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ew @ epa.gov R e: S J V U AP CD Ru l e 4566, Or gan i c Mate ri a l Compo s t

i ng O pe r at i on s (J une 23, 2011 d r

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1. S e c t

i on 3.1.3

– T h i sappea rs i n c on s i s tent w i th the Ca li fo rn i a Code of Regu l at i on s (CCR ) T i t

l e 14 Chapte r 3.1 S e c t

i on 17852 (

a )( 1 ) r ega r d i ng the th r

e s ho l d sfo r

em i ss i on of c a rbon d i o x i de pe r g r am of o r gan i c mate ri a l (CO 2 - C ) pe r

da y . P l ea s e e x p l a i n. 2. S e c t

i on 3.13

– W e r

e c ommend r

e v i s i ng the def

i n i t i on to c l a ri f

y d i ffe r en c e sbetween anae r

ob i c and ae r ob i c c ompo s t

i ng. 3. S e c t

i on 3.34

– P l ea s e def

i ne ri dge. 4. S e c t

i on 4.1.1

– P l ea s e c i te i n the ru l e to s pe c i f i c CCR and S J V U A C P D c ompo s tab l e mate ri a l pe rm i t r egu l at i on s . 5. S e c t

i on s5.2.1.1 and 5.2.2.1.1

– T he s e s e c t i on s r equ i r e at l ea s t th r

ee tu rn sdu ri ng a c t

i v e c ompo s t i ng. T h i sappea rs i n c on s i s tent w i th the numbe r

of tu rn s r

equ i r ed fo r pathogen r

edu c t i on i n the a c t i v e cyc l e pu rs uant to CCR T i t l e 14 Chapte r

3.1 D i v i s i on 7 S e c t

i on 17868. P l ea s e r

e v i s e Ru l e 4566 c on s i s tent w

i th the CCR o r

e x p l a i n wh y

that i snot app r

op ri ate. 6. T ab l e 2: Independent wate ri ng sys tem ( f i rs t bu ll et )

– P l ea s e def

i ne v e r t i c a l m i dpo i nt. 7. T ab l e 2: Compo s t i ng F a c ili t

y M i t i gat i on Mea s u r

e s /Integ r ated W ate ri ng S ys tem ( f i rs t bu ll et )

– W e unde rs tand f

r om a 6/30/11 phone c a ll w i th S J V U AP CD s taff that the f i rs t w i nd r ow te s ted ma y

need to be tu rned mo r

e than on c e unt

il the app r

op ri ate wate r v o l ume i sdete rm i ned and pa ss e sthe ba ll te s t, and that s ub s equent w i nd r ow sw ill not be tu rned unt

il th i s i s c omp l eted. P l ea s e c l a ri f y th i s i n the te x t of Ru l e 4566. 8. T ab l e 2: Compo s t i ng F a c ili t

y M i t i gat i on Mea s u r

e s /Integ r ated W ate ri ng S ys tem (th i r d bu ll et )

– P l ea s e c l a ri f y i n the te x t of Ru l e 4566 that the s amp l e s hou l d be ta k en w i th i n th r ee hou rsbefo r

e tu rn i ng. 9. S e c t

i on 6.1 F a c ili t

y E m i ss i on M i t

i gat i on P l an – P l ea s e p r

o v i de a def

i n i t i on and/o r c i tat

i on i n the ru l efo r A utho ri ty

- to

- Con s t ru c t app li c at

i on . 10. S e c t

i on 6.1.3

– P l ea s e de l ete “ fa c ili t y- w i de, ”a s i t c ou l d be i nte rp r eted to i n c l ude ope r

at i on sothe r than c ompo s t ope r

at i on s . 11. S e c t

i on 6.2

– T h i s s e c t

i on s hou l d be c on s i s tent w i th EPA po li cy

a sde scri bed i n “ Memo r andum, S tate Imp l ementat

i on P l an s : P o li cy

Rega r d i ng E xc e ss E m i ss i on sDu ri ng Ma l fun c t i on s , S ta r

tup, and S hutdown " (

S te v en A He rman and Robe r t P e rc i a s epe, S eptembe r 20, 1999

) , o r de l eted. Rega r

d i ng the r efe r en c e to D i s t

ri c t Ru l e 1100, p l ea s e note that EPA c annot i nd i r e c t l y i n c o rpo r

ate a ru l e i nto the S I P b y r efe r en c e un l e ss i t ha sgone th r ough the S I P app r

o v a l p r o c e ss . 12. S e c t

i on 6.3.3

– P l ea s e add that the s ou rc e te s t data mu s t be app r o v ed b y the D i s t ri c t. 13. S e c t

i on 6.4.4.3

– P l ea s e r

equ i r e that ope r

ato rs k eep r

e c o r d s needed to demon s t r ate c omp li an c e w i th the s pe c i f

i c mea s u r e u s ed. 14. S taff Repo r

t S e c t i on II (C )

– P l ea s e c i te the 2009 r e s ea rc h e v a l uat

i on r efe rr ed to i n pa r

ag r aph 1. P l ea s e a l s o c i te the s ou rc e fo r F i gu r e 1. 15. S taff Repo r

t X : Rea s onab l e A v a il ab l e Cont r o l T e c hno l og y ( R A C T)

– P l ea s e a l s o c i te to and s umma ri z e the c o s t

- effe c t i v ene ssand s o c i oe c onom i c ana l ys e s . 16. A ppend i x A : Re s pon s e to EPA Comment #7

– T h i sd i scr et i on s hou l d be fu r

the r li m i ted o r

e li m i nated a sthe D i s t

ri c t ga i n smo r

e e x pe ri en c e r

egu l at i ng th i sa c t

i v i t y. 17. A ppend i x B

– P l ea s e e x p l a i n the ba s i sfo r the 50 % r edu c t i on fa c to r

u s ed on B

- 7. 18. A ppend i xC

– P l ea s e p r o v i de a c i tat

i on fo r F i gu r

e 1. 19. A ppend i xC T ab l e 4

– P l ea s e p r o v i de c o s t

- effe c t i v e e s t i mate sfo r

eng i nee r

ed c ont r o l s .