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FOIA Number: 2012-0769-F FOIA MARKER This is not a textual record. This is used as an administrative marker by the William J. Clinton Presidential Library Staff. Collection/Record Group: Clinton Library Collection Subgroup/Office of Origin: Council on Environmental Quality Series/Staff Member: Kathleen (Katie) McGinty Subseries: Correspondence OA/ID Number: 2254 FolderID: Folder Title: [J - February 1994] [Loose] Stack: Row: Section: Shelf: Position: S 61 5 2 2 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON February 25, 1994 Ms. Mary K. Jakeway Senior Environmental Engineer Whirlpool Corporation Marion Division 1300 Marion-Agosta Road Marion, OH 43302 Dear Ms. Jakeway: Thank you for your letter regarding the Enhanced Monitoring Rule of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. It was good to hear from you. As you know, I am dedicated to the preservation of the environment in a way that leads to strong and sustainable economic growth. I understand your concerns about the Enhanced Monitoring Rule. I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your letter to the EPA for their reference. Please be assured that all viewpoints, including those of industry, will be considered as the rule is finalized. Again, thank you for sharing your views with me. Sincerely, Kathleen A. McGinty Director, White House Office on Environmental Policy KAM/jdm Whirlpool Marion Division CORPORATION 1300 MARION-AGOSTA ROAD, MARION, OHIO 43302 AREA CODE 614 383-7122 January 28, 1994 Katie McGinty Deputy Assistant to the President and Director Office of Environmental Policy Old Executive Office Building Room 360 Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Ms. McGinty, The Enhanced Monitoring Rule proposed pursuant to the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 will impact the Whirlpool Corporation since we are a "major manufacturing facility". The EM requirements are in addition to compliance assurance monitoring already required for the same operations under the new federal permitting requirements and produce no incremental environmental benefit beyond that required by permit monitoring. As the environmental engineer for the Marion, Ohio Division of the Whirlpool Corporation, I would like to submit the following comments regarding the enhanced monitoring rule as proposed: 1. This represents another unfunded mandate that is contrary to Executive Order 12875 and contravenes the Regulatory Planning & Review Directive in Executive Order 12866, with additional hidden costs to states to revise their state implementation plan. These requirements also ignore the significant compliance costs state and local governments will incur for their own compliance with EPA enhanced requirements at water treatment facilities, state universities, hospitals, airports, local incinerators, and maintenance shops for municipal buses and other governmental fleets. 2. The rule would place extra cost burdens on the regulated community without justifiable environmental benefits. 3. Large Environmental Opportunity Costs -- The rule will freeze manufacturing technologies and pollution control as well as innovative pollution prevention because of financial and human resources diverted to meeting enhanced monitoring requirements. 4. EPA has grossly understated the cost of compliance equipment and of its operations and maintenance. 5. Rule locks in existing operations and create a disincentive for pollution prevention and waste minimization, which will reduce incentive to create new jobs and could close economically marginal operations which otherwise meet all environmental standards. Ohio EPA estimates an additional staffing level of 20 persons to handle the additional workload generated by this rule alone. For sulfur dioxide, 129 sources emitting greater that 1000 tons/year represent 96% of the total emissions. These 129 sources represent 5.8% of the total sources impacted by the rule. Therefore tremendous effort and cost would be expended for minimal return. For VOC's, 70% of the emissions would be captured by those sources emitting greater than 1000 tons/year. Requiring submittal of quarterly reports will add costs with no benefits. The operating permit program already requires submittal of monitoring data from all sources. Whirlpool is part of the voluntary 33/50 program and has reduced emissions 60% from 1987 levels. The EM program will pull manpower from this pollution prevention effort to conduct "after the fact" monitoring. We urge you to incorporate industry concerns into the final rule. Sincerely, Mary K Mary K. Jakeway Sr. Environmental Engineer MKJ:kt CC: Sally Katzen, Administrator Office of Information & Regulatory