOSE This briefing will describe the implications of Executive Order (EO) 13783 for characterizing climate change impacts in rule making, planning, and project approval, and propose options for clearer direction to the field. II. BACKGROUND Prior to the new administration taking office, BLM lacked any clear guidance on when (or whether) to use monetary estimates of the social cost of greenhouse gases (GHGs) to characterize the impacts on global climate change from planning and project decisions. EO 13783, "Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth" (March 28th, 2017) has made this uncertainty worse. The EO acknowledges that agencies may continue to use estimates of the social cost of GHGs, but it disbands the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases (IWG) and withdraws its technical reports, which had provided federal agencies with a range of estimates for the social cost of GHGs. While many estimates of these social costs exist, BLM and other agencies now lack any clear path to identifying a defensible estimate of these costs. It is likely that this additional uncertainty will put BLM's actions over fossil fuels at greater risk of legal challenge. III. PARTICIPANTS Steve Tryon Serena Sweet or Anthony Bobo Rebecca Moore (phone) Rob Winthrop IV. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS Describe the challenge and offer options Respond to questions PREPARED BY: Rob Winthrop, Senior Social Scientist, WO-210 S:\WO210\Social Science\BRIEFINGS (new)\briefing requests\200 brief request - social costs of climate chg 4-17-2017.docx