Ten Things I Wish I Had Known When I Started Out

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Mid-American Environmental Compliance Conference

Paul M. LingDirector of ComplianceKansas City Power & Light Company

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Environmental Experience

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Topic Areas▌PERMITTING ▌COMPLIANCE ▌POLICY

1.What is the project? What is proposed Phasing Breadth of permitting

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Topic Areas▌PERMITTING ▌COMPLIANCE ▌POLICY

2.Do you have enough time? What permit application(s) Air modeling/monitoring Assemble the permit application Agency review Public notice and comment Permit issuance Subsequent permit appeal

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Topic Areas▌PERMITTING ▌COMPLIANCE ▌POLICY

3.Changes How significant is requested change Risk of redoing entire process

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Topic Areas▌PERMITTING ▌COMPLIANCE ▌POLICY

4. Consultants Resource More effort than support Time to engage Developing internal core competencies

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Topic Areas▌PERMITTING ▌COMPLIANCE ▌POLICY

5.Relationships Regulators NGO third parties Customers Shareholders

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Topic Areas▌PERMITTING ▌COMPLIANCE ▌POLICY

6.Never ask a question to which you do not know the answer

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Topic Areas▌PERMITTING ▌COMPLIANCE ▌POLICY

7. Compliance Assurance Role

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Topic Areas▌PERMITTING ▌COMPLIANCE ▌POLICY

8.Constant Change Administration change in focus

Technical changes

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Topic Areas▌PERMITTING ▌COMPLIANCE ▌POLICY

9.Commenting on Regulations

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Topic Areas▌PERMITTING ▌COMPLIANCE ▌POLICY

10. Commenting on Legislation

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