Affairs THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON February 24, 1994 Johnson ive 8161 son: u for contacting me regarding your thoughts about cated in the Tennessee River Valley. It was good you. now, I share President Clinton's and Vice President ment to the preservation of our environment. I ur concerns about the potential environmental ip mills on the adjacent rivers, as well as the mber harvesting in regions surrounding the mills. I the Administrator of the Environmental Protection e Acting Assistant Secretary of Civil Works of your his matter. I am sure that your concerns will be onsideration. hank you for sharing your views with me. Sincerely, Kathleen A. McGinty Director, White House Office on Environmental Policy Feb, 14 Feb.14 I am writing this letter to you because Ms McGinty: I am concerned about the poss bility of an invasion of chip mills, pulp mills, and paper mills into the bioregions of the Southeastern Un kd States Clearcutting of the native hard- wood forests to make pulp, to ship off to Japan, to subsequently plant monospecies pine plantations, on any scale 13 completely unacceptable. I demand that trat.justice be done for once in a situation like this, instead of the usual montel 'money talks' influenced outcome. Specifically- the Army Corps of Engineers should be stricky made to follow all Environmental rules and regulations in regard to Sincerely, Newkirk L. Johnson 13800 Lake Drive Monroe, MI 48161 this problem. THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON February 17, 1994 Mr. Thomas Jensen Executive Director Grand Canyon Trust "The Homestead" Route 4 Box 718 Flagstaff, AZ 86001 Dear Mr. Jensen: Thank you for writing to me about noise pollution in the Grand Canyon. As always, it was good to hear from you. As you know, I am dedicated to the improvement of America's natural resources. I appreciate your bringing this problem to my attention. I understand your concern in this area, and have taken the liberty of forwarding your letter and information to the FAA for their review and response. I am sure that your concerns will be given every consideration. Again thank you for sharing this information with me. Sincerely, Ms. Kathleen A. McGinty Director, White House Office on Environmental Policy KAM/jdm GRAND CANYON TRUST BOARD OF TRUSTEES Steven Snow Chairman Hansjörg Wyss MEMORANDUM Secretary-Treasurer James Trees Founder and TO: Katie McGinty Honorary Chairman Claudeen Bates Arthur FR: Tom Jensen KJ James E. Babbitt Anne K. Bingaman David Bonderman RE: Attached Articles Robert Elliott Bert Fingerhut DT: November 23, 1993 David H. Getches Helen Ingram Ann McBride Norma W. Matheson Katie, N. Scott Momaday Chase N. Peterson John P. Schaefer Isn't there something you could do to encourage the FAA William B. Smart to protect the Grand Canyon? They've got the jurisdiction, Stewart L. Udall they've got the authority, they just don't have the political will. Thomas C. Jensen This should be an easy one. Executive Director The single best first step for the FAA to take would be to sign-on to the agreement that is referenced in the Arizona Republic editorial. Have a great holiday. It was a delight to see you the other evening. I hope all is well. Please let me know if you would like additional information on the aircraft issue. Tom Headquarters Office: "The Homestead", Route 4, Box 718, Flagstaff, Arizona 86001 (602) 774-7488 FAX (602) 774-7570 Utah Office: "The Sandstone Bldg.", 46 Ancestor Square, 2 West St. George Blvd., St. George, Utah 84770 (801) 673-8558 FAX (801) 673-8545 Washington Office: 1400 16th Street, N.W., Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 797-5429 FAX (202) 939-3427 USA TODAY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1993 11A THE ENVIRONMENT Push afoot to shush air-tour park noise THE NATION'S NEWSPAPER By Linda Kanamine ing a ban of the helicopter USA TODAY landing pad there. A helicopter operator National park visitors are tried to locate a helipad out- USA rumbling about obtrusive side Utah's Zion National noise from air tours. Park. Adjacent towns reject- Six years after Congress ed it, saying Zion Canyon is a passed a law to turn down the natural echo chamber. volume from tour planes and Tennessee, home to the helicopters over Arizona's TODAY Great Smoky Mountains Na- Grand Canyon, activists there tional Park, passed a law pro- / Cape Solitude has no soli- hibiting helipads within 9 NO. 1 IN THE USA tude. Point Sublime isn't. miles of the park border. FIRST II DAILY READERS. Similar complaints created Businesses are challenging it. such cacophony at Hawaii's Superintendents have no craters, pools and volcanoes real authority to limit, control that Congress begins hearings or charge