DOE documents reveal details of ACC, NPRA contact. (Business & Finance News: United States/Americas).(Department of Energy; National Petrochemical and Refiners Association)(Brief Article)

Chemical Week, April, 2002 by Franz, Neil

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC; Washington) has received an estimated 11,000 pages of industry correspondence that the Department of Energy (DOE) was forced to turn over by a federal court order last month (CW, March 6, p. 10). The documents, which the Bush Administration used in 2001 to formulate a national energy plan, include letters and e-mails from ACC, the American Petroleum Institute (API; Washington), the Fertilizer Institute (Washington), the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association (NPRA; Washington), as well as Enron, electric utilities, and other businesses, say NRDC attorneys.

Some details about industry meetings with DOE officials are also revealed, says NRDC. ACC representatives did not meet personally with DOE Secretary...

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