### RE: Re[3]: 149 electric plants using offsite landfills for CCW disposal ? Roewer, James to: Richard Kinch 07/24/2009 11:31 AM
Cc: Alexander Livnat, Mark Eads, Steve Souders, "Meiers, Jim"

Rich -- I don't think that 30% of the industry sends ash to commercial off-site landfills. And I really can't tell for sure how all the various companies interpreted the question. But by labeling response options as "Company On-site" and "Off-site" it does give the false impression that off-site facilities are not company-owned or operated. In some cases, smaller facilities may send ash to a commercial operation, but I strongly suspect that is in no way representative of the industry as a whole. In some cases, the disposal facility my be operated by a contractor for the utility, and the landfill is a captive facility that doesn't receive other industrial wastes. I would be curious as to how Mirant's Morgantown Power Plant responded: the Faulkner facility is off-site, company operated. I would not equate
off-site with commercial landfills.

I have a question; do you know if the letters that EPA has received -- from states, Congress, DOE, etc. -- been docketed?

-----Original Message----- From: Kinch.Richard@epamail.epa.gov [mailto:Kinch.Richard@epamail.epa.gov] Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 7:05 AM
To: Roewer, James Cc: Livnat.Alexander@epamail.epa.gov; Eads.Mark@epamail.epa.gov; Souders.Steve@epamail.epa.gov Subject: Re: Re[3]: 149 electric plants using offsite landfills for CCW disposal?

Jim,

I am trying to confirm an interpretation of some DOE survey data. The EIA 767 questionaire asks about disposal of coal ash and has columns for company-owned landfill and off-site landfill. The interpretation is that off-site must be referring to units owned by other companies. This interpretation yields some conclusions that are inconsistent with earlier conversations we have had. If "off-site" means other companies then about 30% of the industry sends coal ash off to commercial landfills. My concern is that off-site might be referring to both commercial and company owned off-site. Another possibility is that different companies may have interpreted the question differently and thus we really don't know.

I asked Alex to check with DOE - their instruction form doesn't provide any clarity on this matter -- but I thought I would check with you, because in the end the meaning of the survey results depends on how the industry interprets the question. A link to the survey form is provided below and the question is on p. 3. If you have any insights on this issue, I would appreciate hearing from you.

Thanks,
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>----------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------|"Company-owned landfill" and "Company-owned pond" are specified on the EIA 767 data questionnaire, leaving "Offsite" to represent other companies. See page 3 at http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/forms/eia767/eia767.pdf