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The Honorable Bart Stupak 

U.S . House of Representatives 

Washington, D.C. 20515 

Dear Congressman Stupak : 

OFFICE OF 

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Thank you for your letter of July 23, 2010 to the U.S . Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, regarding EPA's proposed rules that identify which non- hazardous secondary materials are solid waste when burned in combustion units and would be subject to emissions standards for commercial/industrial solid waste incinerators . In your letter, 

you expressed concern that the proposed rules would create a significant disincentive for 

recycling and reusing industrial byproducts as fuels or as inputs in manufacturing processes . 

As you know, scrap tires are one of many secondary materials that the Agency evaluated 

in preparing the proposed rules. In developing the final rule, EPA will continue to evaluate scrap 

tires and other non-hazardous secondary materials based on all of the comments received and 

other available information. I appreciate your concerns and will ensure that your letter is entered 

into the rulemaking docket (EPA-HQ-RCRA-2008-0329) for consideration as the final rule is 

developed. 

Again, thank you for your letter . If you have further questions, please contact me or your 

staff may call Raquel Snyder, in EPA's Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental 

Relations, at (202) 564-9586 . 

Sincerely, 

Mathy Stanislaus 

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The Honorable Charles W. Dent 

U.S . House of Representatives 

Washington, D.C. 20515 

Dear Congressman Dent: 

Thank you for your letter of July 23, 2010 to the U.S . Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, regarding EPA's proposed rules that identify which nonhazardous secondary materials are solid waste when burned in combustion units and would be 

subject to emissions standards for commercial/industrial solid waste incinerators . In your letter, 

you expressed concern that the proposed rules would create a significant disincentive for 

recycling and reusing industrial byproducts as fuels or as inputs in manufacturing processes. 

As you know, scrap tires are one of many secondary materials that the Agency evaluated 

in preparing the proposed rules. In developing the final rule, EPA will continue to evaluate scrap 

tires and other non-hazardous secondary materials based on all of the comments received and 

other available information. I appreciate your concerns and will ensure that your letter is entered 

into the rulemaking docket (EPA-HQ-RCRA-2008-0329) for consideration as the final rule is 

developed . 

Again, thank you for your letter . If you have further questions, please contact me or your 

staff may call Raquel Snyder, in EPA's Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental 

Relations, at (202) 564-9586. 

Sincerely, 

Mathy Stanislaus 

Assistant Administrator 

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The Honorable Tim Holden 

U.S . House of Representatives 

Washington, D.C . 20515 

Dear Congressman Holden: 

OFFICE OF 

SOLID WASTE AND 

EMERGENCY RESPONSE 

Thank you for your letter of July 23, 2010 to the U.S . Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, regarding EPA's proposed rules that identify which non- hazardous secondary materials are solid waste when burned in combustion units and would be subject to emissions standards for commercial/industrial solid waste incinerators . In your letter, 

you expressed concern that the proposed rules would create a significant disincentive for recycling and reusing industrial byproducts as fuels or as inputs in manufacturing processes. 

As you know, scrap tires are one of many secondary materials that the Agency evaluated in preparing the proposed rules. In developing the final rule, EPA will continue to evaluate scrap tires and other non-hazardous secondary materials based on all of the comments received and other available information . I appreciate your concerns and will ensure that your letter is entered into the rulemaking docket (EPA-HQ-RCRA-2008-0329) for consideration as the final rule is developed. 

Again, thank you for your letter. If you have further questions, please contact me or your staff may call Raquel Snyder, in EPA's Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental 

Relations, at (202) 564-9586 . 

Sincerely, 

Mathy Stanislaus 

Assistant Administrator 

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The Honorable Gary G. Miller 

U.S. House of Representatives 

Washington, D.C. 20515 

Dear Congressman Miller : 

OFFICE OF 

SOLID WASTE AND 

EMERGENCY RESPONSE 

Thank you for your letter of July 23, 2010 to the U.S . Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, regarding EPA's proposed rules that identify which non- hazardous secondary materials are solid waste when burned in combustion units and would be subject to emissions standards for commercial/industrial solid waste incinerators . In your letter, 

you expressed concern that the proposed rules would create a significant disincentive for 

recycling and reusing industrial byproducts as fuels or as inputs in manufacturing processes. 

As you know, scrap tires are one of many secondary materials that the Agency evaluated in preparing the proposed rules. In developing the final rule, EPA will continue to evaluate scrap tires and other non-hazardous secondary materials based on all of the comments received and 

other available information. I appreciate your concerns and will ensure that your letter is entered into the rulemaking docket (EPA-HQ-RCRA-2008-0329) for consideration as the final rule is developed. 

Again, thank you for your letter. If you have further questions, please contact me or your staff may call Raquel Snyder, in EPA's Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental 

Relations, at (202) 564-9586 . 

Sincerely, 

Mathy Stanislaus 

Assistant Administrator 

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AUG 2 4 2010 

The Honorable Ken Calvert 

U.S . House of Representatives 

Washington, D.C. 20515 

Dear Congressman Calvert: 

OFFICE OF 

SOLID WASTE AND 

EMERGENCY RESPONSE 

Thank you for your letter of July 23, 2010 to the U.S . Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, regarding EPA's proposed rules that identify which non- hazardous secondary materials are solid waste when burned in combustion units and would be subject to emissions standards for commercial/industrial solid waste incinerators . In your letter, 

you expressed concern that the proposed rules would create a significant disincentive for recycling and reusing industrial byproducts as fuels or as inputs in manufacturing processes . 

As you know, scrap tires are one of many secondary materials that the Agency evaluated in preparing the proposed rules. In developing the final rule, EPA will continue to evaluate scrap tires and other non-hazardous secondary materials based on all of the comments received and other available information. I appreciate your concerns and will ensure that your letter is entered into the rulemaking docket (EPA-HQ-RCRA-2008-0329) for consideration as the final rule is developed. 

Again, thank you for your letter. If you have further questions, please contact me or your staff may call Raquel Snyder, in EPA's Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental 

Relations, at (202) 564-9586. 

Sincerely, 

Mathy Stanislaus 

Assistant Administrator 

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