fliers because air today on legislation to curb traffic is regulated by the flight effects over national Federal Aviation Administra- parks there. tion. "That's why there's frus- "It sounds like you're in tration," says the Park Ser- downtown traffic," says Ho- vice's Wesley Henry. Noise in national parks nolulu's Nelson Ho, about hik- He is compiling a report The National Park Service studied aircraft noise at 39 ing the giant crater at Hale- that shows visitors continue to of its 367 sites in the USA. Those sites found to have akala National Park. be unhappy about noise. "In the 1970s. the only Recommendations to Con- noise that could be considered annoying: sound there was the wind, the gress may range from limit- ARIZ.: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Grand crunching of lava cinder be- ing numbers, times and areas Canyon National Park, Saguaro National Monument neath my boots, and the of overflights; giving opera- sound of blood rushing tors incentive to use new, qui- ARK.: Park Buffalo National River, Hot Springs National through my eardrums." et technology; and charging Hawaii and Grand Canyon fliers park fees. CALIF.: Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks, Yo- are a leading wave in the For Roger Clark of the semite National Park soaring, $180 million-a-year watchdog group Grand Can- FLA.: Everglades National Park, Gulf Islands National air tour business. yon Trust there's little doubt Seashore (also in Mississippi) As the nation's most trea- change is needed: "If you're GA.: Cumberland Island National Seashore sured reai estate draws ever- seeking Solimute, it's a place growing crowds - 250 mil- hard to get to." HAWAII: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Haleakala lion a year air tour But the key rests in large National Park operators aren't far behind. part with the FAA, concerned MD.: Assateague Island National Seashore Air operators call this legis- primarily with safety. lation, and a pending Park "The agency recognizes MASS.: Cape Cod National Seashore Service report on systemwide that protecting the environ- MO.: Wilson's Creek National Battlefield problems, an attack. ment is also part of our mis- MONT.: Glacier National Park "The park service says we sion. We intend to cooperate have not restored the natural fully with the Park Service," NEV.: Lake Mead National Recreation Area quiet to the Grand Canyon, as says the FAA's Pat Cariseo. N.M.: Bandelier National Monument the law requires," says Miles Without action soon, many Becker of Papillon Grand parks will face the same pres- OHIO: Perry's Victory, International Peace Memorial Canyon Helicopters. "But we sures as the Grand Canyon, PA.: Gettysburg National Military Park must figure out some type of says Terri Martin of National S.D.: Mount Rushmore National Monument solution." Parks and Conservation Asso- Meanwhile, the popularity ciation. "National parks are TENN.: Great Smoky Mountains National Park of air tours is spreading: just 1.5% of the land base in VA.: Shenandoah National Park Helicopter flights began the lower 48 states, and you this summer over Arches and still can't escape the sound of WASH.: Mount Rainier National Park, North Cascades Canyonlands national parks machinery?" she says. National Park, Olympic National Park in Utah. Moab, Utah. is debat- "That's a travesty." Source: National Park Service The New York Times THE NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIALS/LETTERS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1993 Parks Are for People, Not Planes You and your kids have just hiked or driven to visitors buzzed the canyon in 1992; one outfit alone Desert View, a vantage point at the eastern end of conducts 100 flights a day during the summer. the Grand Canyon. To the north and west lies the The villains are not so much the tour operators Colorado River; to the east, the Painted Desert. And as the Department of Transportation and the Fed- right above you, not quite close enough to touch but eral Aviation Administration. In 1988 the F.A.A. certainly close enough to ruin the moment, hovers a gave Arizona $1 million to expand helicopter facili- sightseeing helicopter. ties at Grand Canyon National Park Airport, which The Grand Canyon has become a battleground could lead to still more flights. for the human senses, and the airplanes are win- Bruce Babbitt, the Secretary of the Interior, ning. At peak season, anyone standing at Desert has urged the Secretary of Transportation, Feder- View might experience only a few minutes of tran- ico Peña, to delay the expansion pending the com- quillity between flights. pletion of a National Park Service study on noise This is not what Congress had in mind when it levels. Mr. Babbitt