**Barron County**  **Waste-to-Energy**

**and Recycling** **Facility (Almena,**  **Wisconsin)**
**Bristol Resource** **Recovery Facility**  **Operating Committee**  **(Bristol, Connecticut)** 
**Ecomaine (portland,**  **Maine) City of** **Harrisburg, Pennsylvania**  **City and** **County of** **Honolulu, Hawaii**  **City of Huntsville** **Solid Waste**  **Disposal Authority**  **(Huntsville, Alabama)**  **County Sanitation** **Districts of**  **Los Angeles**  **County (Whittier,**  **California)**
**Kent County,**  **Michigan Lancaster** **County Solid**  **Waste Management** **Authority (Lancaster,**  **Pennsylvania)**
**Marion County,**  **Oregon**
**Mid-Maine Waste** **Action Corp.**  **(Auburn, Maine)** 
**Northeast Maryland**  **Waste Disposal** **Authority (Baltimore, Maryland)** 
**Pollution Control** **Financing Authority**  **of Camden** **County (Camden,**  **New Jersey)**  **Spokane Regional** **Solid Waste**  **System (Spokane,**  **Washington)**
**Wasatch Integrated**  **Waste Management** **District (Layton,**  **Utah)**
**York County** **Solid Waste** **Authority (York,**  **Pennsylvania)**
*******In coordination** **with the**  **u.s. Conference**  **of Mayors!**  **Municipal Waste**  **Management Association**  

### LOCAL **GOVERNMENT COALITION**  **FOR RENEWABLE** **ENERGY**



### Robert **Vollaro U.S.**  **Environmental Protection**  **Agency 1200**  **Pennsylvania Avenue,**  **NW Washington,**  **DC 20460**  **October 8,**  **2010**

**Re: Proposed**  **Amendments to**  **Regulations for**  **Mandatory Reporting** **of Greenhouse**  **Gas Emissions**  

### Dear **Bob:**

**This is**  **a follow-up**  **to our**  **telephone conversation earlier**  **this week**  **regarding EPA's**  **recent proposal**  **to amend**  **the agency's**  **GHG emissions**  **reporting rule,**  **Mandatory Reporting** **of Greenhouse**  **Gases, Proposed**  **Rule, 75**  **Fed. Reg.**  **48744 (August**  **11, 2010).**  **As you**  **know, on**  **September 27**  **the Coalition**  **(i.e., the**  **Local Government**  **Coalition for**  **Renewable Energy)**  **submitted comments**  **regarding the**  **proposed amendments,**  **focusing on**  **the new**  **definition of**  **"municipal solid**  **waste" (MSW)**  **EPA had**  **proposed. In**  **response to**  **those comments,**  **you called**  **to ask**  **if the**  **Coalition could**  **provide alternative**  **language to**  **address our**  **concerns with**  **the definition**  **of MSW,**  **and our**  **suggested alternative**  **is attached.**  **As you**  **will see,**  **for the**  **most part**  **we rely**  **on the**  **new definition**  **as prcposed**  **by the**  **agency, and**  **our revisions**  **are shown**  **using Track**  **Changes. I**  **believe you**  **will find**  **our suggested**  **alternative self-explanatory,**  **but please**  **do not**  **hesitate to**  **call me**  **(at 256-880-6054)**  **with any**  **questions.**

**cc: Coalition**  **Members Coalition**  **Counsel**

**DC_DOCS:698137.1** 

### John **R. ("Doc")**  **Holladay I** **Municipal solid**  **waste or**  **MSW means**  **solid phase**  **household, commerciallretail,**  **and/or institutional**  **waste. Household**  **waste includes**  **material discarded**  **by single**  **and multiple**  **residential dwellings,**  **hotels, motels,**  **and other**  **similar permanent**  **or temporary**  **housing establishments**  **or facilities.**  **CommerciaVretail waste**  **includes material**  **discarded by**  **stores, offices,**  **restaurants, warehouses,**  **non-manufacturing activities**  **at industrial**  **facilities, and**  **other similar**  **establishments or**  **facilities. Institutional**  **waste includes**  **material discarded**  **by schools,**  **nonmedical waste**  **discarded by**  **hospitals, material**  **discarded by**  **non-manufacturing activities at prisons**  **and government**  **facilities, and**  **material discarded**  **by other**  **similar establishments**  **or facilities.**  **Household, commercial/retail,**  **and institutional**  **wastes include**  **yard waste,**  **refuse derived**  **fuel, and**  **motor vehicle**  **maintenance materials.**  **Insofar as**  **there is**  **separate collection,**  **processing and**  **disposal of**  **industrial source**  **waste streams**  **consisting ot**  **used oil, wood pallets,**  **construction, renovation,**  **and demolition**  **wastes (which**  **includes, but**  **is not**  **limited to,**  **railroad ties**  **and telephone**  **poles), clean**  **wood, industrial**  **process or**  **manufacturing wastes,**  **medical waste,**  **.,motor yehicle**  **parts or**  **vehicle fluff**  **, or**  **used tires**  **that do**  **not contain**  **hazardous waste**  **identified or**  **listed under**  **42 U.S.C.**  **§ 6921, such**  **wastes are**  **not municipal**  **solid waste,**  **except that**  **such wastes**  **qualify as**  **municipal solid**  **waste where**  **they are**  **collected with**  **other municipal**  **solid waste**  **or are**  **otherwise combined**  **with other**  **municipal solid**  **waste for**  **processing and/or**  **disposal,.,**

**DC_DOCS:698135.1 Deleted:**  **Household, commerciaVretail,**  **and institutional**  **waste does**  **not include** 
**Deleted: or**  **Deleted: vehicles**  **(including motor** 

**Deleted: )**  **Deleted: Household,**  **commerciaVretail, and**  **institutional wastes**  **include yard**  **waste, refuse-derived**  **fuel, and**  **motor vehicle**  **maintenance materials,**  **limited to** **vehicle batteries**  **and tires,**  **except where**  **a single**  **waste stream**  **consisting of** **tires is**  **combusted in**  **a unit**