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ECOS THE ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL OF THE STATES SO F Street, N,W, Suite 3S0 Washington, D.C, 20! Tel: (202j 266-4S20 Email; ecos@ ccos.org Web; w w w.ecos.org John Line Stine Commissioner, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency PRESIDENT Todd Parfit! Director, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality VICE PRESIDENT Becky Keogh Director, Arkansas Department of Environmental Quaiiiv SECRETARY-TREASURER Martha Rudolph Director of Environments! Programs, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment PAST PRESIDENT Alexandra Dapolito Dunn Esecutive Director & General Counsel April 7,2017 The Honorable Seoif Pruitt Administrator U.S, Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 Dear Administrator Pruitt: On behalf of the membership and staff of the Environmental Council of the Slates (EGOS), we thank you for your Keynote Address delivered to our Spring Meeting attendees at the Mayflower Hotel this morning. Your remarks were eagerly anticipated and well received by ECOS members, and we were deeply honored to have you join us in person. We sincerely regret the unprecedented and highly embarrassing incident that occulted when trespassers, who entered our meeting without registration or permission, interrupted your remarks, ECOS will develop and deploy new procedures to ensure that such an occurrence is not repeated. We remain committed to pursuing a productive and cooperative relationship with you and with the leaders appointed to join you at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Again, please accept our most sincere apologies. We were encouraged to hear your Principles and Priorities, We offer our support and stand ready to advance and improve our cooperative federalism relationship with the Agency as we pursue our common goals of clean air, clean water, and productive and safe lands that promote public health. Sincerely, Line Stine, President Commissioner, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency ------ Todd Parfitt, Vice President Director, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality Becky Keogh, Secretary/Treasurer Director, Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Martha Rudolph, Past President Director of Environmental Programs, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 10 ED 002061 00034546-00001