clearly foresees a day when passed the National Parks Overflights Act in 1987 to there will be fewer flights, not more; so far, Mr. restore "the natural quiet and experience of the Peña has been silent on the matter. park." Subsequent regulations banned flights below It's difficult to find any national park where the canyon's rim but did nothing to prevent flights only the silence of nature is heard. Parks are for from doubling in the next six years. Nearly 800,000 people. But not for 200 or 300 planes a day. EDITORIALS OVERFLIGHTS AT GRAND CANYON Tuesday, November 23, 1993 FAA lost in space O K Mr. President, what is it going meddlesome bother, Babbitt clearly is on to take to bring a little badly the mark. needed focus to the Federal What makes this dalliance by the Aviation Administration? We're not allud- FAA especially bothersome is the fact that ing to the crowded air corridors above there appeared to be a consensus reached metropolitan areas of the East or West this summer in Gov. Symington's office. coasts. We're talking about the congested The purported deal was that canyon tour skies above one of the marvels of this operations for each company would be set planet the Grand Canyon. at the level recorded from Sept. 1, 1992 In the past the FAA curiously has through Aug. 31, 1993, plus a 5 percent moved with all the grace of a stubborn growth. These limits would be in force burro whenever Grand Canyon overflights until new regulations based upon the NPS has been the topic. Early on the FAA study of noise. always had a great deal of difficulty This is a sensible approach and coming to grips with the congressional should not be onerous for tour operators. THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC intent of the 1987 legislation that sought To permit uncontrolled expansion at this to regulate noisy and intrusive overflights time would be foolish, especially if the at Grand Canyon National Park for the studies find that the canyon's level of "substantial restoration" of the natural quietness is not appreciably improving. quiet. Tour operators, for their part, appear Six years later, with the number of to be willing to limit expansion, but with a rattling helicopters having doubled - catch; a loophole as big as the Big Ditch is serving 250,000 passengers per year - the deep. They would do so only for 12 stubborn streak shows no signs of months, not wanting to wait until weakening. implementation of new regulations. The The FAA now is refusing to difficulty with this cart-before-the-horse participate in an agreement that is being approach is that if full-blown expansion sought by, among others, the National were to be allowed, the law likely would Park Service and the non-profit Grand Canyon Trust, a Flagstaff-based environ- be on the side of tour operators, regardless mental group. The idea is to limit the of what the studies found. Thus, the expansion of helicopter air tours pending possibility exists for more flights and more the completion of studies on aircraft noise noise, and the studies be damned. It was the FAA that awarded and air capacity over Grand Canyon. Oddly, not even a letter from Interior Arizona $1 million for the building of new Secretary Bruce Babbitt to Transportation facilities at Grand Canyon. That was in Secretary Frederico Peña seems to have lit 1988, and still pending is the awarding of a fire. The only thing it has produced is leases by Arizona to air tour operators. stoney silence. Do matters of turf take The consolidation of operations at the precedent on something as important as airport cannot be faulted from the improving the canyon experience for standpoint of safety. visitors from around the world, Mr. But this is much more than just a President? question of safety. This is about natural What Babbitt is seeking are assur- quiet at Grand Canyon, about following ances that a new heliport at Grand the will of the U.S. Congress, and about Canyon National Park Airport will not be not letting the skies over the crown jewel used by air tour operators as justification of the country's park system rival LAX. to expand operations until ongoing studies Mr. President, you ought to haul the are finished. The interior secretary warned FAA back to Earth, and encourage the that the construction of new helicopter agency to keep air tour operations at facilities "has the potential to increase the Grand Canyon in line with existing levels. capacity for overflights and thus will What's the rush? Until studies are further negate the statutory goal." With completed and new regulations imposed, the canyon skies arguably at capacity and to permit anything else would be irrespon- with few places left where noise is not a sible and premature.